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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Ike Turner, The Righteous Brothers, Billy Preston, Mary Lou Williams, Ike & Tina Turner, Jimmy McGriff, Larry Williams, Ernestine Anderson, Huey "Piano" Smith, Gary U.S. Bonds, Sweets Edison, Don Covay, Lee Dorsey, Bobby Hendricks, Freddy Cole, Justine Washington, Bob & Earl, Derek Martin, Bill Doggett, Ray Bryant, Barbara Lynn, Bobby Day, Jackie Brenston, Lovelace Watkins, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Wilbert Harrison, Juggy Murray, Barbara George, Johnny Moore, Robert & Johnny. Excerpt: William Everett "Billy" Preston (September 2, 1946 - June 6, 2006) was an African American rhythm and blues musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles. In addition to his successful, Grammy Award-winning career as a solo artist, Preston collaborated with some of the greatest names in the music industry, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Band, Nat King Cole, Little Richard, Eric Burdon, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, King Curtis, Sammy Davis Jr., Aretha Franklin, The Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, Mick Jagger, Peter Frampton, Phyllis Hyman, Richie Sambora, Sly Stone, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Norah Jones and Ringo Starr. He played the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the Hammond organ on the Get Back sessions in 1969. Preston and Tony Sheridan are the only two non-Beatles to receive billing as an artist alongside the Beatles (as distinct from receiving credit as a session musician on album packaging) on an official Beatles record release. The label of the "Get Back" single credits the artists on the record as The Beatles with Billy Preston. Preston began playing piano while sitting on his mother's lap at age three, and he was considered something of a child prodigy on piano and organ. By the age of 10 he was performing in the band...
