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American R&B musician

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Preston at the White House in December 1974

Preston at the White House in December 1974

Groundwork data
Birth name William Everett Preston
Born (1946-09-02)September 2, 1946[1]
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.Due south.
Died June 6, 2006(2006-06-06) (aged 59)
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Genres R&B, soul, funk, rock, gospel
Occupation(southward)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • producer
Instruments Vocals, keyboards
Years agile 1956–2005
Labels Derby, Vee-Jay, Capitol, Apple, Buddah, A&Thousand, Motown
Associated acts Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, The Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, Syreeta, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Eric Clapton, John Lennon
Website billypreston.net

Musical artist

William Everett Preston (September ii, 1946 – June half-dozen, 2006)[2] was an American musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. He gained attention every bit a solo creative person with hit singles such equally "That's the Way God Planned Information technology", the Grammy-winning "Outa-Space", "Will It Get Round in Circles", "Infinite Race", "Naught from Nothing", and "With You I'm Born Again". Additionally, Preston co-wrote "Yous Are And so Cute", which became a #five hit for Joe Cocker.

Preston is the simply non-Beatle musician to be given a credit on a Beatles recording at the band's request; the grouping's 1969 single "Get Back" was credited as "The Beatles with Billy Preston".[3] He continued to record and perform with George Harrison after the Beatles' breakup, forth with other artists such every bit Eric Clapton, and the Rolling Stones on many of the grouping's albums and tours during the 1970s. On May 12, 2021, the Rock and Whorl Hall of Fame appear that Preston would be inducted with the Musical Excellence Award.

Life and career [edit]

Early life [edit]

Preston was built-in September two, 1946, in Houston[4] and moved to Los Angeles equally a child with his mother, Robbie Lee Williams. Noted as a child prodigy, Preston was entirely self-taught and never had a music lesson. By the age of 10, he was playing organ onstage bankroll several gospel singers such as Mahalia Jackson.[2] At 11, Preston appeared on an episode of Nat King Cole's NBC Tv bear witness singing the Fats Domino hitting "Blueberry Loma" with Cole.[5] He also appeared in St. Louis Blues, the 1958 Westward. C. Handy biopic starring Nat King Cole; Preston played with Handy at a younger age.[2]

In 1962, Preston joined Trivial Richard'southward band every bit an organist, and information technology was while performing in Hamburg that he met the Beatles.[2] In 1963, he played the organ on Sam Cooke's Night Beat anthology and released his ain debut album, 16 Yr. Sometime Soul, for Cooke's SAR label.[6] In 1965, he released the anthology The Nearly Exciting Organ Ever and performed on the stone and roll show Shindig! In 1967, he joined Ray Charles' ring.[4] Following this exposure, several musicians began asking Preston to contribute to their sessions.[2]

The Beatles [edit]

Preston is amongst those sometimes known as the "Fifth Beatle". Later on befriending the group in 1962, Preston joined the Get Back sessions in Jan 1969. (At one point John Lennon proposed the idea of having Preston join the band; Paul McCartney countered it was difficult enough reaching agreements with iv.)[7] Preston played organ and electric pianoforte for the Beatles during several of the Get Back sessions; some of these sessions appeared in the movie Let Information technology Be and on its companion album. Footage of their collaboration also appeared in the 2021 documentary The Beatles: Go Dorsum directed by Peter Jackson. Preston also accompanied the band on electrical pianoforte for its rooftop concert, the group's last public appearance.[eight] In April 1969, their single "Get Back" was credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston", the only time an artist was credited equally a co-performer with The Beatles after the band started recording as independent artists.[a] The credit was bestowed past the Beatles to reverberate the extent of Preston's presence on the track; his electric piano is prominent throughout and he plays an extended solo. Preston as well worked, in a more limited office, on the 1969 Abbey Road album, contributing organ to the tracks "I Want You (She'due south And then Heavy)" and "Something".

In 1978, he appeared as Sgt. Pepper in Robert Stigwood's motion picture Sgt. Pepper's Lone Hearts Club Ring, which was based on the Beatles' album of the same name, and sang and danced to "Become Back" as the penultimate vocal.[10]

Mail service-Beatles solo career [edit]

Preston singing at the piano in 1971

Signed to the Beatles' Apple tree characterization, in 1969, Preston released the album That's the Mode God Planned It, produced by George Harrison, the title song from which was a hit unmarried in United kingdom. His association with Harrison continued after the Beatles' breakup in 1970; Preston was the starting time artist to record Harrison's subsequent international hit "My Sweet Lord", on his 1970 album Encouraging Words, which Harrison co-produced with him. He appeared on several of Harrison's 1970s solo albums, starting with All Things Must Pass; made a notable contribution to the Concert for People's republic of bangladesh, the Harrison-organized 1971 charity do good; performed with the ex-Beatle on his 1974 bout of North America; and played at the 2002 Concert for George tribute, held at London'south Royal Albert Hall. Preston also worked on solo releases by Lennon and Ringo Starr.

