William Topley
William Topley is a British musician. He was the lead singer of the band The Blessing in the early 1990s, releasing two albums before breaking up. He was signed as a solo artist by Mercury Nashville after Luke Lewis, who had worked at The Blessing's label MCA, became president of Mercury.
William Topley
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- singer · musician · composer · lyricist
- Fields
- music · rock music · folk music · pop music
- Languages
- English
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Barry Beckett produced Topley's debut album, which appeared in 1997. He continued recording through the 2000s.
• Solo • Black River (Polygram, 1997) • Mixed Blessing (Polygram, 1998) • Spanish Wells (Mercury, 1999) • Feasting With Panthers (Lost Highway, 2002) • Sea Fever (Warner Bros., 2005) • All in the Downs (Self-released, 2007) • Water Taxi (Self-released, 2009) [with The Sea Gypsies] • South on Velvet Clouds (Self-released, 2011) • Aristocrats of the South Seas (Self-released, 2012) [with The Sea Gypsies] • Halved Moons & Hooded Mountains (2016) [with The Black River Band] • Amidst the Alien Cane (2020) • Back at the Napoleon House (2020) • With The Blessing • Prince of the Deep Water (MCA, 1991) • Locusts & Wild Honey (Polygram, 1994) • The Best of the Blessing: Highway 5 (Castle Music, 2000) • Sugar Train [DVD + CD]
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