Leon Russell
Sign in to saveAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1942-04-02
- Died
- 2016-11-13
- 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
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 235,460
- Total plays
- 2,061,489
Tags
classic rocksinger-songwriterbluesrock70s
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
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- Atherosclerosis — An Inflammatory Disease
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- A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
· 1957 · cited 16,797x
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Key dates
- Born
- 2 April 1942
- Died
- 13 November 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Russell
- Family name
- Russell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lawton
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1942 births2016 deaths20th-century American guitarists20th-century American keyboardists20th-century American male singers20th-century American singer-songwriters21st-century American keyboardists21st-century American male singers21st-century American singer-songwritersAmerican male conductors (music)American male guitaristsAmerican male organists