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Leon Russell
Sign in to saveAlso known as Claude Russell Bridges, C. R. Bridges, Hank Wilson, Russell Bridges, Claude Bridges, Phil 'Harmonious' Plonk, The Master Of Space And Time
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Best of Leon Russell (Songbook)
- Best of Leon Russell Songbook
- Leon Russell In His Own Words
- Elton John/Leon Russell - The Union
- On a distant shore
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Film & TV
Acting · Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Leon Russell, born Claude Russell Bridges, was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling pop music records during his 60-year career. His genres included pop, country, rock, folk, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, folk rock, blues rock, surf, standards, and Tulsa Sound.
Known for
- Learning to Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen — Self2021
- Monochrome: Black, White & Blue — Self2017
- Out in the Woods — Self2016
- The Union — Self2011
- The Making of Elton John: Madman Across the Water — Self2010
- Elton John & Leon Russell: BBC Electric Proms 2010 — Self2010
- Dolly Parton & Friends: Love Always Live — Self - Performer (archive footage)2009
- The One Show — Self2006
- George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited — Self2005
- Willie Nelson & Leon Russel - Partners In Music2005
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1942
- Active to
- 2016
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 235,460
- Total plays
- 2,061,489
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Leon Russell (Claude Russell Bridges, April 2, 1942 - November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music. Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States, Russell began playing piano at the age of four. He attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also at Will Rogers High School were Anita Bryant, who was one year older, and in the same 1959 class, David Gates. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/L
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
· 2000 · cited 23,005x
- A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein
· 1982 · cited 18,689x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,760x
- Atherosclerosis — An Inflammatory Disease
· 1999 · cited 17,124x
- A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
· 1957 · cited 17,055x
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Key facts
- Born
- Claude Russell Bridges , ( 1942-04-02 ) April 2, 1942, Lawton, Oklahoma , U.S.
- Died
- November 13, 2016 (2016-11-13) (aged 74), Mt. Juliet, Tennessee , U.S.
- Burial place
- Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma , U.S.
- Other names
- Hank Wilson, Russell Bridges, C. J. Russell, Lew Russell
- Occupations
- Musician arranger conductor record producer record executive singer-songwriter
- Years active
- 1956–2016
- Spouses
- Mary McCreary ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 20 June 1975</span>"}]]}'>1975 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 3 October 1980</span>"}]]}'>1980 ) Janet Lee Constantine ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 )
- Genres
- Rock country gospel R&B
- Instruments
- Keyboards vocals bass guitar guitar baritone horn
- Labels
- Viva Olympic Records Perspective Sound Robbins Capitol Shelter Paradise Leon Russell Records Virgin Records Warner Bros.
- Website
- leonrussell .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and roll, country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, southern rock, blues rock, folk, surf and the Tulsa sound. His recordings earned six gold records and he received two Grammy Awards from seven nominations. In 1973 Billboard named Russell the "Top Concert Attraction in the World". In 2011, he was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Russell collaborated with many notable artists and recorded 33 albums and 430 songs. He wrote "Delta Lady," recorded by Joe Cocker, and organized and performed with Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour in 1970. His "A Song for You," which was named to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018, has been recorded by more than 200 artists, and his song "This Masquerade" by more than 75.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leon Russell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.