Performance

Leighla Whipper

Leighla Whipper is credited on 23 releases across 5 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

23

Pressings credited

5

Albums

7

Decades active

5

In collections

Biography

Leighla Frances Whipper (September 22, 1913 – May 2, 2008) was an African American songwriter, journalist, mystery writer, and businesswoman. She is best known for arranging and publishing musical scores of calypso and Afro-Caribbean songs, often with collaborator Lionel Belasco.

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Credited work

23 releases · 5 albums · active 1963–2024

  • Performance · 37

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Discography

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