Billy Preston
William Everett Preston
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A self-taught child prodigy who began playing organ on gospel stages by age ten, Billy Preston moved from Houston to Los Angeles and entered professional music as a teenager, backing icons such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Ray Charles. His reputation as a top session keyboardist grew through collaborations with the Beatles-whose 1969 single “Get Back” credited him alongside the group-and the R…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
