Biography by Bill Dahl
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 a vocalist and pianist, and he built an
enviable reputation as a session musician, even backing the Beatles on
their Let It Be album. That impressive Beatles connection led to Preston's big break as a solo artist with his own Apple album, but it was his early-'70s
soul smashes "Outa-Space" and the high-flying vocal "Will It Go Round
in Circles" for A&M that put Preston on the permanent musical map. Sporting
a humongous Afro and an omnipresent gap-toothed grin, Preston showed
that his enduring gospel roots were never far removed from his joyous
approach. He continued to perform and record throughout the '80s,
'90s, and 2000s, until he fell into a coma caused by pericarditis late
in 2005; sadly, he never regained consciousness and passed away on June
6, 2006.
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Biografía de Bill Dahl
Es ventajoso empezar pronto la carrera elegida, pero Billy Preston llevó el concepto a los extremos. A
los diez años ya tocaba el teclado con la diva del gospel Mahalia
Jackson, y dos años más tarde, en 1958, apareció en la biografía
cinematográfica de W.C. Handy, St. Louis Blues, cuando era joven Handy. Preston fue un prodigio del órgano y el piano, grabando a principios de los 60 para Vee-Jay y haciendo giras con Little Richard. Fue
un asiduo de la serie de televisión Shindig de la ABC a mediados de los
60, demostrando su talento tanto como vocalista como pianista, y
construyó una envidiable reputación como músico de sesión, incluso
apoyando a los Beatles en su álbum Let It Be. Esa
impresionante conexión con los Beatles llevó a Preston a la gran
oportunidad de ser solista con su propio álbum de Apple, pero fueron sus
éxitos de soul de principios de los 70 "Outa-Space" y la voz de altos
vuelos "Will It Go Round in Circles" para A&M los que pusieron a
Preston en el mapa musical permanente. Con
un enorme afro y una omnipresente sonrisa de dientes separados, Preston
demostró que sus duraderas raíces de gospel nunca se alejaron de su
alegre enfoque. Continuó
actuando y grabando durante los años 80, 90 y 2000, hasta que cayó en
coma por pericarditis a finales de 2005; lamentablemente, nunca recuperó
la conciencia y falleció el 6 de junio de 2006.
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Tracklist:
A1 - In The Midnight Hour
A2 - Uptight
A3 - A Hard Days Night
A4 - Ain't Got No Time To Play
A5 - Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things
A6 - The Duck
B1 - Advice
B2 - Satisfaction (I Can't Get No)
B3 - I Got You
B4 - It's Got To Happen
B5 - Free Funk
B6 - The 'In' Crowd
Label:
Capitol Records – ST2532
Released: 1966
Recorded September 11, 1965
Genre Soul
Length 29.20
Label Capitol
Producer Steve Douglas
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