Leon Haywood has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 14 November 2012. Leon Haywood's music has been featured on 21 episodes.

Otha Leon Haywood (February 11, 1942 – April 5, 2016) was an American funk and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 1975 hit single "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You", which has been much sampled by Dr. Dre and others.

Born in Houston, he listened to the blues as a child and started playing piano at the age of three. In his teens, he performed with a local group and worked as an accompanist to…