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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Early recordings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_recordings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Composer" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Composer"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Composer</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Composer-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hired_by_Snuff_Garrett" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hired_by_Snuff_Garrett"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Hired by Snuff Garrett</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hired_by_Snuff_Garrett-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Shindogs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Shindogs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>The Shindogs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Shindogs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Released_first_solo_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Released_first_solo_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Released first solo record</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Released_first_solo_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Skyhill_Studios" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Skyhill_Studios"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Skyhill Studios</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Skyhill_Studios-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hired_by_Lenny_Waronker" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hired_by_Lenny_Waronker"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Hired by Lenny Waronker</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hired_by_Lenny_Waronker-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Asylum_Choir" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Asylum_Choir"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>The Asylum Choir</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Asylum_Choir-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shelter_Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shelter_Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Shelter Records</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shelter_Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Delaney_&_Bonnie" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Delaney_&_Bonnie"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="#"This_Masquerade""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>"This Masquerade"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"This_Masquerade"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-A_Star_Is_Born" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#A_Star_Is_Born"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span><i>A Star Is Born</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-A_Star_Is_Born-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Building_The_Church_Studio" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Building_The_Church_Studio"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>Building The Church Studio</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Building_The_Church_Studio-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-A_Poem_Is_a_Naked_Person" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#A_Poem_Is_a_Naked_Person"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span><i>A Poem Is a Naked Person</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-A_Poem_Is_a_Naked_Person-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Hank_Wilson"_persona" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Hank_Wilson"_persona"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>"Hank Wilson" persona</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Hank_Wilson"_persona-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Gap_Band" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Gap_Band"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.11</span> <span>The Gap Band</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Gap_Band-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Helped_develop_Linn_drum_machines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Helped_develop_Linn_drum_machines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.12</span> <span>Helped develop Linn drum machines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Helped_develop_Linn_drum_machines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Paradise_Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Paradise_Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.13</span> <span>Paradise Records</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Paradise_Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Paradise_Studios" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Paradise_Studios"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.14</span> <span>Paradise Studios</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Paradise_Studios-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980s_-_Concert_tours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980s_-_Concert_tours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>1980s - Concert tours</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-1980s_-_Concert_tours-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle 1980s - Concert tours subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-1980s_-_Concert_tours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-ABC_Network_"We_Belong_Together"_campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ABC_Network_"We_Belong_Together"_campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>ABC Network "We Belong Together" campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ABC_Network_"We_Belong_Together"_campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>2010s - Sixth Gold album, failing health</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010s_-_Sixth_Gold_album,_failing_health-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Failing_health_and_death" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Failing_health_and_death"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Failing health and death</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Failing_health_and_death-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Musical_influence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Musical_influence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Musical influence</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Musical_influence-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84" title="لیون راسل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیون راسل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%96%B8_%EB%9F%AC%EC%85%80" title="리언 러셀 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리언 러셀" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%9C" title="ליאון ראסל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ליאון ראסל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84" title="ليون راسل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليون راسل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Leon Russell" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB" title="レオン・ラッセル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="レオン・ラッセル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Russell" title="Leon Russell – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Leon Russell" 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.hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the African-American civil rights leader and human rights executive, see <a href="/wiki/Leon_W._Russell" title="Leon W. 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Russell</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Leon Russell</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Leon_Russell_Billboard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leon_Russell_Billboard.jpg/220px-Leon_Russell_Billboard.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leon_Russell_Billboard.jpg/330px-Leon_Russell_Billboard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Leon_Russell_Billboard.jpg/440px-Leon_Russell_Billboard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="608" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Russell in an ad in <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>, February 1970</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Claude Russell Bridges</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1942-04-02</span>)</span>April 2, 1942<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Lawton,_Oklahoma" title="Lawton, Oklahoma">Lawton, Oklahoma</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 13, 2016<span style="display:none">(2016-11-13)</span> (aged 74)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Mt._Juliet,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt. Juliet, Tennessee">Mt. Juliet, Tennessee</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Memorial Park Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Hank Wilson, Russell Bridges, C. J. Russell, Lew Russell</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician, arranger, conductor, record producer, record executive, singer-songwriter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1956–2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Mary_McCreary" title="Mary McCreary">Mary McCreary</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="20 June 1975">1975</span>⁠–⁠<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="3 October 1980">1980</span>)<wbr />​</div><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Janet Lee Constantine</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1983⁠–⁠2016)<wbr />​</div><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Musical career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output 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dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Keyboards</li><li>vocals</li><li>bass guitar</li><li>guitar</li><li>baritone horn</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Viva</li><li>Olympic Records</li><li>Perspective Sound</li><li>Robbins</li><li><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Shelter_Records" title="Shelter Records">Shelter</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Records" title="Paradise Records">Paradise</a></li><li>Leon Russell Records</li><li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin Records</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leonrussell.com">leonrussell<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leon Russell</b> (born <b>Claude Russell Bridges</b>; 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 <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">southern rock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Chappell_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chappell-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surf_music" title="Surf music">surf</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_sound" title="Tulsa sound">Tulsa sound</a>. His recordings earned six <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_certification" title="Music recording certification">gold records</a> and he received two <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> from seven nominations. In 1973 <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> named Russell the "Top Concert Attraction in the World".<sup id="cite_ref-TopConcertAttraction_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TopConcertAttraction-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, he was inducted into both the <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell collaborated with many notable artists and recorded 33 albums and 430 songs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote "Delta Lady", recorded by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cocker" title="Joe Cocker">Joe Cocker</a>, and organized and performed with Cocker's <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Dogs_%26_Englishmen_(album)" title="Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album)">Mad Dogs & Englishmen</a></i> tour in 1970. His "<a href="/wiki/A_Song_for_You" title="A Song for You">A Song for You</a>", which was named to the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Hall_of_Fame" title="Grammy Hall of Fame">Grammy Hall of Fame</a> in 2018, has been recorded by more than 200 artists, and his song "<a href="/wiki/This_Masquerade" title="This Masquerade">This Masquerade</a>" by more than 75.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a pianist, Russell played in his early years on albums by <a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">the Beach Boys</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Ventures" title="The Ventures">The Ventures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Dale" title="Dick Dale">Dick Dale</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jan_and_Dean" title="Jan and Dean">Jan and Dean</a>. On his first album, <i><a href="/wiki/Leon_Russell_(album)" title="Leon Russell (album)">Leon Russell</a></i>, in 1970, the musicians included <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>. One of his early fans, <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, said that Russell was a "mentor" and an "inspiration".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They recorded their album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Union_(Elton_John_and_Leon_Russell_album)" title="The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)">The Union</a></i> in 2010, earning them a Grammy nomination. </p><p>Russell produced and played in recording sessions for <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ike_%26_Tina_Turner" title="Ike & Tina Turner">Ike & Tina Turner</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a>, and many other artists. He wrote and recorded the hits "<a href="/wiki/Tight_Rope_(song)" title="Tight Rope (song)">Tight Rope</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Lady_Blue_(song)" title="Lady Blue (song)">Lady Blue</a>". He performed at <a href="/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh" title="The Concert for Bangladesh">The Concert for Bangladesh</a> in 1971, along with Harrison, Dylan, and Clapton; for this he earned a Grammy Award. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell was born on April 2, 1942, the second of John Griffith and Hester Evel (née Whaley) Bridges' two sons at Southwestern Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Lawton,_Oklahoma" title="Lawton, Oklahoma">Lawton, Oklahoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Master_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Master-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT-2016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leon's mother said that he started talking later than most children. She said while he was "watching the birds, and something was going on with the birds", Leon's first words were "What's the matter little birdie, you cry?". His mother said "she was shocked, because he never spoke".<sup id="cite_ref-Master_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Master-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Leon Russell said he "was born with 'spastic paralysis', now called <a href="/wiki/Cerebral_palsy" title="Cerebral palsy">cerebral palsy</a>". An injury at birth damaged his second and third vertebrae, causing a slight paralysis in the right side of his body, most notably affecting three fingers on his right hand which caused Russell to favor his left hand and develop his signature left-hand-dominant piano playing style.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said "My chops have always been sort of weak... I have damaged nerve endings on the right side, so my piano style comes from designing stuff I can play with my right hand". He said that the condition helped him become "very aware of the duality involved in our plane of existence here".<sup id="cite_ref-Space_and_Time_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Space_and_Time-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also had a limp caused by the same condition that was once thought to be due to polio. Russell said "I felt like the world had cheated me big time" but added "If I hadn't had the problem, I probably wouldn't have gotten into music at all and would have been an ex-football player, selling insurance in <a href="/wiki/Des_Moines,_Iowa" title="Des Moines, Iowa">Des Moines</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Space_and_Time_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Space_and_Time-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both of Leon's parents played upright piano, and when he was four years old his mother heard him picking out the melody to "Trust and Obey", a hymn he had heard at church. He then began piano lessons in <a href="/wiki/Anadarko,_Oklahoma" title="Anadarko, Oklahoma">Anadarko, Oklahoma</a>, a 38-mile (61 km) trip each way; Anadarko is northeast of Lawton. While still taking piano lessons, Leon learned the alto saxophone and cornet in his elementary school band.