Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leon Russell, seen here circa 1970, is the subject of a new tribute album, "A Song for Leon." (Michael Ochs Archives) Anyone ...

A collection of the famed songsmith’s reinvented classics, Signature Songs features stripped-down versions and unique re-imaginings of several of the hits throughout his 60-year career. The ...

Sometimes in rock 'n' roll, a well-conceived cover song can best the original. Witness Manfred Mann's version of Bob Dylan's "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)" or the Isley Brothers' take on Stephen ...

Margo Price is leading off a new all-star tribute album to Leon Russell, A Song for Leon, with her take on the great singer-songwriter’s 1971 tune, “Stranger in a Strange Land.” Price’s rendition of ...

Dark Horse Records is proud to release Signature Songs, an intimate greatest hits collection of solo piano and vocal recordings, by legendary musician, composer, and performer Leon Russell. Originally ...

It didn’t take long after Tulsa-born and raised rocker Leon Russell released his May 1970 self-titled debut album for its lead-off ballad, “A Song for You,” to find an audience. Clocking in at just ...

Leon Russell was an American musician and songwriter and he's a famous Okie! Born in Lawton as Claude Russell Bridges on April 2, 1942, Russell began playing the piano at a young age. Russell would ...

Leon Russell is responsible for much of the best music of the 1960s and ‘70s. From his work with the Wrecking Crew — a band of notable Los Angeles musicians who played some of the biggest hits of the ...

Face to face, in the heat of the moment and caught up in nervous adoration, Russell asked this question: “Elvis, how did you end up in all those horrible movies?” Russell couldn’t believe he let those ...

The coronavirus pandemic challenges Americans to live in a different way-- from new ways to stay connected to wearing face masks. Now, a Leon Russell song inspired one New York photographer to ...