Billy Preston
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William Everett Preston was an American musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, during which he backed artists such as Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, The Rolling Stones, and the Beatles.
Known for
Credits
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
as The Louisiana Gator Boys
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985)
Actor
Ticker (2001)
as Blues Band Organ
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
as Sgt. Pepper
The Rolling Stones: Black and Blue (2025)
Actor
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
St. Louis Blues (1958)
as Will Handy as a Boy
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Be (1970)
as Self (uncredited)
Concert for George (2003)
as Self
Motown at the BBC (2009)
as Self
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
as Self
Eric Clapton: One More Car One More Rider (2001)
as Self - Hammond B-3 Organ, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
The Derby Stallion (2005)
as Will Gentry
Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It (2026)
as Self
The Compleat Beatles (1982)
as Self
Blame It on the Night (1984)
as Billy Preston
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977)
as Self
The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
as Self
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1975 (2006)
as Self
Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J (2004)
as Self
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited (2005)
as Self
Rappin' With The Rickster (2010)
as Self
In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s (2017)
as Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004)
as Self
The Beatles: Get Back...Winter of Discontent (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Rolling Stones: L.A. Friday (Live 1975) (1975)
as Self
Billy Preston: In Concert - Ohne Filter (1990)
as Self
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band (1990)
as Self
Stony Island (1978)
as Self
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Live In Denmark 1969 (2014)
as Self
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1973 (1973)
as Self
The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten (1990)
as Marvelous Mose (voice)
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1980 (2007)
as Self
Alan Simon – Gaia (2003)
as Self
George Harrison: Live in North America 1974 (1974)
Actor
Kings of Soul (2015)
as Self (archive footage)