<sup id="cite_ref-Master_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Master-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then learned to play the baritone horn. After impressing the Maysville High School band director in <a href="/wiki/Maysville,_Oklahoma" title="Maysville, Oklahoma">Maysville</a>, south of <a href="/wiki/Norman,_Oklahoma" title="Norman, Oklahoma">Norman, Oklahoma</a>, Russell was invited to join the high school marching band while in the fifth grade.<sup id="cite_ref-thechurchstudio_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thechurchstudio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell said he learned to fake a classical piano style, saying "I studied classical music for a long time, maybe ten years, and I realized, finally, I was never going to have the hands to play that stuff. It was too complicated. I invented ways to play in a classical style that was not the real deal".<sup id="cite_ref-Alpert1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alpert1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Claude_Russell_Bridges_(Leon_Russell)_(1958_yearbook_portrait).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Claude_Russell_Bridges_%28Leon_Russell%29_%281958_yearbook_portrait%29.jpg/220px-Claude_Russell_Bridges_%28Leon_Russell%29_%281958_yearbook_portrait%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Claude_Russell_Bridges_%28Leon_Russell%29_%281958_yearbook_portrait%29.jpg/330px-Claude_Russell_Bridges_%28Leon_Russell%29_%281958_yearbook_portrait%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Claude_Russell_Bridges_%28Leon_Russell%29_%281958_yearbook_portrait%29.jpg/440px-Claude_Russell_Bridges_%28Leon_Russell%29_%281958_yearbook_portrait%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="1521" /></a><figcaption>Claude Russell Bridges 1958 Will Rogers High School yearbook photo</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_school">High school</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: High school"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell attended <a href="/wiki/Will_Rogers_High_School" title="Will Rogers High School">Will Rogers High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>. His classmates included <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Bishop" title="Elvin Bishop">Elvin Bishop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anita_Bryant" title="Anita Bryant">Anita Bryant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/David_Gates" title="David Gates">David Gates</a>. Russell's first record appearance was in 1957 age 15 years old, when he played piano on "Jo-Baby", a song written by 16 year-old Gates. Originally attributed to "The Accents" it was released on the Tulsa-based Perspective Sound label then re-released a year later and distributed nationally by <a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a> on his Robbins Records record label under the band name "David Gates & The Accents".<sup id="cite_ref-thechurchstudio_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thechurchstudio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell collaborated later with Gates after high school in the band The Fencemen.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell credited his awareness of the precursors of American soul music to a homemade AM crystal radio. <sup id="cite_ref-LA1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was offered a chance to tour with <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a> after graduating. Explaining his decision to not attend college, Russell said, "I figured this was my chance to eat in a lot of restaurants and travel around, play some rock and roll music, which I decided was easier and better".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Performing while underage in clubs and bars, Russell assumed the name "Leon Russell" from a fake ID card he used to enter clubs even though he was a high school student. At the time, Oklahoma was a "dry" state, so teenagers were able to perform in clubs that ordinarily would have only been open to those over 21 years of age.<sup id="cite_ref-Space_and_Time_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Space_and_Time-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although still in high school, Russell performed at area supper clubs, bars and nightclubs with his group "The Starlighters" (Russell, <a href="/wiki/J.J._Cale" class="mw-redirect" title="J.J. Cale">J.J. Cale</a>, Leo Feathers, Johnny Williams, and Chuck Blackwell). Blackwell said that Russell was "especially good at playing <a href="/wiki/Erroll_Garner" title="Erroll Garner">Erroll Garner</a>-style jazz during dinner, but then, after everybody got through eating, he'd break into <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Master_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Master-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell also backed groups in Tulsa including <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Hawkins" title="Ronnie Hawkins">Ronnie Hawkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">The Hawks</a>, often until early morning, after having worked through the night.<sup id="cite_ref-thechurchstudio_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thechurchstudio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell said "I worked six or seven nights a week till I left Tulsa at 17. I'd work 6 to 11 (pm) at a beer joint, then 1 to 5 (am) at an after-hours club. It was a hard schedule to do when going to school. I slept in English a lot".<sup id="cite_ref-LateNight_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LateNight-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Los_Angeles">Los Angeles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Los Angeles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell said "I got out to <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, and they were more serious about their liquor laws. I about starved to death because it was so much harder to find work at my age".<sup id="cite_ref-LateNight_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LateNight-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Settling in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, he studied guitar with <a href="/wiki/James_Burton" title="James Burton">James Burton</a>. </p><p>Russell was primarily a session musician in his early career. During session work he played for and with artists as varied as <a href="/wiki/Jan_and_Dean" title="Jan and Dean">Jan and Dean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Lewis_%26_the_Playboys" title="Gary Lewis & the Playboys">Gary Lewis & the Playboys</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaney_Bramlett" title="Delaney Bramlett">Delaney Bramlett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freddy_Cannon" title="Freddy Cannon">Freddy Cannon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Byrds" title="The Byrds">the Byrds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">the Beach Boys</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Ventures" title="The Ventures">the Ventures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Badfinger" title="Badfinger">Badfinger</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert" title="Herb Alpert">Tijuana Brass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">the Band</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._J._Cale" title="J. J. Cale">J. J. Cale</a>, <a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">B.B. King</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Mason" title="Dave Mason">Dave Mason</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Anderson" title="Lynn Anderson">Lynn Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cocker" title="Joe Cocker">Joe Cocker</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">the Rolling Stones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Burrito_Brothers" title="The Flying Burrito Brothers">the Flying Burrito Brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Russell developed his solo artist career, he crossed genres to include <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel music</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1960s_-_Session_musician,_solo_artist,_and_record_executive"><span id="1960s_-_Session_musician.2C_solo_artist.2C_and_record_executive"></span>1960s - Session musician, solo artist, and record executive</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1960s - Session musician, solo artist, and record executive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Los Angeles, Russell played as a studio musician on many of the popular songs of the 1960s, including <a href="/wiki/The_Byrds" title="The Byrds">The Byrds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Lewis_%26_the_Playboys" title="Gary Lewis & the Playboys">Gary Lewis & the Playboys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Pickett" title="Bobby Pickett">Bobby Pickett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert" title="Herb Alpert">Herb Alpert</a>. He played piano on <a href="/wiki/Phil_Spector" title="Phil Spector">Phil Spector</a> productions including recordings by <a href="/wiki/The_Ronettes" title="The Ronettes">the Ronettes</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Crystals" title="The Crystals">the Crystals</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Darlene_Love" title="Darlene Love">Darlene Love</a> and in the 1963 <i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Gift_for_You_from_Phil_Spector" title="A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector">A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector</a></i> album. </p><p>Alpert said of Russell, "Leon was on several sessions that I produced with the Tijuana Brass. He was always dressed in a suit and tie, with short hair and no beard! This was soon after he arrived in Los Angeles from Oklahoma. We would go through the same routine each time I started rehearsing the music. He would sit at the piano and he would always say, 'I don’t know what to play'. And I would say, 'Just wait and see if you feel something, and if you don’t it’s okay. I just like your energy at the sessions'. Well, he would always chime in with something special and affect the groove in a very Leon Russell way that was always unique. Leon was a wonderful musician and had a major effect on all of my recordings. His touch can be heard on many Tijuana Brass records, including "Whipped Cream" and "A Taste of Honey". To top it off, Leon was a true gentleman with a special talent and he was a person that I had a great feeling for".<sup id="cite_ref-Alpert1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alpert1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1962 Russell played piano on <a href="/wiki/Walter_Brennan" title="Walter Brennan">Walter Brennan</a>'s lp <i>Old Rivers</i>, produced by Snuff Garrett. Garrett said "I could talk style with him (Russell) and he'd do it. I'd name a record. I'd go, 'I like the piano on this... and he'd go, 'Okay', and do the piano part... I fell in love with his playing".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Credited as Russell Bridges, he contributed to the Canadian Sweethearts' (<a href="/wiki/Bob_Regan" title="Bob Regan">Bob Regan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucille_Starr" title="Lucille Starr">Lucille Starr</a>) first A&M Records recording session with <a href="/wiki/Dorsey_Burnette" title="Dorsey Burnette">Dorsey Burnette</a> in 1963. The lp <i>Introducing The Canadian Sweethearts</i> was released in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Glen Campbell's 1967 album <i><a href="/wiki/Gentle_on_My_Mind_(1967_Glen_Campbell_album)" title="Gentle on My Mind (1967 Glen Campbell album)">Gentle on My Mind</a></i> credited him as Russell Bridges on piano.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_media_appearances">Early media appearances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early media appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1962 a 20 year-old Russell appeared on Los Angeles TV station <a href="/wiki/KCOP" class="mw-redirect" title="KCOP">KCOP</a> leading The Leon Russell Trio on the rock 'n' roll show <i>Stepping Out</i>. Airing at 11:00 at night, the live broadcast often aired multiple times per week.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was in the 1964 concert film <i><a href="/wiki/T.A.M.I._Show" title="T.A.M.I. Show">T.A.M.I. Show</a></i> playing piano with <a href="/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)" title="The Wrecking Crew (music)">the Wrecking Crew</a> sporting short, dark, slicked-back hair, in contrast to his later look.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_recordings">Early recordings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Early recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1962 a 20 year-old Russell once again collaborated with David Gates, releasing the 45 rpm single "Sad September / Tryin’ To Be Someone" which featured session guitarist <a href="/wiki/James_Burton" title="James Burton">James Burton</a>. Credited to David & Lee and later to Dave & Lee, the record was produced by <a href="/wiki/Gary_S._Paxton" title="Gary S. Paxton">Gary Paxton</a> and first released on Paxton's G.S.P. Records label.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composer">Composer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Composer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the mid-1960s, he wrote or co-wrote songs, including two hits for Gary Lewis and the Playboys: "<a href="/wiki/Everybody_Loves_a_Clown_(song)" title="Everybody Loves a Clown (song)">Everybody Loves a Clown</a>" (which reached the <i>Billboard</i> Top 40 on October 9, 1965, remaining on the chart for eight weeks and reaching number 4) and "<a href="/wiki/She%27s_Just_My_Style" title="She's Just My Style">She's Just My Style</a>" (which entered the <i>Billboard</i> Top 40 on December 18, 1965, and rose to number 3).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hired_by_Snuff_Garrett">Hired by Snuff Garrett</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hired by Snuff Garrett"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell was hired by <a href="/wiki/Snuff_Garrett" title="Snuff Garrett">Snuff Garrett</a> and together they formed a production company, Snuff Garrett Productions in 1964. Russell was a production assistant, arranger and creative developer for the company.<sup id="cite_ref-Space_and_Time_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Space_and_Time-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell played on many number-one singles, including "<a href="/wiki/This_Diamond_Ring" title="This Diamond Ring">This Diamond Ring</a>" by Gary Lewis & the Playboys.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell also acted as Garrett's arranger and conductor of the <a href="/wiki/Midnight_String_Quartet" title="Midnight String Quartet">Midnight String Quartet</a>'s debut album <i>Rhapsodies For Young Lovers</i>. The album was planned as a solo Leon Russell lp, but was instead marketed as a Midnight String Quartet production.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell and <a href="/wiki/Al_Capps" title="Al Capps">Al Capps</a> arranged <a href="/wiki/Brian_Hyland" title="Brian Hyland">Brian Hyland</a>'s 1966 single "<a href="/wiki/The_Joker_Went_Wild" title="The Joker Went Wild">The Joker Went Wild</a>", written by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Russell" title="Bobby Russell">Bobby Russell</a> (no relation to Leon). Russell also played xylophone and bells on the record.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jason Ankeny of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> said "Russell's evocative arrangements lend 'The Joker Went Wild' much of its appeal, however, channeling the lessons of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson to create rich, bold pop far greater than the sum of its parts".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The track reached #20 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two years later, Garrett and Russell started Viva Records. Russell was the record label's initial <a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">A&R</a> representative as well as producer for many of the label's recordings, including The Shindogs' 1966 "Who Do You Think You Are / Yes, I’m Going Home" (Viva V-601). Viva Records also had a number of music publishing divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1969, it was reported Russell had been the vice-president of Viva.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell said the music he created while collaborating with Garrett motivated him to leave. "That wasn't my cup of tea... it wasn't the kind of thing I liked. I was anxious to not do that very much anymore, it just seemed too fluffy".