In January, he wanted to go on Tour again. But now the U.S. is dead-musician and singer Leon Russell at the age of 74 years. Like his record label announced on Sunday, citing his wife, died in Russell on Saturday night in Nashville in the US state of Tennessee. He had undergone in July, a Bypass Operation on the heart.
to develop In the 1960s and ‘ 70s, Russell was a renowned session musician and helped producer Phil Spector, whose “Wall of Sound” in the history of music received sound technology.
Later, he launched a successful solo career. Among his Hits Tight Rope” and “Lady Blue””. As a keyboardist and Pianist, he played for Joe Cocker, for the “Delta Lady” and wrote the “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”Tour in 1969 he put together Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys and many other artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ike and Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones. The Ronettes song “Be My Baby”, he played as well as in the case of “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds. Also guitar and Bass, he dominated.
On his solo debut album “Leon Russell” were John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The “Billboard Magazine” led him in 1973 as the world’s best Concert attractions. In 2011, Russell was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the big city of Cleveland. His trademark was his white mane and his long white beard.
In an Interview from the year 1992, the news Agency AP, Russell, said that music was changing actually. “It’s cyclical, like fashion. You keep your old clothes, and sooner or later, you are back in the news,” he said. “There are new things, such as Rap. But this is a rebirth of poetry. He has brought poetry into the public consciousness.”
Elton John, with whom he recorded the 2010 Album “The Union”, wrote on Sunday on Facebook as a reaction to Russell’s death: “He was a Mentor, an Inspiration and so kind to me. I loved him and will always love him.”
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