Editing Fifth Beatle (section)

===Billy Preston===
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Apart from Sheridan, the American pianist Billy Preston<ref>{{cite news |title=Songwriter, 'Fifth Beatle' Billy Preston Dies |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5455710 |quote=Called "the Fifth Beatle" Preston also worked with other musicians, including the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and Sly and the Family Stone |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=6 June 2006 |access-date=23 September 2012 }}</ref> was the only artist to receive joint credit on a Beatles single, for his playing on "[[Get Back]]". On the ''Let it Be'' album where Preston's performances are used the song credits list "with Billy Preston". Preston also played organ on "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]", "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" and "[[I Want You (She's So Heavy)]]", and [[Fender Rhodes]] [[electric piano]] on "[[Don't Let Me Down (The Beatles song)|Don't Let Me Down]]", "One After 909", "Dig A Pony", "I've Got a Feeling", and "Get Back". Preston first met the Beatles in 1962, but his "Fifth Beatle" claim originated in January 1969 when Harrison invited him to join them for recording sessions in order to defuse tensions in the band.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Simpson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/21/little-known-musicians-famous-moments-baker-street|title=The little-known musicians behind some of music's most famous moments|newspaper=[[The Guardian|theguardian.com]]|date=22 October 2014|access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref> Lennon suggested that Preston join the Beatles, even using the term "Fifth Beatle",<ref>The Beatles – A/B Road: The Complete Get back Sessions, 24 January</ref> but the idea was dismissed by McCartney. To distinguish Preston from the controversy over who is the Fifth Beatle, he is sometimes given the unique title of the "Black Beatle".<ref>{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Philip|title=Artificial Southerner: Equivocations and Love Songs|year=2001|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=1557287163|page=76}}</ref>