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Leon Russell

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Aliases
C. J. Russell
Hank Wilson
Real name
Claude Russell Bridges
Born
April 2, 1942
Died
November 13, 2016
Country
United States
IPI
00004198799 1 work
00027067395 60 works
00125760777 48 works
Affiliation
ASCAP, BMI
Comments
Legendary rock, blues, and country music musician, songwriter, arranger and producer from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.
Member of
The Catalinas [US2]
The Super Dupers
The Hot Doggers
Asylum Choir
Family
Tina Rose Daughter
Mary McCreary Wife
Related labels
Shelter   co-founder
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
March 5, 1971 (2 artists)
All The Love Is On The Radio Leon Russell 1984 Unverified
May 1970 (236 artists)
April 7, 1975 (3 artists)
April 7, 1975 (7 artists)
March 5, 1971 Pixies
May 1970 (2 artists)
July 1978 Marty Balin
May 1970 Joe Cocker
March 5, 1971 (4 artists)
July 1978 Wayne Newton
May 1970 (19 artists)
May 1970 The Fabulous Rhinestones
I Really Miss You Paul Anka with Leon Russell (Paul Anka, Leon Russell) April 5, 2013 Unverified
1977 Maria Muldaur
March 1975 (5 artists)
March 1975 Tina Rose, Amy Nelson, Jason Hill, Jake Pinto
April 7, 1975 Paul Kitchen
January 1967 (78 artists)
1976 California [Music]
July 1972 (2 artists)
1977 Maria Muldaur
July 1972 (2 artists)
1996 Leon Russell
July 1972 José Feliciano
July 1972 (7 artists)
June 1979 (2 artists)
July 1972 (3 artists)
May 1970 (2 artists)
May 1970 (4 artists)
1976 (5 artists)
1977 (2 artists)
March 5, 1971 (6 artists)
1971 Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
July 1963 The Walker Brothers with Accompaniment directed by Ivor Raymonde
July 1972 (198 artists)
July 1972 (9 artists)
1974 (2 artists)
1976 Randy Crawford

Covers by Leon Russell

Title Performer Release date Originally by
April 7, 1998 Buck Owens
March 5, 1971 Bob Dylan
June 1979 Irving Kaufman
  June 1979 Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
September 1973 Carl Belew
April 2002 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
  April 2002 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
September 25, 2012 The Capricorns
September 1973 Arkansas Barefoot Boys, Jimmie Driftwood
June 1979 Tommy Tucker Time - Vocal Chorus by Don Brown
March 5, 1971 George Harrison
October 23, 2001 The Country Gentlemen
1996 Eric Clapton
March 2, 1981 Mitchell Torok
October 23, 2001 Darby and Tarlton
April 1, 2014 Robert Johnson
Corrine Corrina Leon Russell August 27, 2002 Unverified
April 7, 1998 Patsy Cline with The Jordanaires
April 7, 1998 Johnny Cash
June 1979 (unknown), Ernestine Schumann-Heink
1976 Bobby Womack
May 1970 Joe Cocker
June 1979 Jimmy Walker accompanied by Paul Westmoreland and His Pecos River Boys
  June 1979 (unknown), Roy Rogers & Trigger - Sons of the Pioneers BRD, Edward Nell with The Foursome Quartet REC, Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REL
1984 Slim Willet - With The Brush Cutters
September 25, 2012 Swanee Caldwell
  June 1979 Vic Damone - Glenn Osser's Orchestra REC, Margaret Whiting and The Crew Chiefs REL
April 1, 2014 Little Willie John
April 1, 2014 Johnny Fuller
  October 23, 2001 Witty Watty Walton PRF, Dave Walker REC,REL
April 7, 1998 Billy Walker
April 1, 2014 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
  September 1973 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
  1984 The Bards [US] REL, Danny O'Keefe REC
1984 Ray Price
June 1979 Elvis Presley
April 7, 1998 Billy Brown
May 31, 2011 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  April 7, 1998 Johnny Russell REC, George Jones REL
September 6, 1985 Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones
March 2, 1981 Ray Charles and His Orchestra
  March 1974 Bobby Darin REL, Tim Hardin REC
1984 Lefty Frizzell
  April 1, 2014 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
1984 Ray Price