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Shindogs">The Shindogs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Shindogs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell was an arranger and songwriter as well as a piano and guitar player in The Shindogs, the house band on the ABC-TV dance show series <i><a href="/wiki/Shindig!" title="Shindig!">Shindig!</a></i> Fellow musicians <a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaney_Bramlett" title="Delaney Bramlett">Delaney Bramlett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Preston" title="Billy Preston">Billy Preston</a> were among the Shindogs' alumni.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Released_first_solo_record">Released first solo record</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Released first solo record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell released his first solo record, the single, "Everybody's Talking 'Bout the Young", for <a href="/wiki/Dot_Records" title="Dot Records">Dot Records</a> in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Produced by Russell and Snuff Garrett, the folk-rock, anti-Vietnam war protest song was co-written by Russell, T. Lesslie (Snuff Garrett) and J. J. Cale.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skyhill_Studios">Skyhill Studios</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Skyhill Studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965 Russell built his first recording studio, Skyhill Studios inside his 2,900 sq. ft., 4 bedroom home at 7709 Skyhill Drive in the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Hills" title="Hollywood Hills">Hollywood Hills</a>. Russell had seen and worked in similar home recording studios owned by <a href="/wiki/Les_Paul" title="Les Paul">Les Paul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Kovacs" title="Ernie Kovacs">Ernie Kovacs</a> and others. He hired fellow Tulsan J.J. Cale as his in-home studio manager. Cale said "the neighbors thought the Hell’s Angels lived at Skyhill because of all the cars, motorcycles, and loud music at all hours of the day and night".<sup id="cite_ref-Skyhill_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skyhill-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell and his friends referred to the studio as "the home for unwed musicians".<sup id="cite_ref-Shame_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shame-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell's recording studio home featured sound proofing, double walls and extensive wiring. Different rooms throughout the house were used to record various instruments, with a bathroom dedicated for use as an echo-chamber. The first recording session in the studio was an August 1965 <a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a> session. Russell’s Skyhill Studios was often used by up-and-coming artists to record demos to attract recording companies' attention.<sup id="cite_ref-Skyhill_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Skyhill-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hired_by_Lenny_Waronker">Hired by Lenny Waronker</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Hired by Lenny Waronker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell was hired as an arranger and producer in 1967 by <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Waronker" title="Lenny Waronker">Lenny Waronker</a>, then a junior <a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">A&R</a> representative for the Reprise and Warner Bros. record labels.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell's early work for Waronker included arranging and producing <a href="/wiki/Harpers_Bizarre" title="Harpers Bizarre">Harpers Bizarre</a>'s 1967 debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_Groovy" title="Feelin' Groovy">Feelin' Groovy</a></i> which featured a cover of "<a href="/wiki/The_59th_Street_Bridge_Song_(Feelin%27_Groovy)" title="The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)">The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)</a>". Russell also played piano on the track. </p><p>Russell also co-produced and arranged recordings by Canadian folk-rock singer <a href="/wiki/Tom_Northcott" title="Tom Northcott">Tom Northcott</a>, including a cover version of <a href="/wiki/Donovan" title="Donovan">Donovan</a>'s "Sunny Goodge Street".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Asylum_Choir">The Asylum Choir</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Asylum Choir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1968 Russell formed <a href="/wiki/The_Asylum_Choir" title="The Asylum Choir">The Asylum Choir</a>, a two-man group with <a href="/wiki/Marc_Benno" title="Marc Benno">Marc Benno</a>. Benno, a Texan, sang and played guitar and bass. Russell sang and played guitar, piano, and drums. The duo had met in LA. Their twenty-six minute long LP <i><a href="/wiki/Look_Inside_the_Asylum_Choir" title="Look Inside the Asylum Choir">Look Inside the Asylum Choir</a></i> was released on Smash Records.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shelter_Records">Shelter Records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Shelter Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell and music producer <a href="/wiki/Denny_Cordell" title="Denny Cordell">Denny Cordell</a> established <a href="/wiki/Shelter_Records" title="Shelter Records">Shelter Records</a> in 1969. The company operated from 1969 to 1981, with offices in Los Angeles and Tulsa.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shelter Records released "Duppy Conqueror", reggae artist <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a>'s first American single. </p><p>In 1972, <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> sued the record label for copyright infringement. The Shelter Records logo included an upside down version of the well-known <a href="/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a> logo. Shelter Records obscured the logo with an overstamped black rectangle in response to the lawsuit and later settlement. Later versions of the logo replaced the Superman artwork with a scrawled letter "S" inside an outline of an egg.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Delaney_&_Bonnie"><span id="Delaney_.26_Bonnie"></span>Delaney & Bonnie</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Delaney & Bonnie"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell performed as a member of <a href="/wiki/Delaney_%26_Bonnie" title="Delaney & Bonnie">Delaney & Bonnie and Friends</a> in 1969 and 1970, playing guitar and keyboards on their albums and as part of the touring band. Through this group, he met <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> and others with whom he would work over the next couple of years.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Joe_Cocker!_LP"><span id="Joe_Cocker.21_LP"></span><i>Joe Cocker!</i> LP</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Joe Cocker! LP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell was the co-producer, arranger, a songwriter and performer on Joe Cocker’s 1969 LP <i><a href="/wiki/Joe_Cocker!" title="Joe Cocker!">Joe Cocker!</a></i> Russell wrote the song "Delta Lady" on the album.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album reached number 11 on the <i>Billboard</i> 200.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1970s_-_"Superstar"_status"><span id="1970s_-_.22Superstar.22_status"></span>1970s - "Superstar" status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 1970s - "Superstar" status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mad_Dogs_&_Englishmen_tour_and_album"><span id="Mad_Dogs_.26_Englishmen_tour_and_album"></span><i>Mad Dogs & Englishmen</i> tour and album</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour and album"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mad_Dogs_%26_Englishmen_(album)" title="Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album)">Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album)</a></div> <p>In March 1970 Russell was hired by Joe Cocker to help quickly mount a concert band and rehearse a 48 date tour. Cocker said he had been told by United States immigration authorities he had to perform "right away" or lose his visa and be deported from the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Rita_Coolidge" title="Rita Coolidge">Rita Coolidge</a> claimed the real reason was due to threats that Cocker would be physically harmed if he didn't comply with an order to tour. </p><p>Russell had only a week to locate, audition, hire and rehearse a 10-piece band and the Space Choir which would consist of 10 backup singers. Russell said Cocker, reportedly using copious illicit drugs at the time "was pretty wrecked when we started out". Asking Cocker "Does it sound good to you?" during an audition, Cocker said "It never sounds right to me". "I didn’t know how to take that. So I said, 'Shit, I’ll just do whatever I want'".<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell hired many of the musicians from Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett's band. He both conducted and performed in the tour, playing either piano or lead guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singer and former <a href="/wiki/The_Ikettes" title="The Ikettes">Ikette</a> <a href="/wiki/Claudia_Lennear" title="Claudia Lennear">Claudia Lennear</a>, who performed during the tour, said Russell had the unique musical talent of being able to fuse together "white gospel and Black gospel".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After watching the <i>Mad Dogs & Englishmen</i> concert film, <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> said of Russell "There are some people who are born to be leaders of musicians and he is. It was Leon I was watching. He had the feel for that music. Joe was an amazing singer. But you could tell it was Leon's band".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell purchased the top hat and Holy Trinity basketball jersey shirt he wore on the tour at a used clothing store near his Skyhill Studios in Los Angeles. He explained "I’m an actor - I was just trying to make a show".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leon_Russell_1970.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Leon_Russell_1970.JPG/220px-Leon_Russell_1970.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Leon_Russell_1970.JPG/330px-Leon_Russell_1970.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Leon_Russell_1970.JPG/440px-Leon_Russell_1970.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1441" data-file-height="954" /></a><figcaption>Leon Russell at home in his studio, October 1970; he became a solo recording artist that year</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leon_Russell_(solo_album)"><span id="Leon_Russell_.28solo_album.29"></span><i>Leon Russell</i> (solo album)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Leon Russell (solo album)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell released his 1970 solo album, <i><a href="/wiki/Leon_Russell_(album)" title="Leon Russell (album)">Leon Russell</a></i> on his <a href="/wiki/Shelter_Records" title="Shelter Records">Shelter Records</a> label during the Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour. The album, recorded at <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Sound_Recorders" title="Sunset Sound Recorders">Sunset Sound Recorders</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Los Angeles featured a number of guest vocalists and musicians, including <a href="/wiki/Marc_Benno" title="Marc Benno">Marc Benno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Bramlett" title="Bonnie Bramlett">Bonnie Bramlett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merry_Clayton" title="Merry Clayton">Merry Clayton</a>, Joe Cocker, Greg Dempsey, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mick_Jagger" title="Mick Jagger">Mick Jagger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Richards" title="Keith Richards">Keith Richards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stainton" title="Chris Stainton">Chris Stainton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album included two Russell compositions that have become best-selling standards, "<a href="/wiki/A_Song_for_You" title="A Song for You">A Song for You</a>" and "Delta Lady". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""A_Song_For_You""><span id=".22A_Song_For_You.22"></span>"A Song For You"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: "A Song For You""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell explained how he wrote "A Song For You", saying "I was in my studio in Hollywood and actually I was trying to write a standard. I was trying to write a blues song that Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles both could sing... I wrote it in 10 minutes. It was for a specific occasion. And I went in there and wrote it very quickly... that happens sometimes. Sometimes they're very quick. It's almost as if one is not writing them, you know? Like they're coming from another place".<sup id="cite_ref-SongForYou_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SongForYou-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"A Song for You" has become one of Russell's best-known songs, with versions released by more than 40 different artists, including <a href="/wiki/Elkie_Brooks" title="Elkie Brooks">Elkie Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Carpenters" title="The Carpenters">The Carpenters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donny_Hathaway" title="Donny Hathaway">Donny Hathaway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peggy_Lee" title="Peggy Lee">Peggy Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmen_McRae" title="Carmen McRae">Carmen McRae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freda_Payne" title="Freda Payne">Freda Payne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Reddy" title="Helen Reddy">Helen Reddy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a>. Both the Carpenters and The Temptations named an album after the song. <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>' version earned him the 1994 <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Male_R%26B_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance">Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "A Song For You" was inducted into Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-GrammyHallFame_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GrammyHallFame-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Delta_Lady""><span id=".22Delta_Lady.22"></span>"Delta Lady"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: "Delta Lady""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell's "Delta Lady" was first released in 1969 on <i>The Mad Dogs & Englishmen</i> lp, performed by Joe Cocker. Cocker's version changes Russell's original lyric from "I’m over here in England" to "when I’m home again in England" as Cocker was British. <a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Gentry" title="Bobbie Gentry">Bobbie Gentry</a> performed the song under the title "Delta Man" on her 1970 album <i><a href="/wiki/Fancy_(Bobbie_Gentry_album)" title="Fancy (Bobbie Gentry album)">Fancy</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s_recordings_and_concerts">1970s recordings and concerts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1970s recordings and concerts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1970, Russell played piano on <a href="/wiki/Dave_Mason" title="Dave Mason">Dave Mason</a>'s album <i><a href="/wiki/Alone_Together_(Dave_Mason_album)" title="Alone Together (Dave Mason album)">Alone Together</a></i>, notably on the song "Sad and Deep as You".<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song <a href="/wiki/The_Letter_(Box_Tops_song)#Joe_Cocker_renditions" title="The Letter (Box Tops song)">"The Letter"</a> performed by Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & the Shelter People peaked at #7 on the Hot 100 on May 30, 1970; this was Russell's first hit song.<sup id="cite_ref-auto9_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto9-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1970, Russell performed at the <a href="/wiki/Fillmore_East" title="Fillmore East">Fillmore East</a>, with Elton John on the same bill. Those performances have been bootlegged.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell and John appeared on <i>The <a href="/wiki/David_Frost" title="David Frost">David Frost</a> Show</i> with Fillmore owner <a href="/wiki/Bill_Graham_(promoter)" title="Bill Graham (promoter)">Bill Graham</a> on December 3, 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell's album <i>Prince of Peace: Radio Broadcast 1970</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Soundboard_recording" title="Soundboard recording">soundboard recording</a> of a concert at Fillmore East in late 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leon Russell and Friends recorded the <i>Homewood Sessions</i>, broadcast as an "unscripted and unrehearsed" one-hour TV special on <a href="/wiki/KCET" title="KCET">KCET</a> (Los Angeles) that aired in December 1970 and was later re-broadcast several times on the <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">Public Broadcasting Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in December 1970, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine carried an interview with Russell. It opened with a characterization of his sound as "those driving, lurchy, churchy rock and roll songs".