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046    |f1942-04-02|g2016-11-13|2edtf 
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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)