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Hello! I'm Gail Nobles, and today's topic is Billy Preston and his On The Air album. It's a special album.

On the Air is the 16th studio album by singer and musician and songwriter Billy Preston. It was released on February 18, 1984 by Megaton Records. This album marks the return of Preston to music. He has done the vocals, keyboards, backing vocals, and arrangements on the album with other musicians and backing vocalist.

Billy said in an interview that he was very happy with the album. On the album, there is a tribute to the Beatles which he said he was proud of. It is kind of like a thank you song to them, and he has a song by The Beatles titled Here. There, and Everywhere. The Beatles tribute is the fourth song on the album and Here, There, and Everywhere is the eighth song on the album. Preston is among those sometimes known as the fifth Beetle. He played organ and electric piano for the Beatles during several of the Get Back sessions.

The album has plenty of disco funk type of songs. There is a music video for the first song on the album titled And Dance.

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