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Released on Elektra, also Just Like Heaven (The Cure), For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica) and Killer Queen (Queen)
Produced by Marty Paich, also The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand), You Don’t Know Me (Ray Charles) and Break It to Me Gently (Aretha Franklin)
Written by Janis Siegel, also Single Girl (The Manhattan Transfer) and You’re Blue Too (Robert Kraft)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Leon Ware wrote 50 songs on fono
Leon Ware produced 17 songs on fono
Leon Ware’s most frequent co-writer is Arthur “T‐Boy” Ross (10 songs together)
Marty Paich’s most frequent co-producer is David Paich (7 songs together)
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Janis Siegel and Leon Ware
- Produced by
- Leon Ware and Marty Paich
- Part of
- Leon Ware
- Released on
- Elektra
- Written by
- Janis Siegel and Leon Ware
- Produced by
- Leon Ware and Marty Paich
- Part of
- Leon Ware
- Released on
- Elektra
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Marty Paich
Same writer: Janis Siegel
Same label: Elektra
Same producer: Marty Paich
Same writer: Janis Siegel
Same label: Elektra
Same producer: Marty Paich
Same label: Elektra
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Why I Came to California was produced by Leon Ware
Why I Came to California was produced by Leon Ware
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Why I Came to California was produced by Marty Paich
Why I Came to California was produced by Marty Paich
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Why I Came to California was written by Janis Siegel
Why I Came to California was written by Janis Siegel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Why I Came to California was written by Leon Ware
Why I Came to California was written by Leon Ware
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Why I Came to California is part of the release Leon Ware
Why I Came to California is part of the release Leon Ware
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Elektra is the label of the song Why I Came to California
Elektra is the label of the song Why I Came to California
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Why I Came to California was released on 1982-06-18
Why I Came to California was released on 1982-06-18
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026