Leroy Fleming

Saxophone player
Died on 12 March 2013

Leroy, who has been a staple in the DC music scene and abroad, can probably be most known as recognized as the saxophonist for Chuck Brown and The Soul Searchers. As a matter of fact, in the 1978 hit “Bustin Loose”, you can hear Chuck calling for Leroy to “Give us some of that horn right here!” This was leg-way to the popular horn line that was not only used in the song “Bustin Loose”, but also the hit “We Need Some Money.”

But Leroy’s history in the music industry goes back even further than the Soul Searchers. In fact, he was also a member of the band The Young Senators (also known as “The Emperors of Go-Go”). A band that not only gave us such hits as “Jungle” and “Boogie Music”, but was also the backup band for Motown’s Eddie Kendricks when he left the Temptations for a solo career, on such songs as “My People Hold On” and “Keep On Truckin”.