Billy Preston Outa Space

Features solos from robert palmer and james manning.

Billy preston outa space. Provided to youtube by universal music group outa space billy preston i wrote a simple song 1971 umg recordings inc. Written by billy preston joe greene produced by billy preston releasd on the a m record label 1972. Preston made outa space by using a clavinet which is a type of electro mechanical keyboard instrument and a wah wah pedal.

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. The song was called outa space because preston thought it had a spacey sound to it. 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.

He then improvised a groove with his backing band before subsequently adding organ and hand claps. Because of its spacy sound he called the instrumental outa space preston felt it was a hit but a m was leery and issued it as the b side of i wrote a simple song a radio dj flipped the single over and began playing outa space and the track took off selling more than a million copies and going to number one r b and number two pop in the summer of 1972.