PATILLO

Composer: Leon Patillo

Leon Norman Patillo (born January 1, 1947, San Francisco, California) is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and evangelist whose career spans from mainstream rock to Christian ministry. After performing as keyboardist and vocalist with Carlos Santana on the albums Borboletta (1974) and Festival (1977), Patillo experienced a spiritual conversion that redirected his life toward Christian music. He released his first gospel album Dance Children Dance (1979) with Maranatha! Music and later recorded a series of successful albums for Myrrh / Word Records through the 1980s, earning multiple Billboard Christian chart placements. Patillo is the writer and performer of “Sing Unto the Lord” — a joyful, Scripture-based song that ent… Go to person page >