Billy playing on the Beatles song 'Let It Be'
b. William Everett Preston (9th September 1946, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., Parents, Robbie Lee Mitchell and George Andrew Preston)
d. 6th June 2006, Scottsdale, Arizona., U.S.A
Billy Preston died of complications of malignant hypertension that resulted in kidney failure and other complications.
He had been in a coma since the 21st November 2005.
His funeral was held on the 20th of June at the Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, California.
He was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California.
Albums:
Gospel In My Soul (1962)
16 Year Old Soul (Derby 1963)
The Most Exciting Organ Ever (Vee Jay 1965)
Early Hits Of 1965 (Vee Jay 1965)
The Apple Of Their Eye (1965)
The Wildest Organ In Town! (Vee Jay 1966)
That's The Way God Planned It (Apple 1969)
Greazee Soul (Apple 1969)
Encouraging Words (Apple 1970)
I Wrote A Simple Song (A&M 1972)
Music Is My Life (A&M 1972)
Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music (A&M 1973)
The Kids & Me (A&M 1974)
Live European Tour (A&M 1974)
It's My Pleasure (A&M 1975)
Do What You Want (A&M 1976)
Billy Preston (A&M 1976)
A Whole New Thing (A&M 1977)
Soul'd Out (A&M 1977)
with Syreeta: Fast Break film soundtrack (Motown 1979)
Late At Night (Motown 1980)
Behold (Myrrh 1980)
Universal Love (1980)
The Way I Am (Motown 1981)
with Syreeta: Billy Preston & Syreeta (Motown 1981)
Pressin' On (Motown 1982)
On The Air (Megatone Records 1984)
Billy's Back (NuGroov 1995)
Minister of Music (Pepperco 1995)
Words & Music (Pepperco 1996)
Universal Love (Dennis & Assoc. 1997)
