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Team Waterpolo 'Room 44'

Watch the brand new video 'Room 44' from Preston's eight-legged pop machine.

Billy Preston - Nothing from nothing 1975 William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 -- June 6, 2006) was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. Lyrics: ... nothin'...

That's The Way God Planned It - Billy Preston (04:13)

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Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright - With You I'm Born Again (03:53)

Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright

Billy Preston - Summertime (05:21)

Billy Preston on the Hammond B3 Includes imitations of JS Bach and Ray Charles.

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Billy Preston Biography

William Everett "Billy" Preston (September 2 1946 - June 6 2006) was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his successful, Grammy-winning career as a solo artist, Preston collaborated with some of the greatest names in the music industry, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Nat King Cole, Little Richard, Eric Burdon, Ray Charles, George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, King Curtis, Sammy Davis Jr., Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Mick Jagger, Richie Sambora, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. He played the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the Hammond organ on the Get Back sessions in 1969.

Preston along with Tony Sheridan are the only two non-Beatles to receive billing as an artist alongside the Beatles (as distinct from receiving credit as a session musician on album packaging) on an official Beatles record release. The label of the Get Back single credits the artists on the record as The Beatles with Billy Preston.

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