Billy Preston, often dubbed the “fifth Beatle,” took center stage with a powerful vocal performance and his signature Hammond organ playing. As a longtime friend and collaborator of Harrison, ...

Harrison started writing “My Sweet Lord” in 1969 in Denmark with the assistance of Eric Clapton and session musician Billy Preston. The Beatles weren’t officially broken up yet, but the ...

Everybody knows how George Harrison started the '70s: His seven-times platinum international chart-topping triple album All Things Must Pass reeled off the No. 1 "My Sweet Lord" in the wake of the ...

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 ...

Billy Preston’s Nothing From Nothing is SUCH A KILLER SONG! I love practicing this bouncy but smooth chord progression - not to mention trying my own spin on the bluesy part. Tag me if you try it!

So ‘My Sweet Lord’ was given to Preston as a gift, with Harrison hoping to at least hear his friend and collaborator release the track if the Beatles wouldn’t. Together, they recorded Preston’s ...

He gave the track to Billy Preston to record and then decided to record it himself. Sessions took place at Abbey Road Studios between 26 May and early ... When he finally recorded it, he paired it ...

Like a lot of people, I first saw Billy Preston in “Let It Be,” where his luscious electric-keyboard noodlings provided the sweet center to songs like “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Get Back.” ...

Meanwhile Harrison co-produced Preston's 1970 album Encouraging Words, which featured a track the pair wrote together ("Sing One for the Lord") and the first released version of Harrison's "My ...