Before Billy Preston helped The Beatles on their final album, he also performed on Abbey Road. Playing the organ, he performed the songs “Something” and “I Want You(She’s So Heavy).” ...

That’s the Way God Planned It profiles the eternally upbeat pop-funk keyboardist and probes his disturbing decline ...

In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name. Overcome by the music, he leaves ...

But then, introduced by Harrison, he performed the single he'd recorded in 1969 for Apple Records, "That's the Way God ...

His name was Billy Preston, and he ended up being the only person other than John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and ...

And somehow, they recognized each other, and they really saw who they were. And I think that’s what kept them together.” Preston famously played the Hammond organ on the famed Beatles song “Something” ...