Patrick Leonard

Patrick Leonard is a name casual listeners rarely register, yet his fingerprints are all over the music many of us grew up with. As Madonna's longtime collaborator he helped shape Like a Prayer and Ray of Light, two of her most ambitious records. That fascinates me, because the songwriter and producer behind the curtain is often the real architect of an era's sound. A Michigan keyboardist who could write, arrange, and produce film scores too, he is a craftsman in the truest sense. I have a soft spot for these unsung designers of hit records, the people who built the bones of songs the world still sings.

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Name (English)

Patrick Leonard

Name (Japanese)

パトリック・レナード

Reading

ぱとりっく・れなーど

Born

March 14, 1956 (age 70)

Origin

Crystal Falls, Michigan, United States

Occupation

songwriter / record producer / keyboardist / manufacturer / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

• Official sitehttps://patrickleonardmusician.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/patrickleonardofficial/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Leonard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529603

Tags

• Michigan
• songwriter
• record producer
• keyboardist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.