This is awesome, even more than the hair and voice I love that his back-up band (including "hand clappers") are like the "jocks" from a 1949 teen B-movie comedy. Billy... WHAAAAAAAAAAT was that about?
Ha, anyway, can anyone show me evidence that he helped write this song? Never heard that before.
LOL no way, I have never seen this video! My uncle with a perm or pressed hair cut like the Beatles!! lol, uncle Billy, I soooo would have had a laugh with you about this one if you were still here! lmao
Damn...Billy gettin' funky all the way round. With that hairdo, though, he looks a bit like Eddie Murphy as "Little Richard Simmons" or "Velvet Jones." :-)
I'm gunna let this great artist Rest In Peace, so I won't be commenting on the konk, nice as it is and all...
Great to see this .I knew that this man had been kicking ass musically since he was a young one, but it a pleasure to see some of the raw evidence.Young indeed.
AND to see the circumstances he found himself in ...these happy clapping sweater fellas are almost to freaky to be true.
Billy to his self , "I guess I'm not in Kansas anymore."
Otis Redding had a top 40 hit with this in 1965 this version is closer to the Otis version minus the horns wailing. No doubt Billy should've had some radio hits in the mid 60's but his time was coming, becoming a Beatle for a while then massive 70's hits!
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Yeah, much better than Rolling Stones. Don't know why Rolling stones got so popular, when there were many bands/singers that were far superior to them.... like this one.
Gee.. being called an Idiot.. That's not nice or very civil. Am I an idiot because I identified this song from the Rolling Stones...Of course that's Billy Preston playing! That detail I didn't miss. The info I was searching was .. TV show... Shindig ..1965
If you don't have anything nice to say.... better to refrain form comment!
@lovie2000 i'm under the same impression...written by mick and keith....produced by andrew loog oldham(we all know how accurate Wik is‚‚‚)......if billy preston was one of the composers...what parts did he write. the melody , chorus? just wanna know what his contribution was. =^_^=
He composed the music and played the organ "Type of Material:Music Sound Recording" So yes it is partially his song too and I believe he wrote some of it, they just didn't give him credit for..... the same way Artis and writers always done then and now....so in reality he is not doing a cover tune, he singing and playing something that he owns/ed
The five horsemen from a movie I saw some years ago, where these preppy white guys were brought in to sing this black mans song and they took it sung it differently than him.....I think it was a movie that Robert Townsend was in, but I can't remember the name of, but he was pissed about them taking his song.....as they always did back in the day
Truly, truly, truly amazing little video! Vocally I think he heavily surpasses Mick Jagger, no doubt about it! Billy rest in peace, you where one of the greatest!
Those three hambone players really stole the show.
slickrickjamesbrown 8 months ago
Is that the Beach Boys?
mudgee9830 10 months ago
The 5th Beatle!
indeed1234 11 months ago
Bopping Billy Preston !
A gifted and well liked musican !
ukraininoak 11 months ago
ONLY 40 THOUSAND VIEWS???? WHATS WRONG WITH THE WORLD?
Dltn97 1 year ago
what a singer! He could have been ten times more popular if he had made his name as a solo singer, but I'm glad he didn't!
jamesjonesrocket 1 year ago
This is awesome, even more than the hair and voice I love that his back-up band (including "hand clappers") are like the "jocks" from a 1949 teen B-movie comedy. Billy... WHAAAAAAAAAAT was that about?
Ha, anyway, can anyone show me evidence that he helped write this song? Never heard that before.
lclarsen 1 year ago 2
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edmame 1 year ago
HES GOT TALLENT
diperrimax 1 year ago
the black beatle hahahaha
slim22rj 1 year ago
LOL no way, I have never seen this video! My uncle with a perm or pressed hair cut like the Beatles!! lol, uncle Billy, I soooo would have had a laugh with you about this one if you were still here! lmao
rip :(
Babyggurl35 1 year ago
@Babyggurl35 I saw your uncle supporting the Stones in '72. They had to work hard to follow him!!
elvispreseli 1 year ago
i love the stones but this is better. at least for soul
krockweeks 1 year ago
UAU
dfonzie1968 1 year ago
OMG that hair cut HAHAHAHA...
readynow12345 1 year ago
DAM that's all i can say got to love the 60's the white back up band. most likely have no clue what that song was lol.
