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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 other Beatles about it on a cold day in January 1969. Searching for inspiration at the beginning of the Get Back/Let It Be sessions, the Quiet One anticipated the musical warmth—and skill— Billy would bring to them.

All the Beatles soon agreed about Preston’s extraordinary playing; he had, as he told them, “perfect pitch.” Preston’s 1969 and subsequent work with the Beatles were highlights, but his career was full of his own chart-toppers and collaborations with other mega-popstars.

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