<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell produced some tracks for Bob Dylan in March 1971 when Dylan was experimenting with his new sound. The sessions produced the single "<a href="/wiki/Watching_the_River_Flow" title="Watching the River Flow">Watching the River Flow</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/When_I_Paint_My_Masterpiece" title="When I Paint My Masterpiece">When I Paint My Masterpiece</a>", both of which prominently featured Russell's gospel-flavored piano.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-2016_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the invitation of George Harrison, Russell played piano on <a href="/wiki/Badfinger" title="Badfinger">Badfinger</a>'s third album, <i><a href="/wiki/Straight_Up_(Badfinger_album)" title="Straight Up (Badfinger album)">Straight Up</a></i> in the summer of 1971. Leon performed piano, vocals, bass and backing vocals at the two shows of the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh#War_of_Independence" title="Bangladesh">war-refugees' benefit</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh" title="The Concert for Bangladesh">Concert for Bangladesh</a>) on August 1, 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was featured performing a medley of the songs "<a href="/wiki/Jumpin%27_Jack_Flash" title="Jumpin' Jack Flash">Jumpin' Jack Flash</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Young_Blood_(The_Coasters_song)" title="Young Blood (The Coasters song)">Young Blood</a>" and singing a verse on Harrison's "<a href="/wiki/Beware_of_Darkness_(song)" title="Beware of Darkness (song)">Beware of Darkness</a>". Bob Dylan surprised Russell by asking him to play bass for some of Dylan's portion of the concert; Russell and Harrison sang harmonies on the chorus of "<a href="/wiki/Just_Like_a_Woman" title="Just Like a Woman">Just Like a Woman</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh_(album)" title="The Concert for Bangladesh (album)">The Concert for Bangladesh</a></i> benefit album released in late 1971 was a major critical and commercial success. The release topped album charts in several countries, and went on to win the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Grammy Award for Album of the Year</a> in March 1973. The Concert also became an <a href="/wiki/The_Concert_for_Bangladesh_(film)" title="The Concert for Bangladesh (film)">Apple concert benefit film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Saul_Swimmer" title="Saul Swimmer">Saul Swimmer</a> and released in spring, 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1971, Shelter Records released <i><a href="/wiki/Leon_Russell_and_the_Shelter_People" title="Leon Russell and the Shelter People">Leon Russell and the Shelter People</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Asylum_Choir_II" title="Asylum Choir II">Asylum Choir II</a></i> (co-produced by Marc Benno) and recorded at Russell's Skyhill Studios. <i>Leon Russell and the Shelter People</i> went on to be Russell's first U.S. gold album. In the same year, Russell played on recording sessions with B. B. King, Eric Clapton, and Bob Dylan.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-2016_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leon_Russell_1970s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Leon_Russell_1970s.jpg/220px-Leon_Russell_1970s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Leon_Russell_1970s.jpg/330px-Leon_Russell_1970s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Leon_Russell_1970s.jpg/440px-Leon_Russell_1970s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="652" data-file-height="894" /></a><figcaption>Russell</figcaption></figure> <p>Russell helped the blues guitarist <a href="/wiki/Freddie_King" title="Freddie King">Freddie King</a> revive his career by collaborating on three of King's albums for Shelter Records during the early 1970s. During those same years, Russell profited from what was then called the "country and western" market by recording and performing under the moniker Hank Wilson,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a regular performer at <a href="/wiki/Gilley%27s_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilley's Club">Gilley's Club</a>, a honkytonk in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_Texas" title="Pasadena, Texas">Pasadena, Texas</a>, made famous by the film <i><a href="/wiki/Urban_Cowboy" title="Urban Cowboy">Urban Cowboy</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell recorded the song "Get a Line on You" at <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Studios" title="Olympic Studios">Olympic Studios</a> in October 1969, with contributions from Mick Jagger (lead vocal), Ringo Starr (drums), and probably also <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wyman" title="Bill Wyman">Bill Wyman</a> (bass) and <a href="/wiki/Mick_Taylor" title="Mick Taylor">Mick Taylor</a> (guitar). It was shelved until 1993, when it was issued as a bonus track on the 24K gold re-release by DCC Compact Classics (DCC Compact Classics GZS 1049). The Rolling Stones included the song, under the title "<a href="/wiki/Shine_a_Light_(The_Rolling_Stones_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shine a Light (The Rolling Stones song)">Shine a Light</a>" on their 1972 album <i><a href="/wiki/Exile_on_Main_St." title="Exile on Main St.">Exile on Main St.</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, Russell did a concert tour with his Shelter People entourage. One performance was recorded in California at the <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Beach Arena">Long Beach Arena</a> on August 28, 1972,<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was released as a three-record set in 1973 as <i><a href="/wiki/Leon_Live" title="Leon Live">Leon Live</a></i>. It became his third U.S. gold album. In November 1972, <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> cited Russell as a top concert draw and reported the 1972 tour gross at almost $3 million.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto5_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 1972, he released his <a href="/wiki/Carney_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Carney (Leon Russell album)"><i>Carney</i></a> album, which was his third solo studio album. The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. The album featured "<a href="/wiki/Tight_Rope_(song)" title="Tight Rope (song)">Tight Rope</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/This_Masquerade" title="This Masquerade">This Masquerade</a>" (songs released on a 45 as the A side and B side respectively), and became his second gold album.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_Back_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Looking Back (Leon Russell album)">Looking Back</a></i> was released by Russell on Olympic Records in 1973, shortly after the success of his single "Tight Rope". It contains instrumental tracks recorded in the mid-1960s, featuring Russell playing the harpsichord.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975 Russell released <i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Japan_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Live in Japan (Leon Russell album)">Live In Japan</a></i> on Shelter Records. The album was recorded live at <a href="/wiki/Budokan_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Budokan Hall">Budokan Hall</a>, in Tokyo, on November 8, 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell made it into the 1975 <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> with "Lady Blue", from his album <i><a href="/wiki/Will_O%27_the_Wisp_(album)" title="Will O' the Wisp (album)">Will o' the Wisp</a></i>. It was his fourth gold album.<sup id="cite_ref-rockhall1_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockhall1-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Helen Reddy recorded Russell's song "Bluebird" as a single and on her 1975 album <i><a href="/wiki/No_Way_to_Treat_a_Lady_(album)" title="No Way to Treat a Lady (album)">No Way to Treat a Lady</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-collection_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collection-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song debuted on the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> in the July 5 issue of the magazine and eventually peaked at number 35.<sup id="cite_ref-hot_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hot-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same issue also marked its debut on the magazine's <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Easy Listening</a> chart, where it spent eight weeks and peaked at number 5;<sup id="cite_ref-adult_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adult-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the <i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i> singles chart it reached number 51.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reddy said, "I love Leon Russell's writing and I love this song. It was an integral part of my repertoire for nearly 30 years, and I never tired of singing it."<sup id="cite_ref-collection_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collection-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""This_Masquerade""><span id=".22This_Masquerade.22"></span>"This Masquerade"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: "This Masquerade""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell's song "This Masquerade", the B-side of his 1972 hit single "Tight Rope", was later recorded by many artists, including Reddy and the Carpenters. <a href="/wiki/George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a>'s version of the song reached number 10 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> and won <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Record of the Year">Record of the Year</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1977_Grammy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="1977 Grammy Awards">1977 Grammy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the songwriter, Russell was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Song of the Year</a> in 1977 but lost to Bruce Johnston, who wrote "<a href="/wiki/I_Write_the_Songs" title="I Write the Songs">I Write the Songs</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell's version of "This Masquerade" was used for the soundtrack for the psychological thriller film <i><a href="/wiki/Bug_(2007_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bug (2007 film)">Bug</a></i>, which was directed by <a href="/wiki/William_Friedkin" title="William Friedkin">William Friedkin</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Bug_(2007_soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bug (2007 soundtrack)"><i>Bug</i> soundtrack</a> was released on May 22, 2007. The song was also used in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/The_Pursuit_of_Happyness" title="The Pursuit of Happyness">The Pursuit of Happyness</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_Star_Is_Born"><i>A Star Is Born</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: A Star Is Born"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1976, Russell and <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> wrote the song "Lost Inside of You" for the film soundtrack of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_soundtrack)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 soundtrack)">A Star Is Born</a></i>. During a songwriting session at her house, Streisand began playing an original composition on her piano, and Russell was inspired to hum a countermelody which surprised and impressed Streisand. The interplay between the two songwriters was fictionalized for a scene in the film showing Streisand and <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a> writing the song together.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>A Star Is Born</i> soundtrack received a <a href="/wiki/20th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="20th Annual Grammy Awards">Grammy Nominations</a> for Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1976, Russell released the <i><a href="/wiki/Wedding_Album_(Leon_and_Mary_Russell_album)" title="Wedding Album (Leon and Mary Russell album)">Wedding Album</a></i>, a studio album with his then wife, Mary Russell,<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic.com_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic.com-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> otherwise known as <a href="/wiki/Little_Sister_(band)" title="Little Sister (band)">Mary McCreary</a>. It was the first release by Paradise Records, and it was distributed by Rhino/<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leon and Mary were the album producers, except for the final track "Daylight", which was produced by its writer, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Womack" title="Bobby Womack">Bobby Womack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 15, 1976, Leon and Mary performed "Satisfy You" and "<a href="/wiki/Daylight_(Bobby_Womack_song)" title="Daylight (Bobby Womack song)">Daylight</a>" with <a href="/wiki/John_Belushi" title="John Belushi">John Belushi</a> impersonating Joe Cocker on <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Make_Love_to_the_Music" title="Make Love to the Music">Make Love to the Music</a></i> is the second album by Leon & Mary Russell released in 1977 on Paradise Records.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1978, Russell released his <i><a href="/wiki/Americana_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Americana (Leon Russell album)">Americana</a></i> album on the Warner Bros. label.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After touring with Willie Nelson, Russell and Nelson in 1979 had a #1 hit on <i>Billboard</i>s <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> chart with their duet of "<a href="/wiki/Heartbreak_Hotel" title="Heartbreak Hotel">Heartbreak Hotel</a>". This single was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Performance_by_a_Duo_or_Group_with_Vocal" title="Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal">Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group</a> at the <a href="/wiki/22nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="22nd Annual Grammy Awards">1979 Grammy Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-Grammy_history_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grammy_history-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (presented on February 27, 1980), with the award going to the <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Daniels" title="Charlie Daniels">Charlie Daniels Band</a> for "<a href="/wiki/The_Devil_Went_Down_to_Georgia" title="The Devil Went Down to Georgia">The Devil Went Down to Georgia</a>". They also released their duet country pop-rock studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(Willie_Nelson_and_Leon_Russell_album)" title="One for the Road (Willie Nelson and Leon Russell album)">One for the Road</a></i>, that year. It was Russell's fifth gold album.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic1_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic1-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album was nominated for 1979's Album of the Year awarded by the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a>, which went to <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gambler_(album)" title="The Gambler (album)">The Gambler</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The track "<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_the_Light_(Hank_Williams_song)" title="I Saw the Light (Hank Williams song)">I Saw the Light</a>" was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Inspirational_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance">Best Inspirational Performance</a> at the 1979 Grammy Awards,<sup id="cite_ref-Grammy_history_106-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grammy_history-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which instead went to <a href="/wiki/B._J._Thomas" title="B. J. Thomas">B. J. Thomas</a> for his album <i><a href="/wiki/You_Gave_Me_Love_(When_Nobody_Gave_Me_a_Prayer)" title="You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)">You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me A Prayer)</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell released <i><a href="/wiki/Life_and_Love_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Life and Love (Leon Russell album)">Life And Love</a></i>, an album on Paradise Records, in 1979. <i>Life and Love</i> has country, rock, and blues songs which hark back to Leon's work in the early 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Building_The_Church_Studio">Building The Church Studio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Building The Church Studio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell purchased multiple properties in the early 1970s in his home state of Oklahoma, including the historic <a href="/wiki/The_Church_Studio" title="The Church Studio">The Church Studio</a> in 1972 located on the corner of 3rd Street and Trenton in <a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>. The church was also home to Shelter Records. Many musicians recorded at The Church including <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Twilley" title="Dwight Twilley">Dwight Twilley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dr._John" title="Dr. John">Dr. John</a>, <a href="/wiki/JJ_Cale" class="mw-redirect" title="JJ Cale">JJ Cale</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Gap_Band" title="The Gap Band">the Gap Band</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freddie_King" title="Freddie King">Freddie King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Snow" title="Phoebe Snow">Phoebe Snow</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Tosh" title="Peter Tosh">Peter Tosh</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Petty" title="Tom Petty">Tom Petty</a>, with his early band <a href="/wiki/Mudcrutch" title="Mudcrutch">Mudcrutch</a>, signed his first record deal with Shelter Records there.