The Best of Leon Russell

Product Description

Leon Russell's top 1970s classics have been gathered for a new collection, The Best Of Leon Russell. In addition to the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee's major chart hits and album standouts, this 16-track collection features "If It Wasn't For Bad," the lead single from The Union, Russell's 2010 collaborative album with Elton John, and his live performance of "Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood" from 1971's Album of the Year GRAMMY winner, The Concert for Bangladesh. In addition to "If It Wasn't For Bad" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash/Youngblood," The Best Of Leon Russell features a broad representation of Russell's album singles and defining songs, including "A Song For You", "Shoot Out On The Plantation", "Delta Lady", and "Hummingbird" from his acclaimed 1970 self-titled album. "Stranger In A Strange Land" and "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" from 1971's Leon Russell and The Shelter People, "Tryin' To Stay `Live" from 1971's Asylum Choir II, "This Masquerade", "Out In The Woods", "Tight Rope", from 1972's Carney, "If I Were A Carpenter" from 1974's Stop All That Jazz, "Lady Blue" and "Back To The Island" from 1976's Will O' The Wisp, and his #1 Billboard Country chart single "Heartbreak Hotel" with Willie Nelson, from 1979's Willie & Leon: One For The Road."