Leon Russell
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American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
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#2037
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#668
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#1776
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#2230
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#470
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Leon Russell was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and roll, country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, southern rock, blues rock, folk, surf and the Tulsa sound. His recordings earned six gold recordss and he received two Grammy Awards from seven nominations. In 2011, he was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.