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9 Essential Billy Preston Songs That Prove He Was More Than the ‘Fifth Beatle.

(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 ...
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‘Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It’ Review: Eye-Opening Look at the Organ Prodigy Who Fused with the Beatles and Helped to Forge Funk

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 ...
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The New Billy Preston Documentary Will Take You to Church—When It Sticks to Music

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 ...
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‘White Lotus’ Streaming Gains for Old & New Theme Song, Billy Preston Closing Song

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 ...