In recent years, there’s been a massive spike in legendary musicians selling off the publishing rights to their most iconic songs to firms like Hipgnosis Songs and Primary Wave Music. Whether it’s because they’re tired of managing their extensive catalogs or are looking for new streams of revenue, it’s become a bonafide trend among artists like Bob Dylan, Lindsey Buckingham, and Neil Young. Sometimes, it isn't the choice of the artist, but instead their label or heirs — which has resulted in…

Most of us know about Claude Russell Bridges playing the piano by ear at 4 years old and hitting the honky tonks around Tulsa at 14 – but not a lot is recorded about his formative childhood years. Who was young Claude Russell Bridges?

When I read online the other day (July 19, 2016) that Leon Russell, now 74, had a heart attack and will postpone his tour dates, I felt that a great career which has emerged in stages might finally…

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A native of Oklahoma, Russell's talents gave him the unique ability to span country and gospel, blues and rock.

Leon Russell was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, ...

Claude Russell Bridges — aka Leon Russell — has hidden behind shades, a stage name, a cowboy hat and long, white, flowing hair and beard for 40 years now.

Download this stock image: File. 13th Nov, 2016. LEON RUSSELL (April 2, 1942 - Nov. 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter, who recorded as a session musician, sideman, and solo musician who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Russell died in his sleep in Nashville at the age of 74, after suffering a heart attack in July 2016. PICTURED: LEON RUSSELL sits for a portrait in 1978. (Credit Image: © Globe Photos/ZUMApress.com) - H8KCTJ from Alamy's library of…