The Most Exciting Organ Ever
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The Most Exciting Organ Ever is the first album by Billy Preston
. The fully instrumental album was released in 1965, several weeks before Preston's nineteenth birthday. Extra songs recorded during the sessions of The Most Exciting Organ Ever were released in the next album.
Billy Preston
William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
. The fully instrumental album was released in 1965, several weeks before Preston's nineteenth birthday. Extra songs recorded during the sessions of The Most Exciting Organ Ever were released in the next album.
Track listing
All songs by Billy Preston, except where noted.- "If I Had a HammerIf I Had a Hammer"If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...
" (Lee Hays, Pete SeegerPete SeegerPeter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
) – 2:54 - "Low Down" (Paich, Scaggs) – 2:13
- "Slippin' and Slidin'Slippin' and Slidin'"Slippin' and Slidin" is an R&B/rock song performed by Little Richard. The song is credited to Little Richard, Edwin Bocage , Al Collins, and James Smith....
" (Richard Penniman, Edwin BocageEddie BoEdwin Joseph Bocage was an American singer and New Orleans-style pianist. Schooled in jazz, he was known for his blues, soul and funk recordings, compositions, productions and arrangements...
, Al Collins, James Smith) – 3:06 - "Drown In My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:24
- "I Am Coming Through" – 2:04
- "The Octopus" – 2:13
- "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" (Joe Greene) – 2:30
- "Soul Meetin'" (Don CovayDon CovayDon Covay is an American R&B/rock and roll/soul music singer and songwriter most active in the 1950s and 1960s, who received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1994...
) – 2:42 - "Let Me Know" (Ted Wright) – 2:05
- "Billy's Bag" – 3:48
- "The Masquerade Is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie WrubelAllie WrubelAllie Wrubel was an American composer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Wrubel attended Wesleyan University and Columbia University before working in dance bands. He began his musical career in Greenwich Village, New York where he roomed with his close friend James Cagney...
) – 4:20 - "Steady Gettin' It" – 2:50