''Will O' the Wisp'' is the sixth studio album by

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. The album was released in 1975 on Shelter Records. It peaked at No. 30 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart and remained on the chart for 40 weeks. The album cover was designed and illustrated by artist/actor

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. It features the hit single, " Lady Blue", which reached No. 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. The album was certified gold in 1976. On July 21, 1999, Leon performed "Back to the Island" live on

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Leon Russell Side one # "Will O' the Wisp" (instrumental) – 0:55 # "Little Hideaway" – 3:57 # "Make You Feel Good" – 2:23 # "Can't Get Over Losing You" – 5:04 # "My Father's Shoes" – 4:16 # "Stay Away from Sad Songs" – 4:01 Side Two # "Back to the Island" – 5:20 # "Down on Deep River" – 3:55 # "Bluebird" – 3:55 # "Laying Right Here in Heaven" – 2:52 # " Lady Blue" – 3:28

Charts

Personnel

*Leon Russell – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, clavinet, percussion *

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, Bobby Manuel,

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, Don Preston – guitar *

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– bass guitar *

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– organ *Teddy Jack Eddy (Gary Busey), Richard "Moon" Calhoun,

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, Ambrose Adekoya Campbell,

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, Carl Himmel – drums *

Mary McCreary Mary McCreary is an American singer, pianist and composer. She has been a member of hit making recording acts, Little Sister and Leon & Mary Russell. She has recorded her own albums for the MCA and Shelter labels. As a session singer she has su ...

– background vocals *

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– alto saxophone *Masako Hirayama – biwa *Minoru Muraoka – flute *

Roger Linn Roger Curtis Linn is an American designer of electronic musical instruments and equipment. He is the designer of the LM-1, the first drum machine to use samples, and the MPC sampler, which had a major influence on the development of hip ho ...

– synthesizer, programming

References

1975 albums Leon Russell albums Albums produced by Denny Cordell Albums produced by Leon Russell Shelter Records albums {{1970s-album-stub