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_Poem_Is_a_Naked_Person"><i>A Poem Is a Naked Person</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: A Poem Is a Naked Person"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972 after viewing Les Blank’s film, <i>The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin’ Hopkins</i>, Russell and Cordell hired Blank to film a documentary of the activities at the Shelter Records studio in Russell's compound at the Grand Lake Of The Cherokees in Oklahoma. Blank shot film footage for two years. Russell didn't care for the finished film and during the breakup of Shelter Records, traded his forgiveness of some of Cordell's loans in exchange for full ownership of the film. Russell would not allow the finished film to be shown, saying "This film will never be seen in public". </p><p>40 years later, a Disney movie changed Russell's mind. He explained "After Les Blank died, his son, Harrod, came to see me, offering to recut the film and also digitize it to enhance the quality. Plus, I had recently seen a Disney movie, <i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Mr._Banks" title="Saving Mr. Banks">Saving Mister Banks</a></i>. After watching that, I realized sometimes we just say no to be just saying no, and I realized I was being selfish about it". Harrod Blank re-mastered and released the film, editing out 14 minutes of the original film. Russell said to Harrod Blank "I don’t know how you did it but this is so much better than what I remembered".<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Hank_Wilson"_persona"><span id=".22Hank_Wilson.22_persona"></span>"Hank Wilson" persona</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: "Hank Wilson" persona"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973 Russell created the fictional musical personality "Hank Wilson", and recorded the album <i><a href="/wiki/Hank_Wilson%27s_Back_Vol._I" title="Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I">Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I</a></i> at producer <a href="/wiki/Owen_Bradley" title="Owen Bradley">Owen Bradley</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bradley%27s_Barn" title="Bradley's Barn">Bradley's Barn</a> studio in Nashville. He said "'Hank Wilson' came about on a road trip. I was bringing a car back from L.A., and I stopped at a truck stop that had about 500 country tapes for sale. I bought a bunch and listened to them on the way home (to Tulsa). I don't really listen to records very much, except for research. I liked some of that stuff, though, and thought it would be fun to do a record like that".<sup id="cite_ref-LateNight_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LateNight-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The album reached #28 on the <i>Billboard</i> chart in 1973. The first track, "<a href="/wiki/Roll_in_My_Sweet_Baby%27s_Arms" title="Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms">Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms</a>", was a minor hit.<sup id="cite_ref-rockhall1_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockhall1-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, a BBC review called Russell's album "one of the most joyful sidebars of his career... a deeply entertaining album that, like all great country, turns melancholy and gloom into melody and dancing".<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Gap_Band">The Gap Band</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: The Gap Band"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell helped the <a href="/wiki/Gap_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="Gap Band">Gap Band</a>, a trio of Tulsa brothers,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> kick off their chart success in 1974. The group went on to produce several funk-disco hits.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_120-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Gap Band backed Russell on his album <i><a href="/wiki/Stop_All_That_Jazz" title="Stop All That Jazz">Stop All That Jazz</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Helped_develop_Linn_drum_machines">Helped develop Linn drum machines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Helped develop Linn drum machines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a teenager, Roger Linn played guitar in Russell's band. In 1977 Linn created the first programmable drum machine that used actual drum beat samples.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell suggested that Linn also add longer-length loops as well as sampled hand claps, explaining a recording session that included clapping quickly becomes a burden for performers during multiple takes. Russell used Linn's drum machine for all of the percussion on his <i>Life and Love</i> album.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984 Linn created the pressure sensitive Linn9000 drum machine and credited Russell with the inspiration to add "sloppy" or shuffle timing. Linn said, "It was Leon who taught me about swing timing, which he called 'shuffle'. He explained that one of the big factors in a drummer’s feel was the degree of shuffle timing in his playing... I added the code to delay—by a variable amount... This allowed me to dial in the exact groove I wanted".<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paradise_Records">Paradise Records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Paradise Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell departed Shelter Records in 1976 to start his own record label, <a href="/wiki/Paradise_Records" title="Paradise Records">Paradise Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paradise_Studios">Paradise Studios</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Paradise Studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell built and owned Paradise Studios in <a href="/wiki/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank, California</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">recording studio</a> had two audio <a href="/wiki/Sound_stage" title="Sound stage">sound stages</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Television_studio" title="Television studio">television production stage</a>. The studio complex also had a mobile audio recording bus and a <a href="/wiki/Outside_broadcasting" title="Outside broadcasting">remote television production bus</a> which supported the stages or could travel. Paradise Records was headquartered at the studio. The studio aired a weekly <a href="/wiki/Live_television" title="Live television">live television</a> music show <i><a href="/wiki/New_Wave_Theatre" title="New Wave Theatre">New Wave Theatre</a></i> shown on the <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA</a> cable network. The studio was used to make music videos for <a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Meisner" title="Randy Meisner">Randy Meisner</a> and also long format videos for Willie Nelson, J.J. Cale, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a>, and Russell.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1980s_-_Concert_tours">1980s - Concert tours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 1980s - Concert tours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ABC_Network_"We_Belong_Together"_campaign"><span id="ABC_Network_.22We_Belong_Together.22_campaign"></span>ABC Network "We Belong Together" campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: ABC Network "We Belong Together" campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell and <a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a> were the singers on the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC Television Network</a> 1985-1986 Fall promotional campaign. The three and a half minute song "We Belong Together" was written by Brock Walsh. The commercial first aired on July 6, 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s_recordings_and_concerts">1980s recordings and concerts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 1980s recordings and concerts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell toured with the <a href="/wiki/New_Grass_Revival" title="New Grass Revival">New Grass Revival</a> in 1980 and 1981, releasing two more albums with Paradise Records before the label folded.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 1, 1982, Russell played at <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ely" title="Joe Ely">Joe Ely</a>'s Third Annual Tornado Jam in <a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock, Texas</a> to a crowd of 25,000. The Jam included <a href="/wiki/Joan_Jett" title="Joan Jett">Joan Jett</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Crickets" title="The Crickets">the Crickets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 15, 1980, Russell joined with <a href="/wiki/New_Grass_Revival" title="New Grass Revival">New Grass Revival</a> to record a live album at Perkins Palace in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>, released in 1981 as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Album_(Leon_Russell_and_New_Grass_Revival)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Live Album (Leon Russell and New Grass Revival)">The Live Album (Leon Russell and New Grass Revival)</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-discogs.com_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discogs.com-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, Russell played piano and percussion on New Grass Revival's <i><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_(New_Grass_Revival_album)" title="Commonwealth (New Grass Revival album)">Commonwealth</a></i> album.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Continuing with a country theme he made a second Hank Wilson album, <i><a href="/wiki/Hank_Wilson,_Vol._II" title="Hank Wilson, Vol. II">Hank Wilson, Vol. II</a></i> released in 1984, Hank Wilson being Russell's self-styled country music alter-ego since the early 1970s. It was released on Leon Russell Records.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell released a country blues album, recorded in <a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_Tennessee" title="Hendersonville, Tennessee">Hendersonville, Tennessee</a> at his Paradise Studios, called <i><a href="/wiki/Solid_State_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Solid State (Leon Russell album)">Solid State</a></i>. It was released by Paradise Music in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Russell toured the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He released the compilation album <i>Best of Leon Russell: A Song for You</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceD_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceD-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1988 and 1989 <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Winter" title="Edgar Winter">Edgar Winter</a> and Russell went on a tour of the United States and Canada. Winter is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. In 2002 the DVD <i>Edgar Winter – Live on Stage, Featuring Leon Russell</i> was released.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1990s_-_2000s_-_recording_and_touring">1990s - 2000s - recording and touring</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 1990s - 2000s - recording and touring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell released <i>Delta Lady</i> on Del Rack Records in 1991. Many of the songs are remixes of early recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-forums.stevehoffman.tv_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forums.stevehoffman.tv-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He released a new album <i><a href="/wiki/Anything_Can_Happen_(Leon_Russell_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anything Can Happen (Leon Russell album)">Anything Can Happen</a></i> recorded at Paradise Studios, released on <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin Records</a> in 1991. Pianist <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Hornsby" title="Bruce Hornsby">Bruce Hornsby</a> produced this comeback album. During the late 1980s and early 1990s Hornsby worked extensively as a producer and sideman with Russell.<sup id="cite_ref-Roch_Parisien_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roch_Parisien-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993, Paradise Records released the <i>Leon Russell 24k Gold Disc</i> album. It was a remix of recordings done at Olympic Sound in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell started Leon Russell Records, an <a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">independent record label</a>, in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell released his <i>Hymns of Christmas</i> album with ten instrumental hymns by Leon Russell Piano and Orchestra on Leon Russell Records in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-Zac_Johnson_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zac_Johnson-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Capitol/EMI Records in 1996 released the album <i>Gimme Shelter! The Best of Leon Russell</i>, a two-CD album set with 40 tracks covering 1969–1992.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Capitol/Right Stuff Records released in 1997 the album <i>Retrospective</i>, an album with Russell's 18 all-time best-selling songs.<sup id="cite_ref-retrospective_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrospective-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell released a new album under his country artist name Hank Wilson, <i><a href="/wiki/Legend_in_My_Time:_Hank_Wilson_Vol._III" title="Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III">Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III</a></i>, on <a href="/wiki/Ark_21_Records" title="Ark 21 Records">Ark 21 Records</a>, in 1998 .<sup id="cite_ref-Matthew_Greenwald_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matthew_Greenwald-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell released <i><a href="/wiki/Face_in_the_Crowd_(Leon_Russell_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Face in the Crowd (Leon Russell album)">Face in the Crowd</a></i> in 1999, a blues album on Sagestone Entertainment Records.<sup id="cite_ref-William_Ruhlmann_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-William_Ruhlmann-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-A_Familiar_Face_in_the_Crowd_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Familiar_Face_in_the_Crowd-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Blues:_Same_Old_Song" title="Blues: Same Old Song">Blues: Same Old Song</a></i> CD was released on Paradise Records in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leon_Russell_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Leon_Russell_in_2009.jpg/220px-Leon_Russell_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Leon_Russell_in_2009.jpg/330px-Leon_Russell_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Leon_Russell_in_2009.jpg/440px-Leon_Russell_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="532" /></a><figcaption>Russell performing in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida" title="Fort Lauderdale, Florida">Ft. Lauderdale, Florida</a>, April 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2000, Russell and Q Records released <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Gilley%27s" title="Live at Gilley's">Live at Gilley's</a></i>, a performance from September 17, 1981, at <a href="/wiki/Gilley%27s_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilley's Club">Gilley's Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2000, Leon Russell Records released the rock album <i>Crazy Love</i> on CD.