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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Nathaniel Rateliff was a young music lover growing up in rural Missouri the first time he heard Leon Russell’s original recording of “A Song for You.” It had been the opening cut on Leon’s landmark, ...

Leon Russell’s “A Song For You” has been selected for the Grammy Hall of Fame. The Grammy Hall of Fame was established by the Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973 to honor recordings of ...

Leon Russell was an interesting artist. Born in Oklahoma, he began playing piano at a very young age and was getting paid for it starting at 14 when he gigged in Tulsa. As Leon told me when I visited ...

Singer, songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell has died at the age of 74. According to posts on the musician’s website and Facebook page, Russell’s wife Jan Bridges said he died in ...