William Topley (musician)

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.[1] Barry Beckett produced Topley's debut album, which appeared in 1997. He continued recording through the 2000s.

Discography
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]

References
  1. William Topley at AllMusic


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