I Wrote a Simple Song
I Wrote A Simple Song | ||||
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Studio album by Billy Preston | ||||
Released |
8 November 1971 (US) 14 January 1972 (UK) | |||
Recorded | February, August−September 1971 | |||
Genre | Soul, rock | |||
Length | 40:03 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Billy Preston | |||
Billy Preston chronology | ||||
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I Wrote a Simple Song is the sixth studio album by Billy Preston. Released in 1971, this was his first for A&M Records.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
This album continued Preston's inclusion of gospel-themed songs which had started with the 1967 album Club Meeting. Preston's friend George Harrison supplied dobro accompaniment on the title track.
The instrumental "Outa-Space" won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1973.[2] It was also one of the clarion calls for the coming importance of the Hohner Clavinet in popular music.
Track listing
All songs by Billy Preston and Joe Greene, except where noted.
Side One
- "Should Have Known Better" – 2:28
- "I Wrote a Simple Song" – 3:28
- "John Henry" (Preston, Robert Sam) – 3:15
- "Without a Song" (William Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans) – 4:57
- "The Bus" – 3:32
Side Two
- "Outa-Space" – 4:08
- "The Looner Tune" (Preston, Joe Greene, Jesse Kirkland) – 2:47
- "You Done Got Older" (Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 3:08
- "Swing Down Chariot" (Traditional; arranged by Billy Preston and Joe Greene) – 4:13
- "God Is Great" – 3:32
- "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (Traditional) – 4:27
Personnel
- Billy Preston - vocals, piano, organ, keyboards
- David T. Walker - electric guitars
- George Harrison - dobro
- Manuel Kellough - drums
- King Errisson - congas, percussion
- Rocky Peoples - tenor saxophone
- Carlos Garnette - trumpet
- Quincy Jones - string and horn arrangements
- Clydie King, Douglas Gibbs, Duane Rogers, Eugene Bryant, Jesse Kirkland, Merry Clayton, Myrna Matthews, Patrice Holloway, Sherrell Atwood, Venetta Fields - backing vocals
- Technical
- Roland Young - art direction
- Jim McCrary - photography
Charts
Year | Album | Chart positions[3] | |
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US | US R&B | ||
1972 | I Wrote a Simple Song | 32 | 9 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart positions[4] | ||
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US | US R&B |
US Dance | ||
1972 | "I Wrote a Simple Song" | 77 | — | — |
"Outta-Space" | 2 | 1 | — | |
"The Bus" | — | 43 | — | |
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r67739/review
- ↑
- ↑ "Billy Preston US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
- ↑ "Billy Preston US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
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