<sup id="cite_ref-Leon_Russell_Latest_Albums_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leon_Russell_Latest_Albums-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, Russell teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Matt Harris to make the latter's album <i>Slightly Elliptical Orbit</i>. They wrote 10 songs for the 12-track album, and Russell sang on the "This Train" track. The album was released in 2002 on Leon Russell Records.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Signature Songs</i> was released in 2001 on Leon Russell Records. It has Russell playing his top songs from his career. It was re-released in 2007 by MRI Associated Labels.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell returned as Hank Wilson, but this time with a twist of bluegrass, in <i><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_%26_Bluegrass:_Hank_Wilson,_Vol._4" title="Rhythm & Bluegrass: Hank Wilson, Vol. 4">Rhythm & Bluegrass: Hank Wilson, Vol. 4</a></i>, released in 2001 on Leon Russell Records. The songs are with New Grass Revival from the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Ronnie_D._Lankford,_Jr_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ronnie_D._Lankford,_Jr-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell and the others who played on the "<a href="/wiki/Foggy_Mountain_Breakdown" title="Foggy Mountain Breakdown">Foggy Mountain Breakdown</a>" track each won <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Instrumental_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance">Best Country Instrumental Performance</a> at the <a href="/wiki/44th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="44th Annual Grammy Awards">2001 Grammy Awards</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Grammy_history_106-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grammy_history-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were presented on February 27, 2002. <i><a href="/wiki/Moonlight_%26_Love_Songs" title="Moonlight & Love Songs">Moonlight & Love Songs</a></i>, an album Russell made with the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Symphony" title="Nashville Symphony">Nashville Symphony</a>, was released on Leon Russell Records in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Chris_Nickson_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chris_Nickson-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, Russell released a 95-minute DVD titled <i>A Song for You</i>, that features 25 Russell classic songs from the Shelter People to 2001. There is biographical commentary throughout the DVD. The video is of both concerts and studio sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The DVD album <i><a href="/wiki/Live_And_Pickling_Fast" class="mw-redirect" title="Live And Pickling Fast">Live And Pickling Fast</a></i> was released in the same year. This was a new album of the live Perkins Palace event on May 15, 1980. It had all the original songs from <i>The Live Album (with New Grass Revival)</i>, plus all the other songs from the event and bonus tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceE_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceE-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, Russell did a 12-city concert tour of the United States. On April 23, he received the Living Legend award at <a href="/wiki/Bare_Bones_International_Film_Festival" title="Bare Bones International Film Festival">Bare Bones International Film Festival</a><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in October he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame">Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 2006, Russell released the Okie rock album <i><a href="/wiki/Angel_in_Disguise_(Leon_Russell_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angel in Disguise (Leon Russell album)">Angel in Disguise</a></i> on his Leon Russell Records label.<sup id="cite_ref-Thom_Jurek_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thom_Jurek-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Country_(Leon_Russell_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bad Country (Leon Russell album)">Bad Country</a></i> released on Leon Russell Records in 2007, with 12 original songs by Russell.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell played at <a href="/wiki/Diversafest" title="Diversafest">Diversafest</a>, Tulsa's music conference and festival, in 2007.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Almost_Piano" class="mw-redirect" title="Almost Piano">Almost Piano</a></i> was released in 2007 by Leon Russell Records. It is a <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizer</a> piano collection of ten instrumentals from Russell.<sup id="cite_ref-auto7_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/In_Your_Dreams_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="In Your Dreams (Leon Russell album)">In Your Dreams</a></i> was released on CD by Leon Russell Records in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-auto6_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as was <i><a href="/wiki/A_Mighty_Flood" title="A Mighty Flood">A Mighty Flood</a></i>, a gospel album with original songs by him. <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard magazine">Billboard magazine</a></i> described the latter as "a recent treat" and "buoyant".<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2010s_-_Sixth_Gold_album,_failing_health"><span id="2010s_-_Sixth_Gold_album.2C_failing_health"></span>2010s - Sixth Gold album, failing health</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 2010s - Sixth Gold album, failing health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 31, 2010, Russell joined the <a href="/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a> to play the song "<a href="/wiki/Chicken_Fried" title="Chicken Fried">Chicken Fried</a>" at the Grammy Awards. Zac Brown Band won the <a href="/wiki/Best_New_Artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Best New Artist">Best New Artist</a> award.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After years of reduced prominence, Russell's career was rejuvenated when Elton John sought him for a new project.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2009, Russell worked with John and <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Taupin" title="Bernie Taupin">Bernie Taupin</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Union_(Elton_John_and_Leon_Russell_album)" title="The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)">The Union</a></i>, a double album record credited equally to Russell and John. Recorded in February 2010 and produced by <a href="/wiki/T_Bone_Burnett" title="T Bone Burnett">T Bone Burnett</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the CD was released on October 19, 2010. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style=";"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>I wanted to give Elton something. But what do you give a guy who has six fully stocked houses? So I thought the only thing I could give him is a song. "In the Hands of Angels," retelling of the story of the album [<i>The Union</i>], thanks Mr. John ("the guv'ner" in the lyrics), who knew all the places I needed to go and made me feel the love down deep inside. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Leon Russell<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-2010_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2010-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p><i>The Union</i> was Russell's sixth gold album.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The recordings were interrupted in January 2010 when Russell was hospitalized and underwent surgery for a brain fluid leak, as well as treatment for heart failure and pneumonia.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-2010_168-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2010-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A couple of months later, Russell announced plans for a solo LP, although no specifics were given, and in October 2010 Russell and John embarked on <a href="/wiki/The_Union_Tour" title="The Union Tour">The Union Tour</a>. John and Russell also appeared on the <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman">Late Show with David Letterman</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell and John were nominated for their track “If It Wasn't for Bad", from their <i>The Union</i> album, for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Pop_Collaboration_with_Vocals" title="Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals">Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals</a> at the <a href="/wiki/53rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="53rd Annual Grammy Awards">2010 Grammy Awards</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Grammy_history_106-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grammy_history-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were presented on February 13, 2011. In 2011, the documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Union_(2011_film)" title="The Union (2011 film)">The Union</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Crowe" title="Cameron Crowe">Cameron Crowe</a> was released. It explored the creative process of John and Russell in the making of the 2010 album <i>The Union</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 2, 2011, Russell and John performed together as the musical guests on <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> placed the album in third place on its list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Russell and <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> sang the song "A Way to Survive" on the <i><a href="/wiki/Living_for_a_Song" title="Living for a Song">Living for a Song</a>: A Tribute to Hank Cochran</i> studio album by <a href="/wiki/Jamey_Johnson" title="Jamey Johnson">Jamey Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russell played in <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson%27s_Fourth_of_July_Picnic" title="Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic">Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>, in 2013. He had first played at the picnic in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 23, 2013, Russell performed on the <a href="/wiki/CMT_Crossroads" title="CMT Crossroads">CMT Crossroads</a> broadcast with Willie Nelson, <a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Crow" title="Sheryl Crow">Sheryl Crow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamey_Johnson" title="Jamey Johnson">Jamey Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norah_Jones" title="Norah Jones">Norah Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Monroe" title="Ashley Monroe">Ashley Monroe</a> and Neil Young.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20160228-Leon_Russell-JTG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/20160228-Leon_Russell-JTG.jpg/220px-20160228-Leon_Russell-JTG.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/20160228-Leon_Russell-JTG.jpg/330px-20160228-Leon_Russell-JTG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/20160228-Leon_Russell-JTG.jpg/440px-20160228-Leon_Russell-JTG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Russell telling a story between songs, performing in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>, February 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2014, the album <i><a href="/wiki/Life_Journey" title="Life Journey">Life Journey</a></i> was released on Universal Records. Working with <a href="/wiki/Tommy_LiPuma" title="Tommy LiPuma">Tommy LiPuma</a>, this album included two new songs by Russell: "Big Lips" and "Down in Dixieland".<sup id="cite_ref-auto8_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 16, 2015, a restored version of a previously unreleased 1974 documentary about Russell, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Poem_Is_a_Naked_Person" title="A Poem Is a Naked Person">A Poem Is a Naked Person</a></i> by filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Les_Blank" title="Les Blank">Les Blank</a>, was screened at the <a href="/wiki/South_by_Southwest" title="South by Southwest">South by Southwest</a> Film Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film features concert footage of Russell in New Orleans and Anaheim and of the recording sessions for the album <i>Hank Wilson's Back</i>. In 2015, Russell played at Virginia's <a href="/wiki/Lockn%27_Festival" title="Lockn' Festival">Lockn' Festival</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wildflower!_Arts_and_Music_Festival" title="Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival">Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Richardson,_Texas" title="Richardson, Texas">Richardson, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 30, 2015, Russell, <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Neville" title="Ivan Neville">Ivan Neville</a> gave a performance at The Canyon Club in <a href="/wiki/Agoura_Hills,_California" title="Agoura Hills, California">Agoura Hills, California</a> to raise money for <a href="/wiki/Marty_Grebb" title="Marty Grebb">Marty Grebb</a> who was <a href="/wiki/War_metaphors_in_cancer" title="War metaphors in cancer">battling cancer</a>. Grebb had played on some of their albums.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 11, 2015, he joined <a href="/wiki/Rita_Coolidge" title="Rita Coolidge">Rita Coolidge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claudia_Lennear" title="Claudia Lennear">Claudia Lennear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stainton" title="Chris Stainton">Chris Stainton</a>, and other members of the 1970 <i>Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour</i> for a tribute concert to Joe Cocker organized by the <a href="/wiki/Tedeschi_Trucks_Band" title="Tedeschi Trucks Band">Tedeschi Trucks Band</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Original tour photographer <a href="/wiki/Linda_Wolf" title="Linda Wolf">Linda Wolf</a> documented the reunion and performance.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell had a nationwide concert tour in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was planning to tour into 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_184-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album <i><a href="/wiki/On_a_Distant_Shore" title="On a Distant Shore">On a Distant Shore</a></i>, recorded in 2016, was posthumously released in September 2017. The album has 12 songs written by Russell. Two of his daughters, Coco Bridges and Sugaree Noel Bridges, perform backing vocals on it.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Failing_health_and_death">Failing health and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Failing health and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, Russell had surgery for <a href="/wiki/Cerebrospinal_fluid_rhinorrhoea" title="Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea">cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea</a> and was treated for <a href="/wiki/Heart_failure" title="Heart failure">heart failure</a>. In July 2016, he suffered a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> and underwent heart <a href="/wiki/Bypass_surgery" title="Bypass surgery">bypass surgery</a>. He died in his sleep at his <a href="/wiki/Mount_Juliet,_Tennessee" title="Mount Juliet, Tennessee">Mount Juliet, Tennessee</a> home on November 13, 2016, at the age of 74.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Russell's funeral was on November 18 at Victory Baptist Church in Mt. Juliet,<sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a public memorial was held at The <a href="/wiki/Oral_Roberts_University" title="Oral Roberts University">Oral Roberts University</a> <a href="/wiki/Mabee_Center" title="Mabee Center">Mabee Center</a> on November 20 in Tulsa.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His body is interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_influence">Musical influence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Musical influence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:25em; ; color: #202122;background-color: MistyRose;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>I first saw Leon Russell in 1971 or 1972. Then, as now, Leon made everything happen when he took the stage. For heaven's sake, his rock and roll credits could fill up a big inscribed monolith, if they still made such things. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Costello" title="Elvis Costello">Elvis Costello</a><sup id="cite_ref-NYT-2010_168-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2010-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>Russell's music style encompassed rock,<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_rock" title="Southern rock">southern rock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Chappell_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chappell-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">blues rock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surf_music" title="Surf music">surf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swamp_rock" title="Swamp rock">swamp rock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_sound" title="Tulsa sound">Tulsa sound</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, who had once been Russell's opening act, acknowledged him as his "biggest influence as a piano player, a singer and a songwriter."