Leon Russell

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Leon Russell

American songwriter, producer, and musician

Also known as: Claude Russell Bridges

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Elton John
Later career and albums
… (2010; a duet album with Leon Russell), Wonderful Crazy Night (2016), and Who Believes in Angels? (2025, with country performer Brandi Carlile). He also contributed soundtracks to the animated movies The Road to El Dorado (2000) and Gnomeo & Juliet (2011).
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… (2010; a duet album with Leon Russell), Wonderful Crazy Night (2016), and Who Believes in Angels? (2025, with country performer Brandi Carlile). He also contributed soundtracks to the animated movies The Road to El Dorado (2000) and Gnomeo & Juliet (2011).
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Oklahoma
The arts
…Gene Autry, and rock musicians Leon Russell, Dwight Twilley, and the Flaming Lips, not to mention a host of familiar names from the world of country music topped by Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Roger Miller, Hank Thompson, Conway Twitty, Vince Gill, and Carrie
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…Gene Autry, and rock musicians Leon Russell, Dwight Twilley, and the Flaming Lips, not to mention a host of familiar names from the world of country music topped by Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Roger Miller, Hank Thompson, Conway Twitty, Vince Gill, and Carrie
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Del Shannon
…producer Snuff Garrett and arranger Leon Russell to make him into a teen idol. Between battles with alcoholism in the 1970s, he recorded with Electric Light Orchestra and Dave Edmunds. Drop Down and Get Me (1982), a strong album and a modest chart success, was produced by Tom Petty and…
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…producer Snuff Garrett and arranger Leon Russell to make him into a teen idol. Between battles with alcoholism in the 1970s, he recorded with Electric Light Orchestra and Dave Edmunds. Drop Down and Get Me (1982), a strong album and a modest chart success, was produced by Tom Petty and…
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