Billy Preston • Early Hits Of 1965

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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Tracks: 

1 Stop! In the Name of Love" – 2:26

2 The Birds and the Bees" – 1:59
3 Goldfinger" – 2:20
4 King of the Road" (Roger Miller) – 2:12
5 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" – 2:20
6 My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White)
7 Eight Days a Week" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:10
8 Ferry Cross the Mersey" – 2:52
9 Downtown" – 2:40
10 Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?" – 2:02
11 Go Now" (Larry Banks, Milton Bernett) – 2:45
12 Shotgun" – 2:30

Released: 15 December 1965
Recorded: March-September, 1965
Genre Soul
Length 24.20
Label Exodus
Producer Steve Douglas
Compiler Billy Preston

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