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 ...

Preston's life and his contributions to the Beatles final studio album are explored in the documentary 'Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It' Billy Preston in 1972. The Beatles have long been ...

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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 ...

In 1969, the Beatles were on the brink of collapse. They stopped touring in 1966, exhausted by years on the road and increasingly manic fans whose screams were so loud that the Fab Four very often ...

Opened in 1932, Radio City Music Hall has been called the largest indoor theater in the world – with a marquee that spans an entire city block in Manhattan. For decades, however, it played host to ...

Billy Preston is amongst an exclusive club of a few musicians who some refer to as the “fifth Beatle.” Billy Preston was a keyboard player who impacted The Beatles more than some may realize. Outside ...

There are plenty of tense moments in The Beatles: Get Back, the nearly eight-hour-long documentary series from director Peter Jackson, which features restored footage from the 1970 documentary, Let It ...

All due respect to Ireland and its musicians, but the greatest trick the devil ever played was to permanently associate the phrase “take me to church” with Hozier. Before a milquetoast single by that ...

January 20, 2011 • "I Want to Thank You" shows off the heavenly exuberance that helped make Preston a star in the late '60s. Preston invests the song with the fun of '50s pop and the swelling spirit ...

The Beatles have long been regarded by fans and rock historians as the Fab Four, but toward the end of their '60s run as a band, an honorary fifth member arrived to give them a much-needed creative ...