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Will O' the Wisp is the sixth studio album by Leon Russell.The album was released in 1975 on Shelter Records. [3] It peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard albums chart and remained on the chart for 40 weeks. [4]
"Back to the Island" (1976) "Lady Blue" is the 1975 hit love song by singer–songwriter Leon Russell. It was a track on his LP album, Will O' the Wisp.
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, [3] country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, southern rock, [4] blues rock, [5] folk, surf and the Tulsa sound.
Leon Russell wrote a handful of modern standards and worked with artists from Dylan to Clapton to Streisand to Elton. A new tribute LP heralds the Leonaissance.
If ever there was a riches to rags—and back to riches—rock ‘n roll tale begging to be told, the decades-long odyssey of Leon Russell would be it. A hugely influential piano visionary ...
Shelter Records was a U.S. record label started by Leon Russell and Denny Cordell that operated from 1969 to 1981. The company established offices in both Los Angeles and Tulsa, Russell's home town, where the label sought to promote a "workshop atmosphere" with a recording studio in a converted church, adjoining houses for artists working at the studio, and other facilities. [1]
Blues: Same Old Song is an album by singer and songwriter Leon Russell. The album was first released as a CD on December 7, 1999. Album was by produced by Leon Russell and released by For Life Japan. Songs were written by Leon. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Leon Russell was born in Oklahoma, had a home in Tulsa, and grew up around country and blues music.After making successful rock albums, touring, and releasing the concert album Leon Live, he returned to his roots under the name of a fictional musical personality: Hank Wilson.