Billy Preston

Preston was the only other musician, apart from Tony Sheridan, to be credited on a Beatles recording other than the group\'s four members: the group\'s number-one hit "Get Back" is credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". Preston continued to record and perform with other artists, notably George Harrison after the Beatles\' breakup, and Eric Clapton, and he played keyboards for the Rolling Stones on many of the group\'s albums and tours during the 1970s.\n', '

Preston was born on September 2, 1946 in Houston. When he was three, the family moved to Los Angeles, where Preston began playing piano while sitting on his mother Robbie\'s lap.[citation needed] Noted as a child prodigy, Preston was entirely self-taught and never had a music lesson. By the age of ten, he was playing organ onstage backing several gospel singers such as Mahalia Jackson, James Cleveland and Andraé Crouch.[cita…