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Post by acebackwords on Apr 16, 2013 17:35:53 GMT -5
I didn't know that George had originally written "My Sweet Lord" for Billy Preston. And that Preston recorded his version before George.
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Post by debjorgo on Apr 16, 2013 17:42:25 GMT -5
That's why he did it for Concert for George. I've got Billy's version on Come and Get It: the Best of Apple Records.
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Post by sayne on Apr 16, 2013 22:51:11 GMT -5
Yeah, and Delaney Bramlett "wrote" it for George.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2013 3:46:18 GMT -5
Yeah, and Delaney Bramlett "wrote" it for George. Not accurate to imply Bramlett wrote the whole thing. The story of My Sweet Lord also claims writing contributions from both Billy Preston and Ronald Mack ......
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Post by sayne on Apr 18, 2013 12:27:27 GMT -5
Yeah, and Delaney Bramlett "wrote" it for George. Not accurate to imply Bramlett wrote the whole thing. The story of My Sweet Lord also claims writing contributions from both Billy Preston and Ronald Mack ...... That's why I put it in quotes.
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Post by Panther on Apr 19, 2013 20:10:42 GMT -5
The YouTube clip above says 'copyright 1971', but surely Bill recorded and released 'My Sweet Lord' in 1969... am I wrong?
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Post by acebackwords on Apr 20, 2013 13:17:41 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sweet_LordAccording to the ever-dependable Wikipedia, Billy's version was released 2 months before George's. Released in November 1970, George's version went on to be the biggest selling single of 1971 in Britian. Not a bad way to start his post-Beatles career.
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Post by Panther on Apr 20, 2013 20:51:20 GMT -5
That's probably right. I think I'm confusing Billy's version with the composition of the song, which occurred in late 1969 roundabout the time George was touring the UK and Europe with Delaney and Bonnie (and Eric Clapton).
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