<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After hearing of Russell's death he said: "My darling Leon Russell passed away last night. He was a mentor, inspiration and so kind to me. I loved him and always will."<sup id="cite_ref-USA_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> John once recalled: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>When Mr. Russell's "Greatest Hits" album came on one day during the trip, I started to cry, it moved me so much. His music takes me back to the most wonderful time in my life, and it makes me so angry that he's been forgotten.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-2010_168-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2010-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Pixies_(band)" title="Pixies (band)">Pixies</a> vocalist <a href="/wiki/Black_Francis" title="Black Francis">Black Francis</a> credits Russell with influencing his vocal style: "I realise there's a certain kind of vocalising I do that takes its cue from Leon Russell. He sang in a <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a> accent but it was very blown-out and exaggerated, very free and loose."<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of Russell's titles and signature nicknames is "Master of Space and Time".<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The depth and scope of Russell's contribution to the music of the twentieth century is illustrated by: </p><p>408 albums on which he received a credit </p><p>251 total artistic credits<br /> 37 types of artistic credit </p> <ul><li>Piano – 77 credits</li> <li>Arranger – 23</li> <li>Keyboards – 20</li> <li>Guitar – 17</li> <li>Organ – 14</li> <li>Electric piano – 11</li> <li>Guest – 11</li> <li>Vocals – 11</li> <li>Bass – 10</li> <li>Miscellaneous – 58 (includes percussion, trumpet, moog, clavinet and 23 more types)</li></ul> <p>282 total writing credits<br /> Five types of writing credit </p> <ul><li>Songwriter – 161 credits</li> <li>Writer – 87</li> <li>Composer – 20</li> <li>Music – 8</li> <li>Lyrics – 6</li></ul> <p>45 production credits </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russell had six children: a daughter from a relationship with Carla McHenry; a son and daughter from his first marriage to Mary McCreary; and three daughters from his later marriage to Janet Lee Constantine.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Grammy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> are awarded annually by the <a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences">National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences</a> to recognize outstanding achievements in music, and are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards in the music industry worldwide. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1222442308">.mw-parser-output .awards-table td:last-child{text-align:center}</style> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/53rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="53rd Annual Grammy Awards">2011</a> </td> <td>"If It Wasn't For Bad" <small>with <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John (singer)</a></small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Pop_Collaboration_with_Vocals" title="Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals">Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/44th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="44th Annual Grammy Awards">2002</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Foggy_Mountain_Breakdown" title="Foggy Mountain Breakdown">Foggy Mountain Breakdown</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Instrumental_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance">Best Country Instrumental Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/22nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="22nd Annual Grammy Awards">1980</a> </td> <td>"I Saw The Light" <small>with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a></small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Inspirational_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance">Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/22nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="22nd Annual Grammy Awards">1980</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Heartbreak_Hotel" title="Heartbreak Hotel">Heartbreak Hotel</a>" <small>with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a></small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Best_Country_Duo/Group_Performance" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Country Duo/Group Performance">Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/20th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="20th Annual Grammy Awards">1978</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">A Star Is Born</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Score_Soundtrack_for_Visual_Media" title="Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media">Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/20th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="20th Annual Grammy Awards">1978</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">A Star Is Born</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Score_Soundtrack_for_Visual_Media" title="Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media">Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/19th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="19th Annual Grammy Awards">1977</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/This_Masquerade" title="This Masquerade">This Masquerade</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Song of the Year">Grammy Award for Song of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="15th Annual Grammy Awards">1973</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Concert_For_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="The Concert For Bangladesh">The Concert For Bangladesh</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Grammy Award for Album of the Year">Grammy Award for Album of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Country_Music_Association_Awards">Country Music Association Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Country Music Association Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Country Music Association Awards</b>, also known as the <b>CMA Awards</b> or <b>CMAs</b>, are presented to <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> artists and broadcasters to recognize outstanding achievement in the country music industry.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="1979 Country Music Association Awards">1979</a> </td> <td>"One for the Road" <small>with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a></small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year" title="Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year">Album of the Year</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="BAFTA_Awards">BAFTA Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: BAFTA Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, honor the best British and international contributions to film. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1222442308"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA Awards">1978</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">A Star Is Born</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Asquith_Award_for_Film_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music">Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1973: Top Concert Attraction in the World – <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-TopConcertAttraction_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TopConcertAttraction-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1979: Muskogee (Oklahoma) Living Legend</li> <li>2006: Lifetime Achievement Award – Bare Bones International Film Festival</li> <li>2006: Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame</li> <li>2011: Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame</li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" title="Rock and Roll Hall of Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> – first recipient of the Award for Musical Excellence</li> <li>2011: Songwriters Hall of Fame</li> <li>2018: "A Song For You" – inducted into Grammy Hall Of Fame<sup id="cite_ref-GrammyHallFame_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GrammyHallFame-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022: Oklahoma Hall of Fame</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_and_live_albums">Studio and live albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Studio and live albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Album<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="8">Peak chart positions </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:125px;"><a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">Certifications</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_sales_certifications" class="mw-redirect" title="List of music recording sales certifications">sales thresholds</a>)</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-BB200_196-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB200-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">US<br />Country</a> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">AUS</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-aus_197-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">CAN</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">CAN<br />Country</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">NOR</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Official New Zealand Music Chart">NZ</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Look_Inside_the_Asylum_Choir" title="Look Inside the Asylum Choir">Look Inside the Asylum Choir</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Marc_Benno" title="Marc Benno">Marc Benno</a>)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">201 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Leon_Russell_(album)" title="Leon Russell (album)">Leon Russell</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Leon_Russell_and_the_Shelter_People" title="Leon Russell and the Shelter People">Leon Russell and the Shelter People</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">29 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_203-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Asylum_Choir_II" title="Asylum Choir II">Asylum Choir II</a></i> <small>(with Marc Benno) recorded 1967–1969</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">70 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">54 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Carney_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Carney (Leon Russell album)">Carney</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> <ul><li>RIAA: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_203-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1973 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_Back_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Looking Back (Leon Russell album)">Looking Back</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">– </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Leon_Live" title="Leon Live">Leon Live</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">16 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> <ul><li>RIAA: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_203-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hank_Wilson%27s_Back_Vol._I" title="Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I">Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">60 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">85 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stop_All_That_Jazz" title="Stop All That Jazz">Stop All That Jazz</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">58 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">43 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Japan_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Live in Japan (Leon Russell album)">Live in Japan</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Will_O%27_the_Wisp_(album)" title="Will O' the Wisp (album)">Will O' the Wisp</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-rockhall1_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockhall1-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">96 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">72 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> <ul><li>RIAA: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_203-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wedding_Album_(Leon_and_Mary_Russell_album)" title="Wedding Album (Leon and Mary Russell album)">Wedding Album</a></i> <small>(with Mary Russell)</small><sup id="cite_ref-allmusic.com_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic.com-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Make_Love_to_the_Music" title="Make Love to the Music">Make Love to the Music</a></i> <small>(with Mary Russell)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">142 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Americana_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Americana (Leon Russell album)">Americana</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">115 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">95 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(Willie_Nelson_and_Leon_Russell_album)" title="One for the Road (Willie Nelson and Leon Russell album)">One for the Road</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">85 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> <ul><li>RIAA: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_203-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">MC</a>: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-CRIA_204-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRIA-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Life_and_Love_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Life and Love (Leon Russell album)">Life and Love</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">204 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Live_Album_(Leon_Russell_and_New_Grass_Revival)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Live Album (Leon Russell and New Grass Revival)">The Live Album</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/New_Grass_Revival" title="New Grass Revival">New Grass Revival</a>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-discogs.com_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-discogs.com-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">187 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hank_Wilson,_Vol._II" title="Hank Wilson, Vol. II">Hank Wilson, Vol. II</a></i> <small>recorded 1979–1980</small><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceC_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceC-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Solid_State_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="Solid State (Leon Russell album)">Solid State</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto_132-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Anything_Can_Happen_(Leon_Russell_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anything Can Happen (Leon Russell album)">Anything Can Happen</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Roch_Parisien_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roch_Parisien-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hymns_of_Christmas" class="mw-redirect" title="Hymns of Christmas">Hymns of Christmas</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Zac_Johnson_142-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zac_Johnson-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Legend_in_My_Time:_Hank_Wilson_Vol._III" title="Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III">Legend in My Time: Hank Wilson Vol. III</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Matthew_Greenwald_145-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Matthew_Greenwald-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Face_in_the_Crowd_(Leon_Russell_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Face in the Crowd (Leon Russell album)">Face in the Crowd</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-William_Ruhlmann_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-William_Ruhlmann-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-A_Familiar_Face_in_the_Crowd_147-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Familiar_Face_in_the_Crowd-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blues:_Same_Old_Song" title="Blues: Same Old Song">Blues: Same Old Song</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_148-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Gilley%27s" title="Live