jackie deshannon played organ on she's so heavy.
jackie deshannon played organ on she's so heavy.
who played organ on she's so heavy?
jackie deshannon
preston is one of several people referred to as the "fifth beatle". at one point during the "get back" sessions, john lennon proposed the idea of having him join the band (to which paul mccartney countered that it was difficult enough reaching agreements with four). preston played organ and electric piano for the beatles during several of the "get back" sessions; some of these sessions appeared in the film "let it be" and on its companion album. preston also accompanied the band on electric piano for its rooftop concert, the group's final public appearance. in april 1969, their single "get back" was credited to "the beatles with billy preston", the only time such a joint credit had been given on an official beatles-sanctioned release (as distinct from an unsanctioned reissue of some hamburg-era recordings on which they were the backing group for tony sheridan). the credit was bestowed by the beatles to reflect the extent of preston's presence on the track; his electric piano is prominent throughout and he plays an extended solo. preston also worked, in a more limited role, on the "abbey road" album, contributing organ to the tracks "i want you (she's so heavy)" and "something".
billy preston
the wrecking crew's ranks included a circle of keyboardists who contributed piano and organ parts to many of the famous songs of the era. larry knechtel, later in bread, was a multi-instrumentalist who played keyboards on "california dreamin'", "bridge over troubled water" and "classical gas", as well as upright bass on "eve of destruction" and electric bass on byrds' "mr. tambourine man". mike melvoin, a classically trained pianist with an english degree from dartmouth college, played organ and piano on many tracks on the beach boys' "pet sounds", played organ on "good vibrations", and performed on keyboards on many of the sessions for the beach boys' never-completed "smile" album. don randi contributed the piano part on barry mcguire's 1965 hit "eve of destruction". before becoming a solo artist, leon russell was a regular member of the wrecking crew and played in the ronettes' "be my baby", and jan & dean's "the little old lady (from pasadena)". new orleans' mac rebennack (later dr. john) did session work with the wrecking crew while living in los angeles in the mid-1960s. mike (michel) rubini was the son of jan rubini, a classical violinist, and initially played concert piano, but later became enamored with r&b and switched to playing popular music, eventually becoming a member of the wrecking crew and playing on hits such as sonny & cher's "the beat goes on" and frank sinatra's "strangers in the night".
the wrecking crew (music)