In 1971, Preston left Apple and signed with Herb Alpert'south A&M Records. The previous year, he contributed to some other hit single when Stephen Stills asked to utilise Preston's phrase "if y'all can't exist with the ane you love, dearest the one you're with", a song on Stills'southward self-titled debut solo anthology.[11]

Post-obit the release of I Wrote a Simple Song on A&K, Preston'southward solo career peaked at this time, beginning with 1972's "Outa-Space", an instrumental track that further popularized the audio of the clavinet in funk music. The song reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard'due south R&B chart, before going on to win the Grammy Laurels for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. "Outa-Space" sold over i million copies in America, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in June 1972.[12] Later that year, Preston contributed the title song to the hitting blaxploitation pic Slaughter starring Jim Brown.[thirteen]

Over the side by side 2 years, Preston followed up with the US chart-topping singles "Will It Become Round in Circles" (which displaced Harrison's "Give Me Beloved (Give Me Peace on Earth)" at the acme on July vii, 1973) and "Nothing from Zippo", and the number 4 hit "Infinite Race". Each of the three singles sold in excess of ane meg copies.[12] American Bandstand host and executive producer Dick Clark enjoyed "Space Race" then much that he used the instrumental for the mid-show intermission for virtually the remainder of its run.

Preston (seated behind grand pianoforte in foreground) performing with the Rolling Stones in 1975

From 1970, Preston played keyboards (including piano, organ, clavinet and various synthesizers) for the Rolling Stones, sometimes alongside pianists Nicky Hopkins and Ian Stewart, on their albums Sticky Fingers, Exile on Chief St., Goats Head Soup, It's Merely Rock 'n Roll and Black and Blue. Every bit the ring'southward principal touring keyboardist from 1973 to 1977, he also performed as a support act with his own ring (including Mick Taylor on guitar) on their 1973 European tour. A Munich performance from this tour was documented on Preston'due south album Live European Tour 1973. In 1974, along with Bruce Fisher, i of his regular songwriting collaborators in the 1970s, he composed one of Joe Cocker'southward biggest hits, "You Are So Beautiful". On October eleven, 1975, he was the first musical guest on Sat Night Live 's series premiere episode.[two] Preston's 1973 song "Do Yous Love Me" was the basis for the Rolling Stones' track "Melody", released on Blackness and Bluish in 1976. Although two of his songs were included in the band'due south 1975 and 1976 live sets, the Stones and Preston parted visitor in 1977, mainly due to a disagreement over money. He continued to play on solo records past Stones members like Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit, and made appearances on the band'south Tattoo You and Bridges to Babylon.

After seven years with A&M, he signed with Motown. In 1979, he duetted with Syreeta Wright on the ballad "With Yous I'1000 Born Again",[2] which reached number 4 on the charts in the US. Preston'due south career lost momentum in the 1980s due to his cocaine and alcohol addictions. He left Motown in 1984 and focused on session piece of work, contributing to works by artists such as Luther Vandross (his organ solos were included on Vandross'due south 1985 hit "Til My Babe Comes Abode"), Whitney Houston and Patti LaBelle, amongst others. He served as musical manager for Nightlife, a late-night talk show hosted by David Brenner that lasted ane season from 1986 to 1987.[14]

Preston toured with Eric Clapton, recorded with Gary Walker, one of the vocalists in his Los Angeles-based band, and worked with a broad range of other artists. He besides toured with Ringo Starr, actualization on his 1990 live album. He was invited to get a member of The Band in 1991, after the death of pianoforte player Stan Szelest. He performed on tour with the group,[15] merely the sentencing from his cocaine and sexual assail charges in 1991 concluded the collaboration.

After work [edit]

In 1997, Billy Preston recorded the album You and I, in Italy, with Italian band Novecento. The anthology was produced by Vaughn De Spenza and Novecento members Lino and Pine Nicolosi.[xvi] In 1998, Preston played organ during the choir numbers on the UPN comedy show Good News. The aforementioned year he sang and played synthesizer in the movie Dejection Brothers 2000, every bit role of the Louisiana Gator Boys supergroup.

On November 29, 2001, while touring and fighting his own wellness bug, Preston received the news that George Harrison had died, after a long illness. Preston, among many of Harrison's longtime friends, performed in the 2002 Concert for George at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Preston's performance of "My Sweet Lord" received disquisitional acclaim. Additionally, he sang "Isn't It a Compassion", provided backing vocals on most of the other songs, and played the Hammond organ for the show.

In 2002, Preston appeared on the Johnny Cash album American IV: The Man Comes Effectually, playing piano on "Personal Jesus" and "Tear-Stained Letter".

