NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Leroy Hutson on 17 March 2019. Leroy Hutson has been played over 150 times on NTS, first on 19 December 2012. Leroy Hutson's music has been featured on 136 episodes.

One of the most underrated soul producers of the '70s, multi-talented producer/singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Leroy Hutson began his career in various vocal groups around his hometown of Newark, NJ, in the '60s, but saw his early success as a co-writer for Howard University roommate Donny Hathaway's 1970 hit single "The Ghetto." Hutson would later replace Curtis Mayfield in 1971 as the lead singer in the Impressions and stayed…