at Gilley's">Live at Gilley's</a></i> <small>(recorded 1981)</small><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_149-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Blues" title="Guitar Blues">Guitar Blues</a></i> (reissue)<sup id="cite_ref-Leon_Russell_Latest_Albums_150-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leon_Russell_Latest_Albums-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_%26_Bluegrass:_Hank_Wilson,_Vol._4" title="Rhythm & Bluegrass: Hank Wilson, Vol. 4">Rhythm & Bluegrass: Hank Wilson, Vol. 4</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/New_Grass_Revival" title="New Grass Revival">New Grass Revival</a>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-Ronnie_D._Lankford,_Jr_153-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ronnie_D._Lankford,_Jr-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Moonlight_%26_Love_Songs" title="Moonlight & Love Songs">Moonlight & Love Songs</a></i> <small>(with the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Symphony" title="Nashville Symphony">Nashville Symphony</a>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-Chris_Nickson_154-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chris_Nickson-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Angel_in_Disguise_(Leon_Russell_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angel in Disguise (Leon Russell album)">Angel in Disguise</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Thom_Jurek_160-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thom_Jurek-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Country_(Leon_Russell_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bad Country (Leon Russell album)">Bad Country</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine_161-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Almost_Piano" class="mw-redirect" title="Almost Piano">Almost Piano</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto7_162-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto7-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/In_Your_Dreams_(Leon_Russell_album)" title="In Your Dreams (Leon Russell album)">In Your Dreams</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto6_163-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto6-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Mighty_Flood" title="A Mighty Flood">A Mighty Flood</a></i> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Union_(Elton_John_and_Leon_Russell_album)" title="The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)">The Union</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-somethingelsereviews.com_205-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-somethingelsereviews.com-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>: Silver<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>MC: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Life_Journey" title="Life Journey">Life Journey</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto8_177-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto8-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">164 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2015 </td> <td><i>Prince of Peace: Radio Broadcast 1970</i><sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Riding the Northeast Trail: The New Jersey Broadcast 1979</i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2016 </td> <td><i>The Homewood Sessions: Vine Street TV Broadcast 1970</i><sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Live and Pickling Fast</i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/New_Grass_Revival" title="New Grass Revival">New Grass Revival</a>) recorded 1980</small><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceE_156-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceE-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/On_a_Distant_Shore" title="On a Distant Shore">On a Distant Shore</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-auto10_211-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto10-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;">"—" denotes releases that did not chart. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compilation_albums">Compilation albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Compilation albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Album </th> <th>Peak chart positions </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:125px;"><a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">Certifications</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_sales_certifications" class="mw-redirect" title="List of music recording sales certifications">sales thresholds</a>)</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-BB200_196-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB200-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i>Best of Leon</i><sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">40 </td> <td> <ul><li>RIAA: Gold<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_203-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i>Best of Leon Russell: A Song for You</i><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceD_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceD-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i>Delta Lady</i><sup id="cite_ref-forums.stevehoffman.tv_138-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forums.stevehoffman.tv-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i>Collection</i><sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i>Gimme Shelter! The Best of Leon Russell</i><sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i>Retrospective</i><sup id="cite_ref-retrospective_144-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrospective-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i>Crazy Love</i><sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001 </td> <td><i>Best of Leon Russell</i><sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Signature Songs</i><sup id="cite_ref-auto4_152-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i>A Song for You</i> (DVD)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i>Mystery Train (Live but Digitally Reworked)</i><sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i>Best of Hank Wilson</i><sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><i>The Best of Leon Russell</i><sup id="cite_ref-SD-2011_220-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SD-2011-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i>Snapshot</i><sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i>The Montreux Session</i><sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11" style="text-align:center; font-size:80%;">"—" denotes releases that did not chart. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Single<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="6">Chart positions </th> <th rowspan="2">Album </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-whitburn2010_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitburn2010-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">US<br />Country</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">CAN</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">CAN<br />Country</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">CAN<br />AC</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;"><a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">AUS</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-aus_197-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1970 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Song_for_You" title="A Song for You">A Song for You</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Leon Russell</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Roll Away the Stone" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">109 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1971 </td> <td>"The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Leon Russell and the Shelter People</i><br />(from the film <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Dogs_%26_Englishmen_(film)" title="Mad Dogs & Englishmen (film)">Mad Dogs & Englishmen</a></i>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/A_Hard_Rain%27s_a-Gonna_Fall" title="A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall">A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">105 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td><i>Leon Russell and the Shelter People</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1972 </td> <td>"Tryin' to Stay 'Live" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Asylum Choir II</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Tight_Rope_(song)" title="Tight Rope (song)">Tight Rope</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Carney</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1973 </td> <td>"Queen of the Roller Derby" <small>(this track is from <i>Leon Live</i>)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">89 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_in_My_Sweet_Baby%27s_Arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms">Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms</a>" <small>(as Hank Wilson)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">78 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">57 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">30 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">74 </td> <td rowspan="3"><i>Hank Wilson's Back, Vol. 1</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_So_Lonesome_I_Could_Cry" title="I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry">I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry</a>" <small>(as Hank Wilson)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">78 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1974 </td> <td>"A Six Pack to Go" <small>(as Hank Wilson)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">68 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">76 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Were_a_Carpenter_(song)" title="If I Were a Carpenter (song)">If I Were a Carpenter</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">73 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">87 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">97 </td> <td><i>Stop All That Jazz</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Lady_Blue_(song)" title="Lady Blue (song)">Lady Blue</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-rockhall1_89-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockhall1-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">44 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">18 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Will O' the Wisp</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1976 </td> <td>"Back to the Island" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">53 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">33 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Rainbow in Your Eyes" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">52 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Wedding Album</i><sup id="cite_ref-allmusic.com_100-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic.com-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td>"Elvis and Marilyn"<sup id="cite_ref-Leon_Russell_–_Elvis_And_Marilyn_45_Single_230-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leon_Russell_–_Elvis_And_Marilyn_45_Single-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Americana</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Heartbreak_Hotel" title="Heartbreak Hotel">Heartbreak Hotel</a>" <small>(with Willie Nelson)</small><sup id="cite_ref-allmusic1_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic1-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>One for the Road</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1984 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Time_Charlie%27s_Got_the_Blues" title="Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues">Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues</a>" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">63 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Solid State</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Wabash_Cannonball" title="Wabash Cannonball">Wabash Cannonball</a>" <small>(as Hank Wilson, with Willie Nelson)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">91 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Hank Wilson, Vol. II</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1992 </td> <td>"Anything Can Happen" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Anything Can Happen</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"No Man's Land" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>"Crazy Love" </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>Crazy Love</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>"If It Wasn't for Bad" <small>(with Elton John)</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td style="text-align:center;">— </td> <td><i>The Union</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="12" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;">"—" denotes releases that did not chart. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_videos">Music videos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Music videos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Video </th> <th>Director </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1992 </td> <td>"Anything Can Happen" </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Halsey" title="Sherman Halsey">Sherman Halsey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>"No Man's Land" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Campbell" title="Ambrose Campbell">Ambrose Campbell</a> toured and recorded with Russell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nix" title="Don Nix">Don Nix</a> producer/artist at Shelter Records</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Ed_Davis" title="Jesse Ed Davis">Jesse Ed Davis</a> friend who was introduced by Russell to recording session work</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathi_McDonald" title="Kathi McDonald">Kathi McDonald</a> Russell's main background vocalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henderson" title="Patrick Henderson">Patrick Henderson</a> songwriter/artist with Russell</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indianola_Mississippi_Seeds" title="Indianola Mississippi Seeds">Indianola Mississippi Seeds</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">B.B. King</a> made Russell's "Hummingbird" a hit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muscle_Shoals_Rhythm_Section" title="Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section">Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section</a> session musicians who helped make some of Russell's songs 'hit singles'</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Russell&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAronowitz" class="citation web cs1">Aronowitz, Al. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blacklistedjournalist.com/column56a.html">"Leon Russell Dead at 74"</a>. <i>blacklistedjournalist.com</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 14,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Willrogers1959.com&rft.atitle=Come+blow+your+horn&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.willrogers1959.com%2Ffiles%2FJohn_Williams_article_3-31-02.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeon+Russell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LateNight-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LateNight_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LateNight_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LateNight_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConner1998" class="citation web cs1">Conner, Thomas (May 1, 1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thomasconner.info/clips/leon-russell-founded-shelter-records-in-the-70s-and-with-it-a-local-scene">"Leon Russell founded Shelter Records in the '70s and, with it, a local scene"</a>. <i>thomasconner.info</i>. Tulsa World<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 3,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=thomasconner.info&rft.atitle=Leon+Russell+founded+Shelter+Records+in+the+%2770s+and%2C+with+it%2C+a+local+scene&rft.date=1998-05-01&rft.aulast=Conner&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thomasconner.info%2Fclips%2Fleon-russell-founded-shelter-records-in-the-70s-and-with-it-a-local-scene&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeon+Russell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Liner notes. B. B. King, <i>Indianola Mississippi Seeds</i>. ABC Dunhill Records.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Great_Rock_Discography-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Great_Rock_Discography_24-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartin_C._Strong2000" class="citation book cs1">Martin C. Strong (2000). <i>The Great Rock Discography</i> (5th ed.). 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