In 2004, Preston toured with the Funk Brothers and Steve Winwood in Europe, and then with Clapton in Europe and N America. After the Clapton tours, he went to France, where he was featured in 1 episode of the Legends Rock TV Evidence. [17] His functioning included a duet with Sam Moore on "Yous Are Then Beautiful"; this was Preston's last filmed concert.

In 2004, Preston performed as a jazz organist on Ray Charles'southward Genius Loves Visitor, an album of duets, on the song "Hither Nosotros Go Again" with Charles and Norah Jones.

In March 2005, he appeared on the American Idol fourth-flavor finale. Playing pianoforte, he performed "With You I'yard Born Again" with Vonzell Solomon (who finished the contest in tertiary place). The same year, he recorded "Go Where No 1'southward Gone Before", the master title song for the anime series L/R: Licensed by Royalty.

Preston played clavinet on the vocal "Warlocks" for the Scarlet Hot Chili Peppers album Stadium Arcadium (2006). Although very ill by this point, he jumped out of his bed after hearing a tape of the song given to him past the ring, recorded his part, and went dorsum to bed.[18] Preston's terminal recorded contributions were the gospel-tinged organ on the Neil Diamond album 12 Songs (2005), and his keyboard work on The Road to Escondido (2006) by Eric Clapton and J. J. Cale.

In late 2005, Preston fabricated his last public performance, in Los Angeles, to publicize the re-release of the 1972 documentary film The Concert for Bangladesh. He played a fix of three Harrison songs—"Give Me Love", "My Sweetness Lord" and "Isn't Information technology a Pity"—with Dhani Harrison and Starr joining on guitar and drums, respectively, for the last vocal.

Personal life [edit]

Religion [edit]

Preston was brought upwardly in the African-American gospel tradition; he was a committed Christian throughout his life and openly expressed his organized religion in works such as his 1970s hit "That's the Way God Planned It". His personal behavior were sometimes at odds with the attitudes and musical expressions of the secular world of rock & roll in which he often worked, but he was apparently willing to put his religious views aside when working on tracks like John Lennon's openly atheistic vocal "God". Preston was deeply attached to his mother, for whom he wrote the song that became his best-known composition, "You lot Are So Cute".[xix]

Sexuality [edit]

Although the details did not go fully known to the full general public until after his death, Preston struggled throughout his life to cope with his homosexuality, and the lasting effects of the traumatic sexual corruption he suffered as a boy. Although his sexual orientation became known to friends and associates in the music earth (such as Keith Richards), Preston did not publicly come out every bit gay until merely before he died, partly because he felt that it conflicted with his securely held religious beliefs and his lifelong clan with the church building. In his autobiography, Life, Keith Richards mentioned Preston'due south struggles with his homosexuality.[twenty] [21] [22]

In an interview for a 2010 BBC Radio iv documentary on his life and career, Preston'southward managing director Joyce Moore revealed that after she began handling his affairs, Preston opened up to her about the lifelong trauma he had suffered as the result of existence sexually driveling as a child. Preston told Moore that at most the age of ix, afterward he and his mother moved to Los Angeles from Houston to perform in a touring production of Amos 'n' Andy, he was repeatedly abused by the touring visitor'due south pianist. When Preston told his female parent most the corruption, she did not believe him, and failed to protect him.[19] The corruption went on for the entire summer, and Preston was also later on abused by a local pastor.

Some other traumatic incident, which reportedly affected Preston securely, occurred in the early 1970s, while he was engaged to extra/model Kathy Silva. At this time Preston had go shut friends with musician Sly Stone, and made many contributions to Stone'southward recordings of the menses (including the album There's a Riot Goin' On). According to Moore, Preston was devastated when he came dwelling i twenty-four hours to find Stone in bed with Silva (who afterward famously married Stone on stage at Madison Square Garden). According to Moore, Silva's affair with Stone was the trigger that led Preston to stop having relationships with women. It was after this incident that he began abusing cocaine and having sexual practice with men, and Moore has stated that she saw his drug corruption equally his way of coping with the internal conflicts he felt about his "sexual urges".[nineteen] [23]

Legal issues and drug habit [edit]

In 1991, Preston checked into a drug rehabilitation program to treat his addictions.[24]

While on probation for a drunk driving conviction in August 1991,[25] Preston was arrested for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Mexican boy, after picking him upwardly at a gathering point for twenty-four hour period laborers.[26] The boy told government that Preston took him to his Malibu domicile, smoked cocaine, showed him pornographic pictures and tried to assault him before he escaped.[27] Preston was too charged with assault with a deadly weapon involving a human he picked upward to practise work at his habitation, the day before his abort in the case involving the male child.[27] After submitting to a drug test, Preston tested positive for cocaine. He entered no-contest pleas to the cocaine and assail charges. The sex charges which included misdemeanor charges of child molestation and exhibiting pornographic material to a small-scale were dismissed.[27] He was sentenced to nine months at a drug rehabilitation middle and three months of house arrest.[two]

