Billy Preston might not have been the one to boast a No. 1 single with his rendition of “My Sweet Lord,” but that also means he wasn’t the most high-profile name in the subsequent copyright ...

Olivia Harrison talks about the close friendship her late husband had with Preston in ... ("Sing One for the Lord") and the first released version of Harrison's "My Sweet Lord," which became ...

So once Harrison got to a stopping point, he gave "My Sweet Lord" away: The first released version, by recent Beatles collaborator Billy Preston, appeared on September 1970's Encouraging Words.

It’s just hypnotic.” Before releasing “My Sweet Lord,” Harrison gave it to Apple Records artist Billy Preston to record on his 1970 album Encouraging Words, which the former Beatle also co ...

Like a lot of people, I first saw Billy Preston in “Let It Be,” where his luscious electric-keyboard noodlings provided the sweet center ... like the good lord said…”), and it sounded ...

Billy Preston, who died yesterday at 59 ... memorial “Concert for George Harrison” at Royal Albert Hall in 2001, where his rendition of “My Sweet Lord” was a sensation. Gospel remained a touchstone ...

Giles Martin, who mixed the audio for the new “Let It Be” reissues as well as the Jackson documentary, says Preston’s presence ... of Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” and “All Things ...