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Rising from the Ashes: Billy Preston’s Victory – Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

    Rising from the Ashes: Billy Preston’s Victory – Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Billy Preston played “the most exciting organ ever,” according to the title of his second LP. George Harrison agreed, remembering Preston’s singularity in Ray Charles’s touring ensemble and telling the

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Get Back: Who was Billy Preston, John Lennon’s lost “Fifth Beatle”? | Evening Standard

    Get Back: Who was Billy Preston, John Lennon’s lost “Fifth Beatle”? | Evening Standard

Peter Jackson’s Get Back has delighted fans of the Fab Four, but you’ll also spot a lesser-known face in the new Beatles documentary. Billy Preston – dubbed the “Fifth Beatle”

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Fifth Beatle Documentary Will Put The Spotlight On Billy Preston

    Fifth Beatle Documentary Will Put The Spotlight On Billy Preston

He was one of several individuals to earn the title of the “Fifth Beatle,” and he was the only non-member ever to be credited on a Beatles recording. Now, he’s

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7 things we hope to see at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – cleveland.com

    7 things we hope to see at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio – It isn’t the lengthy speeches, colorful wardrobes or video tributes you walk away remembering from the annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. It’s the

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Billy Preston, the “5th Beatle,” Would Have Turned 75 Today, Featured in Upcoming Doc and Box Set | Showbiz411

    Billy Preston, the “5th Beatle,” Would Have Turned 75 Today, Featured in Upcoming Doc and Box Set | Showbiz411

The great Billy Preston would been 75 years old today. The true “Fifth Beatle” (or sixth after George Martin), Billy

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The crucial role Billy Preston played within The Beatles

    The crucial role Billy Preston played within The Beatles

By the time George Harrison temporarily quit The Beatles during the Get Back sessions, tensions between the four band members

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How Billy Preston Helped the Beatles Play Nice on ‘Get Back’

    How Billy Preston Helped the Beatles Play Nice on ‘Get Back’

When George Harrison, who had briefly quit the Beatles in early 1969, decided to return to the band, he brought

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Why The Beatles Brought in Billy Preston to Play on This No. 1 Hit

    Why The Beatles Brought in Billy Preston to Play on This No. 1 Hit

Of the many remarkable late releases by The Beatles, the band’s “Get Back” single stands out for many reasons. For

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The Concert For Bangla Desh

    The Concert For Bangla Desh

by: Bill Harry In March 1971, following political problems and strife between the various regions in Bangla Desh, in the eastern half of Pakistan, Pakistan’s ruling General sent in the

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