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Leon Russell
Also 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
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- 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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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.
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- 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
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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.
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