Leon Russell, seen here circa 1970, is the subject of a new tribute album, "A Song for Leon." (Michael Ochs Archives) Anyone tracing a path through the history of American soul music could do worse ...

Leon Russell performing at the 2011 Stagecoach Festival (photo: Frazer Harrison / Getty Images). “This song is so prolific,” says Price of “Stranger in a Strange Land,” which was the opening track on ...

The late Leon Russell would’ve celebrated his 82nd birthday on April 2, 2024. The acclaimed Oklahoma-born songwriter and musician was one of the pioneers of the rootsy Tulsa Sound. Russell probably is ...

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 ...

Next month, Primary Wave Records are releasing a Leon Russell tribute jam-packed with rock stars. A Song For Leon arrives September 8, and features artists like Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff & The ...

Margo Price, U.S. Girls, Pixies, and more artists will appear on a new Leon Russell tribute album titled A Song For Leon, coming September 8. (The Southern rock legend died in 2016.) Additional ...

Leon Russell, a singer-songwriter and pianist who spent much of the early 1960s appearing on pop hits as a Los Angeles studio musician and who, in the years that followed, was a solo artist and ...

NASHVILLE, TN -- Leon Russell, who sang, wrote and produced some of rock 'n' roll's top records, has died. He was 74. An email from Leon Russell Records to The Associated Press says Russell died in ...