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 ...

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, 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 ...

Originally aired on KCET December 5 1970 Taped at the Vine Street Theatre on Hollywood and Vine Leon Russell and friends with Sweet Emily Claudia Lennar Kathi McDonald Chuck Blackwell John Gallie Don ...