In 1992, Preston was sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating his probation on a drunk driving conviction.[25]

In 1997, Preston was sentenced to three years in a California prison for cocaine possession in violation of his probation.[2] [28] He had been placed on three years' probation before that year later testing positive for cocaine use; under the terms, he agreed to spend ninety days in jail and to remain drug-complimentary.[29]

While in prison in 1998, Preston was indicted for a $1 1000000 insurance fraud scheme after setting fire to his ain house in Los Angeles.[2] [thirty] He pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against other defendants involved in the scam.[31] His plea chosen for five years of probation, one twelvemonth in jail, and $sixty,000 in restitution. The probation and jail fourth dimension ran concurrent with his cocaine possession conviction.[31] At California's Avenal State Prison, Preston led a chorus and performed at church building services. He served 18 months of his four-year sentence, after which he apparently became drug-gratis.[32]

Death [edit]

Preston had suffered kidney affliction in his later years, brought on by his hypertension. He received a kidney transplant in 2002, but his health continued to deteriorate. He had voluntarily entered a drug rehabilitation dispensary in Malibu, California, at the proposition of guitarist Is'real Benton, and suffered pericarditis there, leading to respiratory failure that left him in a blackout from November 21, 2005.[1] Preston died on June half dozen, 2006, in Scottsdale, Arizona.[2]

Preston's funeral was held June 21, 2006. At the funeral, which lasted almost three hours, Joe Cocker sang, Niggling Richard reminisced, and a brass band played a stirring version of "Amazing Grace". Other musical performers included The Temptations' lead vocalist Ali Woodson and singer Merry Clayton. A gospel choir, clad in bright scarlet, sang throughout. The mourners also heard letters written by Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and others who had toured and recorded with Preston.[33] He was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.[34]

Legacy [edit]

Miles Davis' 1974 album Become Up with It features a runway chosen "Billy Preston" in his award.

Ringo Starr, speaking during the rehearsals for the Concert for George in 2002, called Preston one of the greatest Hammond organ players of all time. In some other interview Starr said, "Billy never put his hands in the wrong identify. Never."[35]

Preston's song "Nothing from Zippo" was featured on the soundtracks of 2003's Elf and 2008's Be Kind Rewind.

In his introduction to the 2010 BBC Radio program Billy Preston: That'southward the Style God Planned It, one-time Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman said of Preston: "Every keyboard player I know loves Billy Preston. Yous can spot his playing a mile off, whether information technology's the Hammond organ, the Fender Rhodes or the piano. He had such a spiritual affect to his technique; it made him completely unique."[36]

In 2021, White Horse Pictures and Homegrown Pictures appear that they were making a documentary on Preston, to exist directed by Paris Barclay.[37]

Awards and nominations [edit]

Preston was nominated for ix Grammy Awards and won two. He won a Grammy Accolade for Best Popular Instrumental Performance for "Outa-Space" at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards in 1973. He too won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his participation in the album The Concert For Bangla Desh at the same ceremony.[38] He was inducted into the Form of 2021 of the Stone and Curlicue Hall Fame with the Musical Excellence Award.[39]

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

Twelvemonth Album Championship Record Label Notes
1963 xvi Year. Onetime Soul Derby Records Recorded for Sam Cooke's SAR characterization (Derby was its sis imprint) while Preston was still at high schoolhouse in Los Angeles. Re-released in the UK in 1969 by Soul Metropolis Records as Greazee Soul.
1965 The Most Exciting Organ Ever Vee-Jay Records Fully instrumental
Early Hits of 1965 Exodus Records Recorded in the same sessions as The Well-nigh Exciting Organ Ever
1966 Wildest Organ in Boondocks! Capitol Records Arranged by Sly Stone. Re-released in 1970 with unlike packaging and rail society past Pickwick Records equally Organ Transplant.
1967 Club Meeting Capitol Records A continuation of Wildest Organ in Town!
1969 That's the Way God Planned It Apple tree Records Debut anthology on Apple, and featuring the European striking "That's the Way God Planned It"; guests include George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards
1970 Encouraging Words Apple tree Records Featuring the first recording of Harrison's "My Sugariness Lord"; guests include George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Delaney Bramlett
1971 I Wrote a Simple Song A&M Records Debut anthology for A&Chiliad, includes the hitting "Outa-Space" and features contributions from Quincy Jones and George Harrison
1972 Music Is My Life A&Chiliad Records Includes the hit "Will Information technology Go Round in Circles"
1973 Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music A&M Records Includes the striking "Space Race"
1974 The Kids & Me A&M Records Includes the hitting "Nothing from Nada" and the future hitting for Joe Cocker, "Y'all Are And then Beautiful"
1975 It'southward My Pleasance A&M Records Incorporates synthesizers more heavily than previous Preston album, features harmonica by Stevie Wonder on two tracks and a guest advent from George Harrison
1976 Billy Preston A&M Records Guests include Jeff Beck and the Tower of Power horns
Baton's Bag A&Chiliad Records Compilation album; includes the championship runway Billy's Handbag, own compositions and standards
1977 A Whole New Thing A&1000 Records Concluding anthology for A&K
1979 Belatedly at Night Motown Includes the striking duet with Syreeta Wright, "With You I'm Born Once again"
1981 Billy Preston & Syreeta Motown Album features duets
The Way I Am Motown Guests include members of Toto
1982 Pressin' On Motown Final album for Motown Records
1984 On the Air Megatone Records Anthology features a tribute to the Beatles
1986 You Can't Proceed a Good Man Down D&K Records

