(MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) American keyboardist, singer and songwriter Billy Preston (1949-2006), circa 1975. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
(MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) American keyboardist, singer and songwriter Billy Preston (1949-2006), circa 1975. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
(MANDATORY CREDIT Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images) American keyboardist, singer and songwriter Billy Preston (1949-2006), circa 1975. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
29th January 1972: American keyboardist Billy Preston in London following the release of his new single 'I Wrote A Simple Song'. Preston played with countless stars including Sam Cooke, the Beatles and Sly and the Family Stone. (Photo by Ian Showell/Keystone/Getty Images)