Sweet Emily

Leon Russell

“Sweet Emily” was on Leon Russell’s second solo album Leon Russell and the Shelter People released in 1971, my second year of college at NYU.

He has 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 pretty much everyone of note in the music business, to name a few: Joe Cocker, the Beach Boys, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison,  Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Ike & Tina Turner, and the Rolling Stones. One of his early fans, Elton John, said that Russell was a “mentor” and an “inspiration”.

Believe it or not (it’s true! – see the meeting flyer below), I once put on an international multi-specialty medical conference in Deer Valley and I got Leon Russell to perform. Pretty crazy, eh?

So here is a version that I dedicated to my patient Emily earlier this year.

Enjoy,

Dr. Weiss
Some info from Wikipedia