D&Chiliad 86005

1995 Billy'due south Back NuGroove Records 733514051526
1997 You and I Crisler Featuring the Italian ring Novecento

Studio EP [edit]

Year Album Championship Tape Label Notes
2004 Billy Preston's Beatles Salute iFanz Records This iv-song EP includes "Sgt. Pepper", "I'm Looking Through You lot", "Give Me Love", and "Hither, At that place and Everywhere".

Live album [edit]

  • 1974: Alive European Tour 1973 (A&K Records)

Gospel albums [edit]

  • 1965: Hymns Speak From the Organ (Vee Jay Records, VJLP-5083; 1966 reissue: Exodus Records, EX-53)
  • 1973: Gospel in My Soul (Peacock Records, PLP-179; reissue of Hymns Speak From the Organ)
  • 1978: Behold! (Myrrh Records, MYR-1070)
  • 1980: Universal Honey (Myrrh Records, MYR-1080; MSB-6607)
  • 1985: Ministry of Music (King James, KJ-8502; D&K Records, D&Yard 86003)
  • 1996: Words and Music
  • 2001: Music From My Heart (MCG Records, MCG-7026)

Charted albums [edit]

Year Album Peak chart positions Record label
US
[40]
US
R&B
[forty]
CAN
[41]
1965 The Virtually Heady Organ Always 143 five Vee-Jay
1966 Wildest Organ in Town! 118 9 Capitol
1969 That's the Way God Planned Information technology 127 Apple
1970 Encouraging Words 50
1971 I Wrote a Simple Song 32 ix A&Thou
1972 Music Is My Life 32 vii 31
1973 Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music 52 3 76
1974 The Kids & Me 17 8 21
1975 It'due south My Pleasure 43 eighteen 20
1977 A Whole New Thing 49
1979 Late at Nighttime 49 73 Motown
1981 Billy Preston & Syreeta 127 48
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles [edit]

Source:[42]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
United states of america
[40]
US R&B
[40]
US A/C
[40]
AUS
[43]
CAN
[41]
UK
[44]
1961 "Volcano" N/A
1963 "Greazee" sixteen Yr. Old Soul
"Billy'south Purse" N/A
1966 "The Girl'due south Got "It""
"In the Midnight Hour" Wildest Organ in Town!
"Sunny" Club Meetin'
"Tin can't She Tell" Due north/A
1968 "Hey Brother" That'southward the Way God Planned Information technology
"The Split" The Split
1969 "Get Back" (with the Beatles) one one 1 ane
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[45]
  • BPI: Silverish[46]
Let It Be
"Don't Let Me Down" (with the Beatles) 35 Due north/A
"That's the Way God Planned Information technology" 62 22 61 xi That's the Way God Planned It
"Everything's Alright" 76
1970 "All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Requite Information technology to You)" 108 N/A
1971 "My Sweet Lord" 90 23 Encouraging Words
1972 "I Wrote a Elementary Vocal" 77 I Wrote a Simple Song
"The Bus" 43
"Outa-Space" 2 1 23 13 44
  • RIAA: Golden[47]
"That'due south the Way God Planned It" (re-release) 65 That'south the Way God Planned Information technology
"Slaughter (Theme from Slaughter)" 50 17 63 Slaughter
1973 "Will Information technology Go Round in Circles" 1 10 99 one
  • RIAA: Gold[47]
Music Is My Life
"Space Race" iv 1 34 6
  • RIAA: Gold[47]
Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
1974 "Y'all're So Unique" 48 11 42
"Zero from Nothing" i 8 xv 60 v
  • RIAA: Gold[47]
The Kids & Me
"Struttin'" 22 xi 24
1975 "Fancy Lady" 71 23 83 It's My Pleasure
"Do Information technology While You Can" 58
1977 "I've Got the Spirit" 48 Billy Preston
"Exercise What You lot Want"
"Daughter" 44
"Wide Stride" 33 A Whole New Thing
1978 "I'one thousand Actually Gonna Miss You" 59
"Get Back" 86 Sgt. Pepper'due south Lonely Hearts Order Band
1979 "Become for It" (with Syreeta) 108 Fast Break
"Information technology Will Come in Fourth dimension" (with Syreeta) 47 Belatedly at Night
"With You lot I'm Born Again" (with Syreeta) 4 86 2 21 9 ii
  • BPI: Silver[48]
1980 "One More Time for Love" (with Syreeta) 52 72 Syreeta
"Please Stay" (with Syreeta)
1981 "Hope" The Fashion I Am
"A Change Is Gonna Come"
"Searchin'" (with Syreeta) 106 Billy Preston & Syreeta
"Just for You (Put the Boogie in Your Torso)" (with Syreeta)
1982 "I'm Never Gonna Say Bye" 88 64 38 Pressin' On
1984 "And Dance" / "Kicking-It" On the Air
1986 "Since I Held Y'all Close" Due north/A
"—" denotes a recording that did non chart or was not released in that territory.