September 1973 Moon Mullican
1984 Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
2014 Bill Medley
September 1973 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
October 23, 2001 "Dock" Walsh
I Really Miss You Leon Russell April 1, 2014 Unverified
  1984 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
  June 1979 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
1995 Bob Dylan
March 5, 1971 Bob Dylan
March 2, 1981 The Beatles
September 1973 (unknown), Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
March 2, 1981 (unknown), Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
March 2, 1981 The Rolling Stones
June 1973 The Coasters, The Rolling Stones
  1976 (unknown), Burl Ives BRD, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC,REL
April 7, 1998 Don Gibson
June 1979 Campbell and Burr
September 1973 Leon Payne
1995 Bob Dylan
April 7, 1998 Buck Owens
April 7, 1998 Ed Bruce
January 26, 1999 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Leon Russell
December 20, 1971 The Rolling Stones, The Coasters
June 1973 Manfred Mann [band] REL, Bob Dylan and The Band REC, The Coasters, The Staple Singers
January 18, 2019 Porter Wagoner
  April 2002 Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REL, Mitzi Green PRF
October 23, 2001 Little Junior's Blue Flames
April 1, 2014 Billy Joel
April 7, 1998 Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson
1984 Don Gibson
April 7, 1998 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
May 1970 (unknown), Bob Dylan
April 2002 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
  June 1979 Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
March 2, 1981 Leon Russell
1984 Ferlin Husky
March 2, 1981 Judy Garland
June 1979 Gene Autry & Smiley Burnett
February 1967 Ike & Tina Turner
Roll Away the Stone Leon Russell Unverified
September 1973 Buster Carter & Preston Young
October 23, 2001 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
  April 2002 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL
April 2002 Johnny Mandel
1995 Bob Dylan
September 1973 George Jones
June 1979 Dick Thomas
September 1973 Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys
April 7, 1998 Merle Travis
1974 Mose Allison
  April 2002 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i 1974 Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
  April 2002 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
  June 1979 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
March 2, 1981 Leon Russell
  June 1979 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
April 7, 1998 Don Gibson
June 1979 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
  1984 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
  February 1967 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
April 1, 2014 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
June 1979 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
April 2002 Nat "King" Cole
1974 (unknown), Bob Dylan
April 1, 2014 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
1993 Edith Piaf & Les compagnons de la chanson, The Melody Maids
April 2002 Al Bowlly
June 1979 Vernon Dalhart, Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters - Vocal by Perk Williams
September 1973 George Jones
July 8, 2008 George Jones
Tight Rope Leon Russell July 1972 Missing information
1992 Chuck Berry and His Combo
June 1979 Thelma La Vizzo
September 1973 Terry Fell and The Fellers
  1984 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
September 1973 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
1974 (unknown), Hugh Cross
1984 Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
1999 Bob Dylan
July 1978 Percy Sledge
October 23, 2001 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
  March 1974 The Rolling Stones REC, The Flying Burrito Brothers REL
  March 2, 1981 The Rolling Stones REC, The Flying Burrito Brothers REL
June 1979 The Pine Ridge Boys

