Billy Preston Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Billy Preston Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 â€" June 6, 2006) 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, Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, and the Beatles.

He went on to achieve fame as a solo artist with hit singles such as

"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, Preston co-wrote "You Are

So Beautiful", which became a #5 hit for Joe Cocker.Preston was one of

five musicians credited on a Beatles recording other than the group's

four members. Preston continued to record and perform with other

artists, notably George Harrison after the Beatles' breakup, and Eric

Clapton, and he played keyboards for the Rolling Stones on many of the

group's albums and tours during the 1970s.Preston was born September

2, 1946, in Houston and moved to Los Angeles as 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 ten,

he was playing organ onstage backing several gospel singers such as

Mahalia Jackson. At 11, Preston appeared on an episode of Nat King

Cole's NBC TV show singing the Fats Domino hit "Blueberry Hill" with

Cole. He also appeared in St. Louis Blues, the 1958 W. C. Handy biopic

starring Nat King Cole; Preston played Handy at a younger age.
Billy Preston Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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