Photograph 2012.201.B1116.0280

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Photograph 2012.201.B1116.0280

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Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Oklahoma native Leon Russell, 70s rock and country star." photo by Genn Hall. Other photographs also held.

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Russell, Leon, 1942-2016

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Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) 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 records and he received two Grammy Awards from seven nominations. In 2011, he was inducted into both the Rock and ...