Songs written by Leon Russell

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Alcatraz Leon Russell Leon Russell March 5, 1971 Covered by (2 artists)
All The Love Is On The Radio Leon Russell, Douglas A Snider Leon Russell 1984 Unverified
A Song for You Leon Russell Leon Russell January 1970 Covered by (236 artists)
Back to the Island Leon Russell Leon Russell April 7, 1975 Covered by (3 artists)
Ballad for a Soldier Leon Russell The Asylum Choir 1969 Covered by Sam Bush
Bluebird Leon Russell Leon Russell April 7, 1975 Covered by (7 artists)
Blues Power Eric Clapton, Leon Russell Eric Clapton July 1970 Covered by (7 artists)
Boogie Man Leon Russell, Chuck Blackwell Freddie King July 1973 Covered by (10 artists)
Crystal Closet Queen Leon Russell Leon Russell March 5, 1971 Covered by Pixies
Delta Lady Leon Russell Joe Cocker September 1969 Covered by (19 artists)
Dixie Lullaby Leon Russell, Chris Stainton Leon Russell May 1970 Covered by (2 artists)
Elvis and Marilyn Kim Fowley, Leon Russell, Dyan Diamond Leon Russell July 1978 Covered by Marty Balin
Everybody Loves a Clown Leon Russell, Tommy Garrett, Gary Lewis Gary Lewis and The Playboys August 6, 1965 Covered by (7 artists)
Give Peace a Chance Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett Leon Russell November 1969 Covered by Joe Cocker
Groupie (Superstar) Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett Delaney & Bonnie and Friends featuring Eric Clapton December 1969 Covered by (155 artists)
Guess I Must Be Dreamin' Leon Russell, Delaney Bramlett, Joey Cooper Delaney Bramlett April 1967 Covered by Robie Peters
Hello Little Friend Leon Russell The Asylum Choir REC, Joe Cocker REL 1969
Help Me Through the Day Leon Russell Freddie King July 1973 Covered by (13 artists)
Home Sweet Oklahoma Leon Russell Leon Russell March 5, 1971 Covered by (4 artists)
Housewife Kim Fowley, Leon Russell, Dyan Diamond Leon Russell July 1978 Covered by Wayne Newton
Hummingbird Leon Russell Leon Russell December 29, 1969 Covered by (19 artists)
Hurtsome Body Leon Russell Leon Russell May 1970 Covered by The Fabulous Rhinestones
I Don't Remember My Childhood Leon Russell Helen Reddy November 8, 1971 Covered by The Rob Franken Electrification + Joop Scholten
I'd Rather Be Blind Leon Russell Freddie King February 1972 Covered by (9 artists)
I Gotta Find Cupid Leon Russell, Tommy Garrett, Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart Gary Lewis & The Playboys November 1965 Unverified
Joyful Noise Leon Russell Leon & Mary Russell 1977 Covered by Maria Muldaur
Lady Blue Leon Russell Leon Russell March 1975 Covered by (5 artists)
Laying Right Here in Heaven Leon Russell Leon Russell March 1975 Covered by Tina Rose, Amy Nelson, Jason Hill, Jake Pinto
Little Hideaway Leon Russell Leon Russell April 7, 1975 Covered by Paul Kitchen
Little Miss Go-Go Leon Russell, Tommy Garrett, Lou Brown Gary Lewis & The Playboys August 1965 Covered by The Untamed Youth
Little Piece of Your Love Leon Russell Lee Rocker September 5, 1998 Covered by Purvis & The Stray Dogs
Living on the Highway Leon Russell, Don Nix Freddie King October 1970 Covered by (6 artists)
Lonesome and a Long Way from Home Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett Earl Scruggs and The Earl Scruggs Revue 1972 Unverified
Lost Inside of You Leon Russell, Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand - Kris Kristofferson November 1976 Covered by (2 artists)
Love's Supposed to Be That Way Mary McCreary, Leon Russell Leon & Mary Russell 1976 Covered by California [Music]
Magic Mirror Leon Russell Leon Russell July 1972 Covered by (2 artists)
Make Love to the Music Leon Russell Leon & Mary Russell 1977 Covered by Maria Muldaur
Manhattan Island Serenade Leon Russell Leon Russell July 1972 Covered by (2 artists)
Mean and Evil Leon Russell Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Leon Russell 1996 Covered by Leon Russell
Me and Baby Jane Leon Russell Leon Russell July 1972 Covered by José Feliciano
Me and My Guitar Leon Russell, Chuck Blackwell Freddie King February 1972 Covered by (6 artists)
My Cricket Leon Russell Leon Russell July 1972 Covered by (7 artists)
One More Love Song Leon Russell Leon Russell June 1979 Covered by (2 artists)
Out in the Woods Leon Russell Leon Russell July 1972 Covered by (3 artists)
Palace of the King Leon Russell, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Don Nix Freddie King October 1970 Covered by (12 artists)
Pisces Apple Lady Leon Russell Leon Russell September 1969 Covered by (2 artists)
Prince of Peace Leon Russell, Greg Dempsey Leon Russell May 1970 Covered by (4 artists)
Rainbow in Your Eyes Leon Russell Leon & Mary Russell 1976 Covered by (5 artists)
Say You Will Leon Russell, Gary Ogan Leon & Mary Russell 1977 Covered by (2 artists)
She's Just My Style Leon Russell, Tommy Garrett, Al Capps, Gary Lewis Gary Lewis & The Playboys November 1965 Covered by (13 artists)
Stranger in a Strange Land Leon Russell, Don Preston Leon Russell March 5, 1971 Covered by (6 artists)
The Ballad of Mad Dogs & Englishmen Leon Russell Leon Russell 1971 Covered by Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
The Loser (With a Broken Heart) Leon Russell, Don Nix Gary Lewis and The Playboys February 10, 1967 Covered by Herma Keil - Musical Direction - Jimmie Sloggett
This Masquerade Leon Russell Leon Russell July 1972 Covered by (198 artists)
Tight Rope Leon Russell Leon Russell July 1972 Covered by (9 artists)
Time for Love Leon Russell Leon Russell 1974 Covered by (2 artists)
Windsong Leon Russell Leon & Mary Russell 1976 Covered by Randy Crawford
Without a Word of Warning Leon Russell, Tommy Garrett, Gary Lewis Gary Lewis & The Playboys June 11, 1965 Covered by (2 artists)
(You Don't Have to) Paint Me a Picture Leon Russell, Tommy Garrett, Roger Tillison Gary Lewis & The Playboys February 1967 Covered by (4 artists)

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# Reported by Reported on Status Last update
#39156 Stephan Koenig 2009-05-12 16:02:56 UTC processed 2009-06-23 12:51:16 UTC by Stephan Koenig
#238092 Mark_Heyrman 2022-09-29 21:48:13 UTC processed 2022-10-08 11:02:33 UTC by Mark_Heyrman

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