Leon Russell's Intimate Recording Of “A Song For You” Gets An Official Music Video

 

 

LEON RUSSELL’S INTIMATE RECORDING OF “A SONG FOR YOU” GETS AN OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

 

 VIDEO DIRECTED BY SPENCER RAMSEY FEATURING FOOTAGE FROM THE LEON RUSSELL ARCHIVE

 

SIGNATURE SONGS, THE LONG OUT-OF-PRINT GREATEST HITS COLLECTION OF RUSSELL’S SOLO PIANO AND VOCAL RECORDINGS, IS AVAILABLE NOW ON CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, AND FIRST-EVER VINYL PRESSING VIA DARK HORSE RECORDS

 

AVAILABLE NOW HERE

 

 

 

Dark Horse Records is proud to share an official music video for Leon Russell’s “A Song For You.” The pensive, minimalist version of the track is from the recently released compilation Signature Songs. The video was directed by Spencer Ramsey with footage taken from the Leon Russell archive.

 

Signature Songs, is an intimate greatest hits collection of solo piano and vocal recordings, by legendary musician, composer, and performer Leon Russell. Originally released in 2001 and long out-of-print, Signature Songs is now available on CD, digital download, and pressed for the very first time. All formats available HERE.

 

SIGNATURE SONGS AVAILABLE HERE

 

Signature Songs includes stripped-down and unique takes on songs from across Russell’s remarkable canon, from the GRAMMY® Hall of Fame classic, “A Song For You,” to his own classic hits, “Tight Rope,” “Stranger In A Strange Land,” “The Masquerade” and “Lady Blue.”

 

With its powerful performances and intimate song reinventions, Signature Songs stands as an ideal entry point and vivid reminder of Leon Russell’s one-of-a-kind musical genius. His career is like a roadmap of American music, though his mark can also be found on the work of British rock royalty like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Elton John, the latter of whom later inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. A genre-defying, multi-talented artist whose wildly diverse body of work has affirmed him as a truly mythical figure, Russell’s long friendship with Dark Horse Records founder George Harrison is well documented, including his profound contribution to 1971’s landmark Concert for Bangladesh.

 

Known as “The Master of Space and Time,” Russell appeared on over four hundred albums during his storied 50-year career, spanning his own one-of-a-kind solo work to collaborations with such giants as Elton John (who declared him to be his “biggest influence as a piano player, a singer and a songwriter”), Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Phil Spector, Eric Clapton, Delaney and Bonnie, Willie Nelson, Rita Coolidge, Dave Mason, Freddie King, J.J. Cale, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bonnie Raitt, and countless others. Inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 2011, Russell was as creative on stage as in the studio, filling stadiums on solo tours as well as serving as organizer/performer of Joe Cocker’s revolutionary “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” tour.

 

A committed proponent of cultural diversity, Russell spent his 2x GRAMMY® Award-winning career assembling wildly diverse bands and performances, pushing musical and social barriers. The Master of Space and Time now stands tall as one of the most important music makers of the 20th century, a momentous and unique artist whose impact is still felt today throughout rock ‘n’ roll, Americana, and beyond.

 

ABOUT DARK HORSE RECORDS

George Harrison’s passion for introducing the world to new music expressed itself in 1974 when he created his own new label, Dark Horse Records, as a place for his solo work and a home for supporting other artists. The newly relaunched Dark Horse, led by Dhani Harrison and David Zonshine, continues that legacy as label home to such diverse artists as Joe Strummer, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Billy Idol, Deep Purple’s Jon Lord, Benmont Tench, and of course, George himself. For more, please visit www.darkhorserecords.com.

Tracklist:

A Song for You

One More Love Song

Tight Rope

Stranger in a Strange Land

Hummingbird

Back to the Island

Out in the Woods

Lady Blue

Delta Lady

Magic Mirror

This Masquerade

 

 

 

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