LEADER 00000cz a2200277n 4500 001 n 82010443 003 DLC 005 20230703152009.0 008 820326n| azannaabn |a aaa 010 n 82010443 |zno 98023536 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dDLC 046 |f1942-04-02|g2016-11-13|2edtf 053 0 ML420.R965|cBiography 100 1 Russell, Leon 370 Lawton (Okla.)|bNashville (Tenn.)|2naf 372 Popular music|aRock music|aCountry music|aBluegrass music |2lcsh 374 Singers|aPianists|aGuitarists|aComposers|aLyricists |aConductors (Music)|2lcsh 377 eng 500 1 |wnnnc|aBridges, Claude Russell,|d1942-2016 500 1 |wnnnc|aWilson, Hank,|d1942-2016 663 For works of this person written or performed under other names, search also under|bBridges, Claude Russell, 1942- 2016|bWilson, Hank, 1942-2016 670 Leon Russell. [Phonodisc] 1971. 670 Rolling stone encyc. of rock & roll, 1983|b(Russell, Leon; b. Hank Wilson, April 2, 1941, Lawton, Okla.) 670 AMG, Jan. 3, 2005|b(Leon Russell; b. Claude Russell Bridges, April 2, 1941, Lawton, Okla.) 670 Biog. resource center (Contemp. musicians), Jan. 3, 2005 |b(Leon Russell; also known as Hank Wilson, Claude Russell Bridges; b. April 2, 1941, Lawton, Okla.) 670 New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 15, 2016|b(in obituary published Nov. 13: Leon Russell; b. Claude Russell Bridges, Apr. 2, 1942, Lawton, Okla.; d. Sunday [Nov. 13, 2016], Nashville, aged 74; longhaired, scratchy- voiced pianist, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader who moved from playing countless recording sessions to making hits on his own; took the name Leon from a friend who had lent him an ID so he could play California club dates while underage; recorded his first album of country songs under the pseudonym Hank Wilson)