NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Leroy Burgess on 1 October 2019. Leroy Burgess has been played on NTS over 40 times, featured on 43 episodes and was first played on 26 July 2013.

Leroy Burgess is a songwriter and prolific disco producer. He is related to Thom Bell and Kool & The Gang members Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell (a.k.a. Khalis Bayyan) and Amir Bayyan (a.k.a. Kevin Bell) of the Kay-Gees.

Burgess was a member of Black Ivory and lead vocalist of the majority of their hits in the early '70s. The band was signed by small East Coast label Today/Perception, which…