''Anything Can Happen'' is an album by singer and songwriter
Leon Russell, his first following a ten-year break after the release of his last studio album ''
Solid State''. The album was released in 1994 and produced by Russell along with
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions ...
with most of the songs written by the two. The album was released by Virgin in the UK and USA.
People Magazine
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reviewed the album: "From the marvelous shadows-and-light pop of the title track to the Turkish-ish ''Black Halos'' to inventive reworkings of Chuck Berry’s ''Too Much Monkey Business'' and ''Jezebel'', this comely comeback is smooth but packs a kick.
On July 21, 1999 Leon performed the ''Anything Can Happen'' song on the
David Letterman Show
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Back ...
live.
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Track listing
# "Anything Can Happen" (Bruce Hornsby, Leon Russell) – 4:06
# "Black Halos" (B. Hornsby, Russell) – 3:43
# "No Man's Land" (B. Hornsby, Russell) – 3:38
# "Too Much Monkey Business
"Too Much Monkey Business" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, released by Chess Records in September 1956 as his fifth single. It was also released as the third track on his first solo LP, ''After School Session'', in May 1957; and a ...
" (Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...
) – 2:58
# "Angel Ways" (B. Hornsby, Russell) – 4:01
# "Life of the Party" (B. Hornsby, Russell) – 2:51
# "Stranded on Easy Street" (B. Hornsby, John Hornsby) – 4:25
# "Jezebel" (Traditional, arranged by Leon Russell) – 3:51
# "Love Slave" (Russell) – 3:01
# "Faces of the Children" (B. Hornsby, Russell) – 3:45
Personnel
*Vocals, guitar – Leon Russell
*Keyboards - Bruce Hornsby
*Guest artist - Edgar Winter
Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing keyboards, guitar, saxophone, and percussion, as well as singing. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group ...
References
External links
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Leon Russell discographyLeon Russell lyricsLeon Russell RecordsLeon Russell
NAMM Oral History Program Interview (2012)
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1994 albums
Leon Russell albums
Albums produced by Leon Russell
Virgin Records albums