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.” But it wasn’t ...

Preston's life and his contributions to the Beatles final studio album are explored in the documentary 'Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It' Billy Preston in 1972. The Beatles have long been ...

Ed Gordon pays tribute to late keyboardist Billy Preston, who died Tuesday at age 59 after a long battle with kidney failure. The Grammy-winning songwriter was once dubbed the "fifth Beatle" and ...

Forgetting for the moment any revisionism applied to the Rolling Stones album Black & Blue (Rolling Stones Records, 1976), the iconic British band was in more than a little disarray when it repaired ...