NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Marilyn McLeod on 29 May 2026. Marilyn McLeod has been played on NTS shows including Los Hitters, with You Made My Life Beautiful first played on 21 February 2023.

Marilyn McLeod (born in Detroit, MI, in 1939; died November 2021) was an American singer, songwriter and keyboard player who used to be in the short-lived soul band The Nu Page. She has a solo album out called 'I Believe in Me'. She was the sister of Alice Coltrane and grandmother of Steven Ellison aka rapper Flying Lotus.

McLeod spent her formative years as a Motown songwriter, with her main songwriting partner being Pam Sawyer. Together, they wrote hits such as "You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)" (US R&B #2, Pop #12) by High Inergy and Diana Ross' monster 1976 disco hit "Love Hangover".

In 2010 she released the album I Believe In Me, a set of songs co-written with veteran Motown songwriter Janie Bradford.