Billy Preston
Biography
It's advantageous to get an early start on your chosen career, but Billy Preston took the concept to extremes. By age ten he was playing keyboards with gospel diva Mahalia Jackson, and two years later, in 1958, he was featured in Hollywood's film bio of W.C. Handy, St. Louis Blues, as young Handy himself. Preston was a prodigy on organ and piano, recording during the early '60s for Vee-Jay and touring with Little Richard. He was a loose-limbed regular on the mid-'60s ABC TV series Shindig, proving his talent as both vocalist and pianist, and he built an enviable reputation as a session...Read more
Discography
- You & I (2005)
- Music from My Heart (2001)
- Ultimate Collection (2000)
- Universal Love (1997)
- Words & Music (1996)
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Filmography
- 1958 St. Louis Blues
- 1975 ¡Señoras y señores!
- 1978 Sgt. Pepper\'s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 1992 The Kingdom Chums: Original Top Ten
- 1997 The Good News
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