As a guest/session performer [edit]

  • 1963: Night Beat (Sam Cooke)
  • 1965: I Don't Know What You Got (Simply It's Got Me) (Little Richard)
  • 1969: A Blackness Man'south Soul (Ike Turner)
  • 1969: "Get Dorsum" and "Don't Let Me Down" (The Beatles)
  • 1969: Abbey Road (The Beatles)
  • 1970: Let It Be (The Beatles)
  • 1970: All Things Must Laissez passer (George Harrison)
  • 1970: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon) – piano on "God"
  • 1971: Viscous Fingers (The Rolling Stones)
  • 1971: The Concert for Bangladesh (George Harrison and Friends)
  • 1971: In that location's a Riot Goin' On (Sly and the Family unit Rock)
  • 1971: Live at Fillmore West (Rex Curtis and Aretha Franklin)
  • 1971: Barbra Joan Streisand (Barbra Streisand) – keyboards and drums
  • 1972: Exile on Main St. (The Rolling Stones)
  • 1972: Current of air of Modify (Peter Frampton) – piano, keyboards, harpsichord, accordion
  • 1973: Ringo (Ringo Starr) – organ on "I'thou the Greatest" and "Oh My My"
  • 1973: Goats Head Soup (The Rolling Stones)
  • 1974: Dark Equus caballus (George Harrison) – electric piano
  • 1974: Goodnight Vienna (Ringo Starr) – clavinet on the title track, electrical piano on "Only You"
  • 1974: It's Merely Rock 'due north Roll (The Rolling Stones)
  • 1975: "Y'all Are And then Beautiful" (Joe Cocker)
  • 1975: Actress Texture (Read All About It) (George Harrison) – electrical piano on "His Proper name Is Legs (Ladies And Gentlemen)"
  • 1975: "Steal Miss Liza (Steal Liza Jane)" (Niggling Richard)
  • 1976: 30 Three & 1/3 (George Harrison)
  • 1976: No Reason to Cry (Eric Clapton)
  • 1976: Blackness and Bluish (The Rolling Stones)
  • 1976: Beloved You Alive (The Rolling Stones)
  • 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Solitary Hearts Club Band – also acted the part "Sgt. Pepper" in the film
  • 1981: Tattoo You lot (The Rolling Stones)
  • 1982: Gone Troppo (George Harrison)
  • 1985: "Til My Infant Comes Domicile" (Luther Vandross) – organ
  • 1986: "Smashing Gosh A'Mighty (Been a Long Fourth dimension Comin')" – co-written with Piffling Richard – from the picture Down and Out in Beverly Hills (sung by Niggling Richard)
  • 1986: "Big Firm Reunion" (Piffling Richard)
  • 1987: Steppin' Up – Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff – piano
  • 1990: Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band – keyboards and vocals
  • 1990: Giovani Jovanotti (Jovanotti) – keyboards and Fender Rhodes
  • 1990: "Prove Me Your Soul" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • 1991: ...East La Vita Continua (Nino D'Angelo)
  • 1993: Wandering Spirit (Mick Jagger) – "Sugariness Matter", "Out of Focus", "Use Me", "Wandering Spirit" and "I've Been Lonely for So Long".
  • 1996: Voyage of Dreams (Jephté Guillaume and the Tet Kale Orkestra) – organ, strings on "Al Di Yo", "Become Tell Them", "Kanpe", "Get Upwardly"
  • 1996: Donnie McClurkin (Donnie McClurkin) – organ
  • 1996: Love Brought Me Back (Helen Baylor) – organ
  • 1996: El Equilibrio de los Jaguares (Jaguares) – organ / Hammond B3 on "Detrás de los Cerros"
  • 1996: Peace Beyond Passion (Me'beat out Ndegeocello) – keyboards on "Deuteronomy: Niggerman"
  • 1997: Bridges to Babylon (The Rolling Stones) – organ on "Saint of Me"
  • 1997: Estas en mí (Juana La Loca) – piano
  • 1998: Undiscovered Soul (Richie Sambora)
  • 2000: The Harsh Low-cal of Mean solar day (Fastball) – keyboards on "You lot're An Ocean"
  • 2001: Songs from the West Coast (Elton John) – Hammond organ on "I Want Love", "The Wasteland", "Dearest Her Like Me"
  • 2001: Everybody Got Their Something (Nikka Costa) – Clavinet
  • 2001: Reptile (Eric Clapton)
  • 2001: One More Car, One More Rider (Eric Clapton, alive) – DVD includes live performance of Will Information technology Go Round in Circles
  • 2002: Travelogue (Joni Mitchell) – Hammond B3 on the track "You Dream Flat Tires"
  • 2002: American Four: The Man Comes Around (Johnny Cash) – piano on "Tear Stained Letter" and "Personal Jesus"
  • 2002: Concert for George – including "Isn't It a Pity" and "My Sugariness Lord"
  • 2003: The Colored Section (Donnie) – Hammond B3 on the last rail: "The Colored Section"[49]
  • 2003: Get Born (Jet)
  • 2004: Me and Mr. Johnson (Eric Clapton) – also appears in the DVD companion Sessions for Robert J
  • 2004: Crossroads Guitar Festival (Eric Clapton)
  • 2004: Genius Loves Company (Ray Charles)
  • 2004: That's Life (Julia Fordham)
  • 2005: 12 Songs (Neil Diamond)
  • 2005: Back Home (Eric Clapton)
  • 2005: Choose Dear (Ringo Starr)
  • 2005: The Concert for Bangladesh (George Harrison and Friends) (re-mastered version and video)
  • 2005: Tough on Criminal offence (Rebecca Pidgeon) – keyboards
  • 2006: Stadium Arcadium (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – "Warlocks"
  • 2006: The Road to Escondido (Eric Clapton, J. J. Cale)
  • 2006: Overnight Sensational (Sam Moore) – Hammond B3 on "I Can't Stand the Rain" and sings and plays on "You Are So Cute"
  • 2007: Reach (Is'real Benton) – organ on "Accept a Good Time"
  • 2007: Imagine (Howard Hewett) – organ
  • 2011: Brussels Affair (Live 1973) (The Rolling Stones)
  • 2012: L.A. Friday (The Rolling Stones)
  • 2020: Goats Head Soup - 2020 Deluxe edition (The Rolling Stones)
  • 2022: El Mocambo 1977 (The Rolling Stones)

