Billy Preston

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human keyboardist musician singer songwriter

Billy Preston was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter renowned for his work with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as well as his own hit songs like "Nothing from Nothing" and "Will It Go Round in Circles."

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Billy Preston canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
keyboardist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Eric Clapton ⓘ
George Harrison ⓘ
Little Richard ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Sam Cooke ⓘ
Sly & the Family Stone ⓘ
surface form: Sly and the Family Stone

The Beatles ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ⓘ
birthName William Everett Preston ⓘ
burialPlace Inglewood Park Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications of malignant hypertension ⓘ
contributedTo Abbey Road ⓘ
Get Back ⓘ
Let It Be ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1946-09-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-06-06 ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
instrument keyboards ⓘ
organ ⓘ
piano ⓘ
name Billy Preston self-link ⓘ
notableEvent performed with The Beatles on the rooftop concert in 1969 ⓘ
notableWork Nothing from Nothing ⓘ
Outa-Space ⓘ
Space Race ⓘ
Will It Go Round in Circles ⓘ
occupation keyboardist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Scottsdale, Arizona ⓘ
surface form: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
Apple Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ

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Inglewood Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Billy Preston ⓘ
Plastic Ono Band → hasMember → Billy Preston ⓘ
Apple Records → notableArtist → Billy Preston ⓘ
Back to the Future: The Animated Series → openingThemePerformer → Billy Preston ⓘ
Fifth Beatle → hasAlternativeBearers → Billy Preston ⓘ
All Things Must Pass → contributor → Billy Preston ⓘ
Concert for Bangladesh → hasPerformer → Billy Preston ⓘ
Goodnight Vienna → featuresArtist → Billy Preston ⓘ
Ringo's All Starr Band → notableMember → Billy Preston ⓘ
Billy Preston → name → Billy Preston self-link ⓘ
Shine a Light → keyboardist → Billy Preston ⓘ
Black and Blue → hasMember → Billy Preston ⓘ
The Brothers Johnson → associatedAct → Billy Preston ⓘ
clavinet → notablePerformer → Billy Preston ⓘ
Syreeta Wright → collaboratedWith → Billy Preston ⓘ
Syreeta Wright → associatedAct → Billy Preston ⓘ
Fender Rhodes electric piano → notableUser → Billy Preston ⓘ
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Billy Preston ⓘ
subject surface form: Inglewood Park Cemetery