Leon Russell, 'The Best of Leon Russell' (Capitol/EMI)
April 5, 2011 Russell was the original oddball arranger-producer-sideman-songwriter, as important for the records he shepherded for others as for his own. Already gigging in his native Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a teen, Russell moved to L.A. and played keyboards for Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew, then graduated to sessions for Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, and many others. …
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