VrNghtOwl 1 year ago
@VrNghtOwl
and they are off beat LOL
willidx42 1 year ago
I absolutely adore adore adore this!
talktalk3 1 year ago
did he wrote this????Not the stones??
a090006 2 years ago
Billy Preston wrote everything, The Beatles, The Stones, Pink Floyd
Matt8xx 2 years ago
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
a090006 2 years ago
No he didn't please disprove me before i can believe!
computerfis 2 years ago
no he didn't
jody808 2 years ago
Awesome Vid......Many Thanks from Florida!
sharpclay 2 years ago
this was a time black artist had to do certain things to showcase their talents to the mainstream. Look at the band behind him.
asonjack 2 years ago
And if he didn't cooperate, the person at that piano singing (Billy Preston) would have looked just like the band behind him...
lovie2000 1 year ago
unico y singular billy preston y sus años maravillosos
anpiep 2 years ago
Damn...Billy gettin' funky all the way round. With that hairdo, though, he looks a bit like Eddie Murphy as "Little Richard Simmons" or "Velvet Jones." :-)
Odawg96 2 years ago
Naw, Odawg, he looks like that Frankenstein on the Adams family
lovie2000 1 year ago
I'm gunna let this great artist Rest In Peace, so I won't be commenting on the konk, nice as it is and all...
Great to see this .I knew that this man had been kicking ass musically since he was a young one, but it a pleasure to see some of the raw evidence.Young indeed.
AND to see the circumstances he found himself in ...these happy clapping sweater fellas are almost to freaky to be true.
Billy to his self , "I guess I'm not in Kansas anymore."
godhelpme2009 2 years ago
Otis Redding had a top 40 hit with this in 1965 this version is closer to the Otis version minus the horns wailing. No doubt Billy should've had some radio hits in the mid 60's but his time was coming, becoming a Beatle for a while then massive 70's hits!
radioman66 2 years ago 2
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Yeah, much better than Rolling Stones. Don't know why Rolling stones got so popular, when there were many bands/singers that were far superior to them.... like this one.
rasmusl7 2 years ago
So much soul!! Vocal inflection makes such a difference! Awesome!
Mickhagardale 2 years ago
Gee.. being called an Idiot.. That's not nice or very civil. Am I an idiot because I identified this song from the Rolling Stones...Of course that's Billy Preston playing! That detail I didn't miss. The info I was searching was .. TV show... Shindig ..1965
If you don't have anything nice to say.... better to refrain form comment!
like2view 2 years ago 2
Wow.. Really interesting 1965?!? A Beatles Haircut, a Rolling Stones tune. Who are all the guys in Sweaters? What or where is this from?
Any historical perspective on this available?
like2view 2 years ago 4
this is a billy ppreston tune, idiot
MUN7001 2 years ago
it's billy preston idiot not billy ppreston!! and it is not his tune!
he's only doing a cover of it! the song was written by mick and keith of the stones! understand!!
dubbedcrazy 2 years ago
LC Control No.: 91758808
Type of Material:Music Sound Recording
Titles: (I can't get no) satisfaction
LC Classification: Capitol ST-2532
Published/Created: [Scranton, Pa.] : Capitol, [1966]
Performer: Organ with rhythm section ; Sly Stone, arranger.
Notes: Soul music. Program notes on container.
Last time I checked, being one of the composers of the music on the song...eliminates a person from being labeled as doing a cover tune..
lovie2000 1 year ago
@lovie2000 i'm under the same impression...written by mick and keith....produced by andrew loog oldham(we all know how accurate Wik is‚‚‚)......if billy preston was one of the composers...what parts did he write. the melody , chorus? just wanna know what his contribution was. =^_^=
dubbedcrazy 1 year ago
@dubbedcrazy
He composed the music and played the organ "Type of Material:Music Sound Recording" So yes it is partially his song too and I believe he wrote some of it, they just didn't give him credit for..... the same way Artis and writers always done then and now....so in reality he is not doing a cover tune, he singing and playing something that he owns/ed
lovie2000 1 year ago
The five horsemen from a movie I saw some years ago, where these preppy white guys were brought in to sing this black mans song and they took it sung it differently than him.....I think it was a movie that Robert Townsend was in, but I can't remember the name of, but he was pissed about them taking his song.....as they always did back in the day
lovie2000 1 year ago
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look at these stupid palefaces, messing up this man's character, and forcing his to wear a shitty haircut, garbage
MUN7001 3 years ago
they probably didn't force,most likely paid thru the nose to get him to wear for the show.
tibiafinger 2 years ago 2
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kaufmann6988 2 years ago
Truly, truly, truly amazing little video! Vocally I think he heavily surpasses Mick Jagger, no doubt about it! Billy rest in peace, you where one of the greatest!
DTM020 3 years ago 11
A TRUE COURAGIOUS PIONEER!
bigslick45 3 years ago 4
Who are the guys in the sweaters?
crawdaddyjones 3 years ago
Billy looks like a black Beatle with his bowl haircut in this video. Pretty fitting.
phd1969 3 years ago 20
Fantastyczne !
fesiopl 3 years ago
Man this is awesome!
MikeTFP 3 years ago
geiles videoooo, geiles lied
5haare 3 years ago
brotha' gotta konk on...nice one....all done up in da kitchen...
art72 3 years ago