William Topley (musician)
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William Topley is a British musician.
Topley was the lead singer of the band The Blessing in the early 1990s, releasing two albums before breaking up. Topley 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.[1] Barry Beckett produced Topley's debut album, which appeared in 1997. Topley continued recording through the 2000s. Topley is still touring as of 2015 and has announced performance dates in 2016.
Discography
- 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)
- Solo
- Black River (Polygram, 1997)
- Mixed Blessing (Polygram, 1998)
- Spanish Wells (Mercury, 1999)
- Feasting With Panthers (Lost Highway, 2002)
- Sea Fever (Warner Bros. Records, 2005)
- All in the Downs (Self-released, 2007)
- Water Taxi (Self-released, 2009)
- South On Velvet Clouds (Self-released, 2011)
- Aristocrats Of The South Seas (Self-released, 2012)
