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Leon Russell is a singer, singer-songwriter, pianist (United States).
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, 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. Russell collaborated with many notable artists and recorded 33 albums and 430 songs. He wrote "Delta Lady", recorded by Joe Cocker, and organized and performed with Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour in 1970.
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| Born | 2 April 1942 |
| Profession | singer, singer-songwriter, pianist |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | Will Rogers High School |
| Awards | Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Virgo |
| Nakshatra | Chitra (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Pisces |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Scorpio |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 147 musicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 10 of them (7%) have the Moon in Virgo, like Leon Russell, and 5 (3%) share the Chitra Nakshatra — the #16 most common Moon Nakshatra among musicians, where Anuradha leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Leon Russell was born on 2 April 1942. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Leon Russell's Moon sign (Rashi) is Virgo and the Nakshatra is Chitra, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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