Posted on Facebook ... With great sadness The New Birth family mourns the passing of Leslie Wilson. The voice of New Birth passed quietly in his sleep last night.

I loved Leslie's vocals, his voice was so distinctive. His work on New Birth's 'Behold The Mighty Army' LP was great.

He quit the group not long after to front L.T.D. It was his lead vocal on the big Clifton Hall's MS anthem "Love Magic" (a Richard Sealing spin) ...

Leslie Wilson was always in my top five favourite singers and should be - but probably won't be - remembered as one of the finest soul singers of all. As Roburt says he was great on "The Mighy Army" but he was even better on the classic New Birth sides such as "Been a long time" and " I can understand it".

R.I.P.

16 hours ago, Roburt said:

Posted on Facebook ... With great sadness The New Birth family mourns the passing of Leslie Wilson. The voice of New Birth passed quietly in his sleep last night.

I loved Leslie's vocals, his voice was so distinctive. His work on New Birth's 'Behold The Mighty Army' LP was great.

He quit the group not long after to front L.T.D. It was his lead vocal on the big Clifton Hall's MS anthem "Love Magic" (a Richard Sealing spin) ...

Not sure he was lead in LTD? maybe Love, Peace Happiness.

2 hours ago, Kenb said:

Not sure he was lead in LTD? maybe Love, Peace Happiness.

He replaced Jeffrey Osbourne as the group's lead singer (1981). He also co-wrote "Love Magic".

Yes, he definitely was in LTD, although not for that long and he didn't sing as many leads with them as he should have...and yes, also, in Love, Peace & Happiness...

Ah…post Jeffrey. I stand corrected

A sad loss, a wonderful singer with a voice i loved over the years, another one joining the great choir in the sky, RIP.