References [edit]

Footnotes

  1. ^ A joint credit had been given on a Beatles record on the British release of the 1962 single "My Bonnie", where they backed Tony Sheridan.[9]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Pareles, Jon (June 7, 2006). "Baton Preston, 59, Soul Musician, Is Dead; Renowned Keyboardist and Collaborator". The New York Times . Retrieved June 28, 2008. Baton Preston, the splashy gospel-rooted keyboardist whose career included No. 1 solo hits and work with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died yesterday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 59.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Billy Preston, 59, Soul Musician, Is Dead; Renowned Keyboardist and Collaborator". The New York Times. June 7, 2006. Retrieved Feb 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Billy Preston, keyboard actor with the Beatles, dies at 59". the Guardian. June 7, 2006.
  4. ^ a b Womack 2014, p. 741.
  5. ^ "billy preston huckleberry hill - Bing video". Bing.com . Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Billy Preston's 16-Year-Quondam Soul to be Digitally re-re-released on February 22, 2011". The Urban Music Scene. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. "sixteen Twelvemonth Former Soul is an album of percolating organ-infused instrumentals that offers insight into the roots of ane of the music world's almost innovative and genre-busting stars who died at the historic period of 59, in 2006. With songs covering a broad spectrum of styles from country ('Born to Loose') to R&B ('Good News') to jazz ('God Bless The Kid') with popular and blues undertones ample, 16 Year Sometime Soul is a preserved-in-amber glimpse of an artist whose musical maturity belied his years."
  7. ^ The Beatles - A/B Road: The Consummate Go back Sessions, Jan 24
  8. ^ Harrington, Richard (June 8, 2006). "'Fifth Beatle' Billy Preston Made the Greats Even Greater". The Washington Post . Retrieved October 2, 2008.
  9. ^ "My Bonnie". March xvi, 2008.
  10. ^ Maslin, Janet (July 21, 1978). "Screen: Son of 'Sgt. Pepper':Many Forms Involved". The New York Times.
  11. ^ "Song Stories: Love The Ane You're With". Rolling Stone . Retrieved Feb ten, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins. pp. 319, 334, and 349. ISBN0-214-20512-6.
  13. ^ Tobler, John (2011). I Wrote a Uncomplicated Song/Music Is My Life (CD booklet). Billy Preston. BGO Records. pp. iv, half dozen.
  14. ^ Chase, Donald (September vii, 1986). "He'southward On His Own In Late-dark TV". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  15. ^ Gehman, Geoff (July twenty, 1991). "Baton Preston Makes The Band Born Again". The Morning Call . Retrieved Nov 5, 2019.
  16. ^ "Collaborations - Novecento and Baton Preston". Spider web.tiscali.it. Retrieved December four, 2013.
  17. ^ "Guest Artist of the Legends Rock Television receiver Show". Legends-rock.com. Retrieved December iv, 2013.
  18. ^ "Scarlet Hot Chili Peppers - Peppers Get Sick Preston Out Of Bed". Contactmusic.com . Retrieved Dec four, 2013.
  19. ^ a b c Billy Preston: That'due south The Fashion God Planned It, BBC Radio 4, December 21, 2010.
  20. ^ Richards, Keith (2010). Life. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN978-0-297-85439-5. And he was gay at a fourth dimension when nobody could be openly gay, which added difficulties to his life. Billy could exist, most of time, a bundle of fun. simply sometimes he would go on the rag. I had to terminate him from beating upwards his swain in an lift one time.
  21. ^ "Gay Singers". Unsung. Goggle box 1. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved March fifteen, 2012.
  22. ^ Fisher, Bruce (July 25, 2011). "Billy Preston". Unsung. TV One.
