Leon Russell wrote “A Song For You” ” and played one for just about everybody else. Although he’s recorded more than 40 albums, the number of studio sessions he’s been involved with is staggering.
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 ...
Originally released in 2001 and out-of-print since a 2007 re-release, Leon Russell's Signature Songs is now available again on compact disc and vinyl LP in tandem with a new distribution agreement for ...
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 ...
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 wrote songs so well crafted that even the first time you heard them, you swore that you've heard them before. It was not that they were't unique- they usually were- it was that they ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 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 ...
Tulsa-based music artist Casii Stephan’s newest single is a cover of Leon Russell’s “A Song for You” and was recorded in one take at The Church Studio, which Russell founded. A news release described ...