1. Patrick Ray Leonard was born on March 14,1956 and is an American songwriter, keyboardist, film composer, and music producer, best known for his longtime collaboration with Madonna.
11 Facts About Patrick Leonard
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Patrick Leonard scored Madonna's 2008 documentary I Am Because We Are, played keyboards with her at Live Aid, and was musical director and keyboardist on The Virgin Tour and the Who's That Girl World Tour.
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Patrick Leonard was half of the art-pop groups Toy Matinee with Kevin Gilbert, and Third Matinee with Richard Page.
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Patrick Leonard has acted as composer for a variety of films and stage productions.
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Leonard has collaborated with Leonard Cohen, acting as a writer and producer for 2012's Old Ideas and 2014's Popular Problems, and co-writer, co-producer of 2016's You Want It Darker.
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In 1997, Patrick Leonard released the instrumental album Rivers on his own record label, Unitone.
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Patrick Leonard was born on March 14,1956, in Crystal Falls, Michigan.
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Patrick Leonard entered the music business with late 1970s Chicago-based pop rock band Whisper, then later the same band membership, Trillion, featuring future Toto singer Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen on lead vocals.
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Patrick Leonard had a short stint as a keyboardist with The Allman Brothers Band in 1980.
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Patrick Leonard went on to act as musical director and lead keyboardist for the Jacksons Victory Tour in 1984.
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Patrick Leonard has three children: a daughter Jessica, a writer, and two sons, Sean, who is a musician, and Jordan, a projection mapper and VJ under the name Pickels Visuals.