# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-russell
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:20:02.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-russell"
name: "Leon Russell"
slug: "leon-russell"
description: "Leon Russell 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 1973 Billboard named Russell the \"Top Concert Attraction in the World\". In 2011, he was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leon_Russel_April_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-04-02"
deathDate: "2016-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           71.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.25154533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 35900
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/LeonRussellMusic"
    handle:    "LeonRussellMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751287/"
    handle:    "nm0751287"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6r1Xmz7YUD4z0VRUoGm8XN"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.leonrussellrecords.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb3-mdatSwcnVkRAr3w9VBA"
    handle:    "@leonrussellofficial"
    followers: 35900
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Russell"
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    title: "Leon Russell"
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    title: "لیون راسل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "レオン・ラッセル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon Russell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319374"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Leon Russell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump