[死掉掉] Billy Preston
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http://www.billypreston.net/
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'FIFTH BEATLE' BILLY PRESTON DEAD AT AGE 59
The great singer-songwriter and performer Billy Preston, the real "Fifth
Beatle" has died after a long illness as a result of malignant hypertension
that resulted in kidney failure and other complications. As a result of a
medical insult he'd been in a deep coma since last November 21st, but was
still struggling to recover. He died at Shea Scottsdale Hospital in
Scottsdale, Arizona where he'd lived for the last couple of years.
Billy was called the Fifth Beatle because he played keyboards on Let it Be,
The White Album and Abbey Road. He also played on the Rolling Stones's hit
song Miss You, and often played with Eric Clapton. He also did the organ work
on Sly & the Family Stone's greatest hits. Preston's own hits included "Nothing
from Nothing," "Will it Go Round in Circles," and "You Are So Beautiful," which
Joe Cocker turned into an international hit.
Preston was actually mentored by Ray Charles, and acts like Little Richard,
Mahalia Jackson, and James Cleveland had a huge impact on him at a young age.
In the early 60s, Billy went to Europe with Little Richard who playing in
Hamburg. The Beatles were the opening act and as the story goes he was the one
who made sure they got fed.
His friendship with them lasted through the 1960s and he was the first act
signed to Apple Records thanks to George Harrison. The resulting album is
called "That's the Way God Planned It." In 1971, Preston played in "The Concer
for Bangla Desh." Last year, in one of his final appearances, he performed at
a renuion in Los Angeles for the release of the Bangla Desh DVD with Ringo and
Harrison's son Dhani on guitar.
More recently, Billy can be heard on the latest albums by Neil Diamond and
Red Hot Chili Peppers. He's also featured on the Starbucks soul album "Believe
to My Soul" featuring Mavis Staples and Ann Peebles.
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Billy Preston & Syreeta 1981
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