![Release Date is April 5th. This is a new CD and digital collection featuring 1970s Classics and “If It Wasn’t For Bad” from The Union, Russell’s 2010 Album with Elton […]](http://www.obsessed-with-music.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/leon.jpg "Leon Russell – The Best Of")
Release Date is April 5th. This is a new CD and digital collection featuring 1970s Classics and “If It Wasn’t For Bad” from The Union, Russell’s 2010 Album with Elton John. Leon was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to major chart hits and album standouts, the 16-track collection features his live performance of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Youngblood” from 1971’s Album of the Year GRAMMY winner, The Concert for Bangladesh.
Also, The Best Of Leon Russell features a broad sampling of Russell’s album singles and popular songs, including “A Song For You,” “Shoot Out On The Plantation,” “Delta Lady,” and “Hummingbird” from his acclaimed 1970 self-titled album, which peaked at #60 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, “Stranger In A Strange Land” and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” from 1971’s Leon Russell and The Shelter People, which reached #17 on the Top 200 Albums chart, “Tryin’ To Stay ‘Live” from 1971’s Asylum Choir II, which peaked at #70 on the Top 200 Albums chart, “This Masquerade,” “Out In The Woods,” and Billboard Hot 100 single “Tight Rope,” from 1972’s Carney, which hit #2 on the Top 200 Albums chart, Billboard Hot 100 single “If I Were A Carpenter” from 1974’s Stop All That Jazz, which reached #34 on the Top 200 Albums chart, Billboard Hot 100 singles “Lady Blue” and “Back To The Island” from 1976’s Will O’ The Wisp, which peaked at #30 on the Top 200 Albums chart, and his #1 Billboard Country chart single “Heartbreak Hotel” with Willie Nelson, from 1979’s Willie & Leon: One For The Road, which hit #3 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart and #25 on the Top 200 Albums chart.
On June 16, Russell will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at a ceremony in New York City.
Track list:
1. Tryin’ To Stay ‘Live
2. Shoot Out On The Plantation
3. If It Wasn’t For Bad (Elton John & Leon Russell) [from The Union]
4. A Song For You
5. Hummingbird
6. Tight Rope
7. Delta Lady
8. Stranger In A Strange Land
9. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
10. This Masquerade
11. Out In The Woods
12. If I Were A Carpenter
13. Heartbreak Hotel (with Willie Nelson) [from Willie & Leon: One For The Road]
14. Lady Blue
15. Back To The Island
16. Jumpin’ Jack Flash / Youngblood (Medley) (Live) [from The Concert For Bangladesh]
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