William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, the Beatles and the […]
Ringo is the third studio album by English musician Ringo Starr, released in 1973 on Apple Records. It peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the RPM national albums chart. The […]
Beat & Soul is an album by The Everly Brothers, originally released in 1965. It peaked at No. 141 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. It was re-released on CD in 2005 on the Collectors’ Choice Music label. Tracks 1 Love Is Strange (Ethel Smith) 02:54 2 Money (That’s What I Want) (Berry Gordy; Janie […]
My World is an album by Ray Charles, released in 1993 on Warner Bros Records. Tracks 1 My World (Phil Roy; Bob Thiele Jr; Billy Valentine) 04:01 2 A Song For You (Leon Russell) 04:12 3 None Of Us Are Free (Brenda Russell; Barry Mann; Cynthia Weill) 05:00 4 So Help Me God (Jud Friedman; […]
Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music is the eighth studio album by American musician Billy Preston. It was released in September 1973 on A&M Records. The album includes the instrumental “Space Race”, which was released as a single and was a sequel of sorts to Preston’s 1971 hit “Outa-Space”. The instrumental proved popular enough that […]
Wandering Spirit is the third solo album by Mick Jagger. Released in 1993, it was his only solo album release of the 1990s. Following The Rolling Stones’ Steel Wheels (1989), Jagger began writing new material for what would become Wandering Spirit. In January 1992, after landing Rick Rubin as co-producer, Jagger recorded the album in […]
Late At Night is the thirteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1979, and his debut for Motown Records. It includes his hit duet with Syreeta Wright, “With You I’m Born Again”, from the film Fast Break. Tracks 1 Give It Up, Hot (Billy Preston; Bruce Fisher; Ronnie Vann) 05:47 2 Late At Night […]
I Wrote A Simple Song is the sixth studio album by American soul musician Billy Preston. Released in November 1971, it was his first album for A&M Records and marked the start of a run of commercial success in the United States that lasted through to the late 1970s. The album includes the hit single […]
“Outa-Space” is an instrumental recorded by Billy Preston that originally appeared on his 1971 A&M Records-debut album, I Wrote a Simple Song. Preston created the sound of “Outa-Space” by running the sound from a clavinet through a wah wah pedal and then improvising a groove while calling out chord changes to the backing band. He […]
“I Wrote a Simple Song” is a song by American soul musician Billy Preston that was first released as the title track to his album of the same name in November 1971. It was written by Preston and his regular collaborator, Joe Greene. The song was also Preston’s first single on A&M Records, following the […]