Billy Preston
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Billy Preston | |
Imię i nazwisko | William Everett Preston |
Pseudonim | Billy Preston |
Data urodzenia | 2 września 1946 |
Data śmierci | 6 czerwca 2006 |
Gatunek | soul |
Zawód | muzyk wokalista organista pianista kompozytor |
Właść. William Everett Preston (ur. 2 września 1946, zm. 6 czerwca 2006) - amerykański muzyk soulowy wokalista, organista, pianista, kompozytor.
Najbardziej znany jako muzyk sesyjny ale nagrywał też własne płyty. Współpracował z takimi gwiazdami jak The Beatles (płyta Let It Be), The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, The Jackson Five, Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Ringo Starr, Red Hot Chili Peppers i innymi muzykami. Najsłynniejsze własne płyty Billego to: That's The Way God Planned It (z tytułowym hitem) (1969) i Encouraging Words (1970) obie nagrane dla Apple Records
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[edytuj] Dyskografia
[edytuj] Albumy solowe
- (1965) The Most Exciting Organ Ever
- (1965) Early Hits of'65
- (1966) The Wildest Organ In Town
- (1967) Club Meeting
- (1969) That's The Way God Planned It
- (1970) Encouraging Words
- (1971) I Wrote A Simple Song
- (1972) Music Is My life
- (1973) Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
- (1974) Live European Tour 1973 featuring Mick Taylor on guitar (CD release A&M -Japan, 2002)
- (1974) The Kids and Me
- (1975) It's My Pleasure
- (1976) Billy Preston
- (1977) A Whole New Thing
- (1979) Late At Night
- (1981) The Way I Am
- (1982) Pressin' On
- (1984) On the Air
- (1986) You Can't Keep A Good Man Down
- (1995) Billy's Back
[edytuj] Gospel
- (1962) Sixteen Years Old Soul
- (1965) Hymns Speak from the Organ
- (1973) Gospel In My Soul (Re-edition of Hymns Speak from the organ)
- (1978) Behold!
- (1980) Universal Love
- (1994) Ministry of Music
- (1995) Minister of Music
- (1996) Words and Music
- (2001) Music From My Heart
[edytuj] Udział gościnny
- (1970) Let It Be -- including "Get Back" (The Beatles)
- (1970) All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
- (1970) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, piano on "God" (John Lennon)
- (1971) Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones)
- (1971) The Concert for Bangla Desh (George Harrison And Friends)
- (1971) There's a Riot Goin' On (Sly & the Family Stone)
- (1971) Live at Fillmore West (King Curtis)
- (1972) Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones)
- (1972) Wind of Change, Billy plays piano, keyboards, harpsichord, accordion & harmonica (Peter Frampton)
- (1973) Ringo, organ on "I'm The Greatest"
- (1973) Goats Head Soup (Rolling Stones)
- (1974) Goodnight Vienna, clavinet on the title track, electric piano on "Only You (And You Alone)"
- (1974) It's Only Rock'n Roll (Rolling Stones)
- (1975) "You Are So Beautiful" (Joe Cocker's biggest hit)
- (1976) Thirty Three & 1/3 (George Harrison)
- (1976) Black and Blue (Rolling Stones)
- (1978) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (also acted the part "Sgt. Pepper" in the film)
- (1990) Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (Billy plays keyboards and vocals)
- (1996) "Voyage of Dreams" - Jephté Guillaume and the Tet Kale Orkestra (Billy plays Organ, Strings on Al Di Yo, Go Tell Them, Kanpe, Get Up)
- (2000) The Harsh Light of Day (Fastball) (Billy played keyboards on "You're An Ocean")
- (2001) Reptile (Eric Clapton)
- (2001) One More Car, One More Rider (Eric Clapton, live) --DVD includes live performance of Will It Go Round in Circles
- (2003) Concert for George -- including Isn't It a Pity and My Sweet Lord
- (2003) Get Born (Jet)
- (2004) Me and Mr. Johnson (Eric Clapton) (also appears in the DVD companion Sessions for Robert J)
- (2005) Back Home (Eric Clapton)
- (2005) Choose Love (Ringo Starr)
- (2005) The Concert for Bangladesh (George Harrison and Friends) (Re-mastered version & video)
- (2006) Stadium Arcadium (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (on "Warlocks")
- (2006) The Road to Escondido (J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton)
Mick Jagger • Keith Richards • Charlie Watts • Ron Wood
Brian Jones • Bill Wyman • Mick Taylor • Ian Stewart
Chuck Leavell • Darryl Jones • Andrew Loog Oldham • Allen Klein • Nicky Hopkins • Bobby Keys • Jimmy Miller • Jim Price • Billy Preston
The Rolling Stones • England's Newest Hitmakers • 12 X 5• The Rolling Stones No. 2 • The Rolling Stones, Now! • Out of Our Heads • December's Children (And Everybody's) • Aftermath • Between the Buttons • Flowers • Their Satanic Majesties Request • Beggars Banquet • Let It Bleed • Sticky Fingers • Exile on Main St. • Goats Head Soup • It's Only Rock'n Roll • Black and Blue • Some Girls • Emotional Rescue • Tattoo You • Undercover • Dirty Work • Steel Wheels • Voodoo Lounge • Bridges to Babylon • A Bigger Bang
Albumy koncertowe: Got Live if You Want It! • Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert • Love You Live • Still Life (American Concert 1981) • Flashpoint • Stripped • No Security • Live Licks
Składanki: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) • Flowers • Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) • Made in the Shade • Sucking in the Seventies • Rewind (1971-1984) • Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones • Forty Licks • Rarities 1971-2003
American Tour 1969 • European Tour '70 • UK Tour '71 • American Tour '72 • Pacific Tour '73 • European Tour '73 • Tour of the Americas '75 • Tour of Europe '76 • US Tour '78 • American Tour '81 • European Tour '82 • Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour • Voodoo Lounge Tour • Bridges to Babylon Tour • No Security Tour • Licks Tour • A Bigger Bang Tour