Posts Tagged ‘Leon Russell’
Concert for Bangladesh digital debut and movie stream
Written by admin on July 29, 2011 – 8:48 am - |
The Concert for Bangladesh made its exclusive digital debut on iTunes this week to mark the 40th anniversary of the event. |
Tags: Billy Preston, Bob Dylan, Concert for Bangladesh, Concert for Bangladesh download, Concert for Bangladesh on iTunes, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2011
Written by admin on March 15, 2011 – 8:31 pm -Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Tom Waits and Leon Russell were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City last night.
Tags: Alice Cooper, Darlene Love, Dr John, Leon Russell, Neil Diamond, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Waits
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Songwriters Hall of Fame 2011 inductees
Written by admin on February 24, 2011 – 7:59 pm -Leon Russell, John Bettis, Garth Brooks, Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, and Allen Toussaint have been announced as the 2011 inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF).
These great songwriters will join around 400 inductees in the Hall of Fame, including legendary names such as Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Hal David and Burt Bacharach, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Isaac Hayes and David Porter, Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Sir Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Curtis Mayfield, Kris Kristofferson, Leonard Cohen and many others.
Tags: Allen Toussaint, Billy Steinberg, Garth Brooks, John Bettis, Leon Russell, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Tom Kelly
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Elton John opens the Electric Proms
Written by admin on October 28, 2010 – 11:50 pm - |
Elton John kicked off this year’s Electric Proms with a bang tonight at the Roundhouse in London. He was joined on stage by his friend and mentor Leon Russell, with whom he has just released the album “The Union.” |
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Elton John and Leon Russell – “The Union” out today
Written by admin on October 19, 2010 – 8:12 am -| Elton John has announced that he is not going to make any more pop albums. Instead he intends to focus on roots projects along the lines of his latest album “The Union“, which is a collaboration with piano legend Leon Russell. |
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