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 […]
Direct Me is the first solo album by singer Clydie King, released in 1970. Clydie Mae King (August 21, 1943 – January 7, 2019) was an American singer, best known for her session work as a backing vocalist. King also recorded solo under her name. In the 1970s, she recorded as Brown Sugar, and her […]
David T Walker is the fourth solo album by guitarist David T Walker, released in 1973 on Ode. Tracks 1 Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) 04:04 2 Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Ivy Jo Hunter; Stevie Wonder) 03:10 3 On Broadway (Mike Stoller; Jerry Leiber; Barry Mann; Cynthia Weill) 03:33 4 I’ve […]
Fast Break is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Jack Smight and produced by Stephen Friedman. The film stars Gabe Kaplan as David Greene, Harold Sylvester as D.C. and Bernard King as Hustler. The film was Kaplan’s big-screen debut, although he had made earlier appearances on television sitcoms and movies, and was one of […]
“With You I’m Born Again” is a 1979 duet written by Carol Connors and David Shire that originated on the soundtrack of the 1979 motion picture Fast Break. It was performed by Motown recording artists Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright (credited as Syreeta) and became an international hit for the duo, reaching number four on […]
Pressin’ On is the fifteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1982. It was his final album released on Motown Records, although he would briefly return to the label in 1986 to record one single (“Since I Held You Close”). The song “I’m Never Gonna Say Goodbye” was used for the Ed Asner/Jodie Foster […]
The Way I Am is the fourteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1981. The song The Way I Am was written by David Paich and arranged by Marty Paich. William Everett “Billy” Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American musician whose work included R&B, rock, soul, funk and gospel. Preston […]