# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-preston-q311450
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:24:31.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-preston-q311450"
name: "Billy Preston"
slug: "billy-preston-q311450"
description: "William Everett Preston was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones. He gained attention as a solo artist with hit singles \"That's the Way God Planned It\", the Grammy-winning \"Outa-Space\", \"Will It Go Round in Circles\", \"Space Race\", \"Nothing from Nothing\", and \"With You I'm Born Again\". Additionally, Preston co-wrote \"You Are So Beautiful\", which became a hit for Joe Cocker."
tagline: "American R&B musician (1946–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Preston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-09-02"
deathDate: "2006-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.951579734529819
  historical:           26.79016133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump