Legendary musician and songwriter Leon Russell passed away yesterday at the age of 74.
During the course of his Hall of Fame career, Russell released 31 albums and over 400 songs. He was also a highly sought after session keyboardist, who played alongside Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra and countless others...
On this date in 1976, Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested outside Graceland in Memphis for public drunkenness and waving a pistol and demanding to see "The King."
The guard at the gate called the police and there was some talk that Elvis watched the arrest go down on his closed circuit monitors in the house, 37 years ago today.
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