  23. ^ Printing, Houston (March eleven, 2015). "The Biting Boxing Over "Fifth Beatle" Baton Preston's Estate". Houston Press. [Getting high] was the simply mode he could do it," Moore says. "And when his sexual urges came downwards on him, he couldn't bring himself to ever touch on a woman again.
  24. ^ "Singer Baton Preston To Seek Drug Treatment". Jet. Vol. eighty, no. 25. Johnson Publishing Company. Oct 7, 1991. p. 65.
  25. ^ a b "Billy Preston Sentenced To thirty Days In Jail". Jet. Vol. 82, no. 25. Johnson Publishing Visitor. October 12, 1992. p. 28.
  26. ^ Boyer, Edward J. (Baronial xix, 1991). "Singer Billy Preston Arrested in Sex Case". Los Angeles Times.
  27. ^ a b c "Musician Billy Preston Pleads No Competition to Assault and Drug Charges". Associated Press. September 4, 1992.
  28. ^ "News Wink: Billy Preston Jailed Subsequently Cocaine Arrest". MTV News. November 5, 1997.
  29. ^ "Billy Preston Sentenced To Iii Years In Prison For Violating Probation On Cocaine Possession". Jet. Vol. 93, no. 1. Johnson Publishing Company. November 24, 1997. p. 62.
  30. ^ "Billy Preston Indicted in Alleged Insurance Scam". Los Angeles Times. November 10, 1998.
  31. ^ a b "Preston Pleads Guilty To Fraud". Associated Press. December 15, 1998.
  32. ^ "Billy Preston, 59, Organist Charted Funky Hits".
  33. ^ "Billy Preston Passes Abroad After Lengthy Illness". May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved October five, 2021.
  34. ^ "Billy Preston". Celebritygraveland.com. April 29, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  35. ^ Zollo, Paul (2016). More Songwriters on Songwriting. ISBN9780306822445 . Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  36. ^ Wakeman, Rick (presenter); Wilson, John (producer) (2010). Baton Preston: That's the Style God Planned It (Radio 4 on Music documentary). BBC. Upshot occurs at 1:26–1:42.
  37. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (November four, 2021). "Billy Preston Getting Docu Pic Treatment In Paris Barclay-Helmed Flick From White Equus caballus & Homegrown Pictures". Borderline. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021.
  38. ^ "Billy Preston". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. November 23, 2020.
  39. ^ "Billy Preston Earns Stone Hall'southward Music Excellence Award". Ultimate Classic Stone Staff. October 30, 2021.
  40. ^ a b c d eastward "US Charts > Billy Preston". Billboard. Retrieved April xi, 2020.
  41. ^ a b "Tin can Charts > Billy Preston". RPM. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  42. ^ "Baton Preston Discography - USA - 45cat". www.45cat.com.
  43. ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.South.W. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  44. ^ "United kingdom Charts > Billy Preston". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  45. ^ "US Certifications > The Beatles". Recording Manufacture Association of America. Retrieved Apr 12, 2020.
  46. ^ "British certifications – Beatles – Get Back". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  47. ^ a b c d "United states Certifications > Billy Preston". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved Apr 12, 2020.
  48. ^ "British certifications – Billy Preston & Syreeta – With You I'm Born Again". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  49. ^ "Donnie - The Colored Department". Discogs.com . Retrieved October 28, 2017.

Sources

  • Womack, Kenneth (2014). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four [2 volumes]: Everything Fab Four. ABC-CLIO. ISBN978-0-313-39172-9.

External links [edit]

  • Baton Preston's official site
  • Billy Preston at IMDb
  • The Complete Apple Records
  • Allmusic.com "Billy Preston"
  • Baton Preston at Find a Grave
  • Eric Clapton and Billy Preston performing "Isn't It a Pity" at the Concert for George, November 2002

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