The Beatles have long been regarded by fans and rock historians as the Fab Four, but toward the end of their '60s run as a band, an honorary fifth member arrived to give them a much-needed creative ...

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 ...

There are plenty of tense moments in The Beatles: Get Back, the nearly eight-hour-long documentary series from director Peter Jackson, which features restored footage from the 1970 documentary, Let It ...

Giles Martin, who mixed the audio for the new “Let It Be” reissues as well as the Jackson documentary, says Preston’s presence was crucial to the project. “He was an enormous influence on this whole ...

In 1969, the Beatles were on the brink of collapse. They stopped touring in 1966, exhausted by years on the road and increasingly manic fans whose screams were so loud that the Fab Four very often ...

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 ...

CD1: Let It Be (Remixed) - Two Of Us; Dig A Pony; Across The Universe; I Me Mine; Dig It; Let It Be; Maggie Mae; I’ve Got A Feeling; One After 909; The Long And Winding Road; For You Blue; Get Back.

Billy Preston was one of the music business's true MVPs, someone who had his own substantial hits but whose real gift was making other stars sound better. After all, there's no musician who can claim ...

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 ...