Billy Preston played a key sideman role with two of classic rock's biggest bands while still amassing an impressive pile of solo hits. He was a lifesaver for the Beatles, as they struggled through the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are artists who play instruments, and then there are artists who seem to become the instrument. Billy Preston was the latter. The first time I heard his fingers dance across ...

Due to his work with The Beatles, Billy Preston is sometimes called the Fifth Beatle. After leaving The Beatles’ record label, Preston had a pair of No. 1 hits. He expected one of those two songs to ...

Paris Barclay's documentary explores a maverick who had hit singles, was secretly gay, and wasn't as big a 1970s star as he should have been. The sound of a holy organ rang out, and the camera zoomed ...

In Peter Jackson’s docuseries, The Beatles: Get Back, the restored and rare footage shows the rise and fall of The Beatles in just three episodes. Amidst the outbreaks and arguments between the band, ...

Of the many remarkable late releases by The Beatles, the band’s “Get Back” single stands out for many reasons. For starters, it wasn’t just a song; Get Back was also the working title for the band’s ...

When George Harrison, who had briefly quit the Beatles in early 1969, decided to return to the band, he brought with him a secret weapon: keyboardist Billy Preston. Harrison’s departure was the result ...

In a convergence of fictional and real-life drama, season 3 of the smash HBO series The White Lotus concluded on Sunday night (Apr. 6), during the same week in which creator Mike White engaged in a ...

George Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison, recently spoke about the friendship the late Beatle had with musician Billy Preston. During an appearance on the upcoming documentary Billy Preston: That’s ...

Like a lot of people, I first saw Billy Preston in “Let It Be,” where his luscious electric-keyboard noodlings provided the sweet center to songs like “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Get Back.” But it wasn’t ...