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Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges, April 2, 1942) is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music.〔 ==Overview== Born in Lawton, Oklahoma,〔(Answers.com biography )〕 United States, Russell began playing piano at the age of four. He attended Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also at Will Rogers High School were Anita Bryant, who was one year older, and in the same 1959 class, David Gates. Russell and Gates played and recorded together as the Fencement. A few years younger, also at Will Rogers, was Elvin Bishop. At this time Russell was already performing at Tulsa nightclubs. After moving to Los Angeles, he became a session musician, working as a pianist on the recordings of many notable musical artists from the 1960s. By the late 1960s, Russell diversified, becoming successful as an arranger〔''Billboard '', September 18, 1965, p. 76〕 and songwriter. As a musician, he worked his way up from gigs as a sideman to well-known performers. By 1970, he had graduated to solo recording artist, although he never ended his previous roles within the music industry. After performing country music under the name Hank Wilson in the 1970s and 1980s, Russell had largely faded into obscurity. He re-emerged in 2010 when Elton John called on him to record an album that became ''The Union''. The album brought renewed popularity to Russell who has since released a solo album and toured around the world. 〔(rollingstone.com, Leon Russell on His Lost Doc's Long, Strange Trip, Decades after the fact, 'A Poem Is a Naked Person' finally sees the light of day, By Eric Hynes July 2, 2015 )〕〔Fong-Torres, Ben. “Leon Russell: The Rolling Stone Interview.” Rolling Stone (December 2, 1970): 32-38.〕 〔Laredo, Joseph F. “The Master of Time & Space.” Liner notes for Gimme Shelter! The Best of Leon Russell. EMI/Shelter Records, 1996.〕〔Simmons, Michael. “The Ringleader of Seventies Rock Royalty Returns from the Wilderness.” Mojo (November 2010).〕〔Roeser, Steve. Leon Russell: Legend in His Time. Goldmine (September 11, 1998): 26-44〕 Russell was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 14, 2011. In June, 2011, Leon Russell was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame〔(songwritershalloffame.org, Song Writers Hall of Fame, Leon Russell )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leon Russell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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