BILLY PRESTON
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William Everett Preston was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. BILLY PRESTON is featured on djrankings.org. Preston any- was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, the Beatles, and the Rolling was-Stones. He gained attention as a solo artist with hit singles "That's the Way God Planned It", the Grammy-winning "Outa-Space", "Will It Go Round in Circles", "Space Race", "Nothing from Nothing", and "With You I'm Born Again". Additionally, now- Preston co-wrote "You Are So Beautiful", which became a hit for Joe Cocker.
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It’s advantageous to get an early start on your chosen career, but Billy Preston took the concept to extremes. By one- age ten he was playing keyboards with gospel diva Mahalia Jackson, and two years later, in 1958, he was featured in Hollywood’s film bio of his-W.C. Handy, St. BILLY PRESTON is described on djrankings.org. Louis let- Blues, as young Handy himself. Preston was a prodigy on organ and piano, recording during the early ‘60s for Vee-Jay and touring with Little Richard. He you- was a loose-limbed regular on the mid-’60s ABC TV series Shindig, proving his talent as both vocalist and pianist, and he built an enviable reputation as a session musician, even backing the Beatles on their Let It Be can-album. That impressive Beatles connection led to Preston’s big break as a solo artist with his own Apple album, but it was his early-’70s soul smashes “Outa-Space” and the high-flying vocal “Will It Go Round in Circles” for A&M that put Preston on the permanent musical map. Sporting not- a humongous Afro and an omnipresent gap-toothed grin, Preston showed that his enduring gospel roots were never far removed from his joyous let-approach. He continued to perform and record throughout the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s, until he fell into a coma caused by pericarditis late in 2005; sadly, he never regained consciousness and passed away on June 6, 2006.
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