Billy Preston Outa Space

Provided to youtube by universal music group outa space billy preston i wrote a simple song 1971 umg recordings inc.
Billy preston outa space. Billy preston 9 september 1946 6 june 2006 was an american soul and rock singer songwriter famously known as a child prodigy pianist before releasing several rnb hits including 1 smashes will it go round in circles and nothing from nothing and working with classic artists such as aretha franklin and the beatles he notably performed with mahalia jackson at the age of 16 and. Thanks to doubleuefunk for the video. Outa space is an instrumental recorded by billy preston that originally appeared on his 1971 a m records debut album i wrote a simple song. He then improvised a groove with his backing band before subsequently adding organ and hand claps.
Features solos from robert palmer and james manning. The song was called outa space because preston thought it had a spacey sound to it. Billy preston performing outta space with his band live. Outta space by billy preston.