I am a Singer / Songwriter, Record Producer / Recording Engineer.
Musical genres:
Pop, R&B, Rap, Jazz, Dance and Latin.
Instruments:
Guitar, Bass, Keyboards.
Other musical abilities:
Programming and arranging.
These have been my musical groups. Below them you will find a complete list of all the artists I have worked with.
Ish Ledesma
First big group:
Foxy. “Get Off” & “Hot Number”: CBS / T.K Records
Foxy had numerous hits on the dance charts prior to becoming a national group featured on American Bandstand.
Foxy toured with The Jackson 5, Rick James, Natalie Cole, & Sister Sledge During their two years with hit records.
Group #2
Oxo: Geffen Records
L.A. based “Boy” group on Geffen Records.
Hit “Whirly Girl”
Oxo toured as opening act with Hall & Oates
Group #3
Company B: Atlantic Records
“Fascinated” & “Full Circle”
I have performed on record with artists ranging from ABBA to Gloria Estefan to Krayzie Bone ( Bone, Thugs & Harmony )
Abba, Gloria Estefan, Apollonia, Bone Thugs & Harmony, Krayzie Bone, Mo Thug Family, Sergio Mendes, New Order, Ronnie Wood, Ringo Starr, Miami Sound Machine, Terry Nunn (Berlin), John Robie, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Puff Daddy, Betty Wright, Timmy Thomas, 2 Live Crew, Fred Schneider (B 52's), The Dazz Band, KC and The Sunshine Band, Rick Finch, Foxy, Company B, Oxo, Blue Modern, Sandy Barber, Louis Martinee, Wizzzard, The Birdwatchers, Blowfly, Michelle Goulet, The Gutter Boys, Gwendolyn, Ilse, Benny Latimore, Little Beaver, Gwen McCrea, George McCrea, Laurie Miller, Noel, Tiger Moon, Promise Circle, Damian Rivero, Juan Gabriel Turbay, Santa Esmeralda, 305, Junior Walker, Bracaccini, Cali Aleman and many more. With all these artist I played some instrument, sang, composed and produced recordings.
My groups Foxy and Oxo have been the opening acts for such legendary performers as:
Ray Charles, B.B. King, The Jacksons, Hall & Oates, Kool and The Gang, Rick James, Bill Cosby,
Natalie Cole and Manhattan Transfer.
I have written 12 #1 Dance songs, 2 #1 R&B’s, 3 Top Ten Pop’s and numerous R&B and Pop top 20 hits.
#1 Songs Written:
Get Off (Foxy) #1 R&B Billboard
Hot Number ( Foxy) #1 R&B Billboard
Get Off Your Ahh And Dance (Foxy) #1 Dance Billboard
The Way You Do The Things You Do ( Foxy) #1 Dance Billboard
Rrrrrrock (Foxy) #1 R&B Billboard
Fascinated (Company B) #1 Dance Billboard (Dance Song of the Year 1988)
Full Circle (Company B) #1 Dance Billboard
Perfect Lover (Company B) #1 Dance Billboard
Out Of Time (Noel) #1 Dance Billboard
Since I Fell For You (Apollonia) #1 Dance Billboard
All Good (Mo Thug Family) #1 R&B Billboard
Be Mine Tonight (Promise Circle) #1 Dance Billboard
Something Tells Me (Tiger Moon) #1 Dance Billboard
I have written and produced countless other records that have charted Top Twenty on the Billboard Dance, R&B and Pop Charts.
I have also worked on countless other #1 hit recordings all the way from ABBA's Voulez Vouz to Krayzie Bone's Thug Mentality albums in the capacity of being hired as guitarist to multi-instrumentalist.
Music on film:
Get Off ( Set It Off)
Something Tells Me ( Frantic w Harrison Ford)
Get Off (Celtic Pride)
Sticky Fingers (Sticky Fingers)
Get Off (Rollerbounce)
Whirly Girl (Just The Way You Are)
Hot Number (Perfect People)
Bad Boy (Three Men and a Baby)
Music on Television:
HBO Comedy Specials
Late Night With David Letterman
Entertainment Tonight
E!
Freaks And Geeks
Alvin and The Chipmunks
All My Children
As The World Turns
VH1
MTV
My own albums as an artist::
Foxy "Foxy"
Foxy "Get Off"
Foxy "Hot Numbers"
Ish "Ish"
Foxy "Party Boys"
Foxy "Live"
OXO "OXO"
Ish "On This Corner"
Company B "Company B"
Company B "Gotta Dance"
The Gutter Boys "The Sun Is Going Down Over The Bay"
Ish "Ishology"
Appearances on Television:
American Bandstand
Top Of The Pops (UK)
Miami Vice (criminal)
MTV
VH-1
The Merv Griffin Show
The Midnight Special
The Dinah Shore Show
Solid Gold
Pop Rocker
Dance Fever