{{short description|American musician}} {{Multiple issues|{{Notability|date=November 2024}} {{Unreliable sources|date=November 2024}}}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Gregg Russell | image = | years_active = 1956–present | origin = Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States | genre = Children's music | instrument = Vocals, guitar | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor | website = [http://www.greggrussell.com/ (Official Website)] }}
'''Gregg Russell''' is an American singer, songwriter and actor based in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.<ref name="greggrussell1">{{cite web |url=http://www.greggrussell.com |title = Gregg Russell – Harbour Town – Hilton Head}}</ref>
== Entertaining and music == In 1976, the founder of Sea Pines hired Russell to sing for two weeks. Russell has since performed concerts under an old oak tree at the Harbour Town marina on Hilton Head Island every summer.<ref name="autogenerated1">Hart, Anne. "Hart to Heart: The king of savoring summer found a permanent vacation." Savannah Morning News 18 JUL 2010, Print.</ref><ref>Rossiste, . "Gregg Russell—Sea Pines." Travelocity 14 Dec 2004: n. pag. Web. 12 Jul 2010.<http://www.igougo.com/review-r1169332-Greg_Russell_--_Sea_Pines.html>.</ref>
==Filmography==
* ''Camp Tanglefoot: It All Adds Up'' (1999) – creator and performer<ref name="IslandPacket">{{cite news |last=Kovach |first=Brad |title=Russell branches out into video ‘Tanglefoot’ |newspaper=The Island Packet |date=December 25, 1998 |page=15 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/840026170/ |access-date=2026-02-14}}</ref><ref name="Daytona">{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tamara |title=Locals camp talents on new children’s video series |newspaper=The Daytona Beach News-Journal |date=June 3, 1999 |page=55 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1231520887/ |access-date=2026-02-14}}</ref>
* ''Come Away Home'' (2005) – performer<ref>Ennis, Melinda. "Summer with Grandpa treads familiar ground." Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 29, 2005.</ref>
* ''The Gregg Russell Story: If This Old Tree Could Talk'' – documentary subject<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gregg Russell Story: If This Old Tree Could Talk |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-gregg-russell-story-if-this-old-tree-could-talk/umc.cmc.4hxrztjcah27x1pv2x0wb4ipb |access-date=July 31, 2025 |website=Apple TV}}</ref>
==Personal life== Gregg Russell is originally from Alabama. He and his wife, Lindy Russell, have 3 children.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
=== Philanthropy === Russell and his wife, Lindy Russell, founded the Hilton Head Heroes program in 1998, which provides week-long vacations to Hilton Head Island for families with seriously ill children. The program coordinates donations from local businesses to cover lodging, meals, medical support, and recreational activities for participating families.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Melissa |title=A respite from their troubled times |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |date=April 17, 2000 |page=71 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/629761840/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dimitrov |first=Mary |date=July 9, 2024 |title=Hilton Head Sea Pines' singer inspires documentary on Apple TV. Here's a peek |url=https://www.islandpacket.com/living/travel-tourism/article289785274.html |access-date=July 31, 2025}}</ref>
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