Late at Night (Billy Preston album)

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Late at Night

Studio album by

Billy Preston

Released

1979

Recorded

1977–1979

Studio

Motown Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California); Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California).

Genre

Soul

Length

39:35

Label

Motown

Producer

Billy Preston;
David Shire & James Di Pasquale on "With You I'm Born Again"

Billy Preston chronology

A Whole New Thing
(1977)

Late at Night
(1979)

The Way I Am
(1981)

Late at Night is a studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1979, and his debut for Motown Records. It includes his hit duet with Syreeta Wright, "With You I'm Born Again", from the film Fast Break. The album peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Omaha World-Herald	^[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[4]

The Omaha World-Herald wrote that "Preston's strutting music often has a Ray Charles feel."^[3]

Track listing

"Give It Up, Hot" (Billy Preston, Ronnie Vann, Bruce Fisher) – 5:59
"Late at Night" (Preston, Jesse Kirkland, Joe Greene) – 4:49
"All I Wanted Was You" (Preston, Carol Connors) – 4:43
"You" (Preston, Gloria Jones, Richard Jones) – 4:25
"I Come to Rest in You" (Preston, Guy Finley) – 3:52
"It Will Come in Time" (Preston) – 4:57
"Lovely Lady" (Preston, Jack Ackerman) – 3:52
"With You I'm Born Again" (David Shire, Carol Connors) – 3:38
"Sock-It, Rocket" (Preston) – 3:10

Personnel

Billy Preston – vocals, piano, organ, synthesizers, melodica, harpsichord (2), rhythm guitar (2), backing vocals (2, 4-7, 9), arrangements (2, 3, 7, 9)
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
David T. Walker – guitar
Keni Burke – bass guitar
Robert Lee Hill – bass guitar
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Ollie E. Brown – drums
James Gadson – drums
Bobbye Hall – percussion
Bobby Keys – saxophone
Dorothy Ashby – harp
David Blumberg – arrangements (1, 4-7, 9)
David Shire – arrangements (8)
Harry Bluestone – concertmaster
Maxayn Lewis – backing vocals (1, 3)
Scherrie Payne – backing vocals (1, 3)
Joe Greene – backing vocals (2, 7)
Jesse Kirkland – backing vocals (2, 7)
Bruce Fisher – backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 9)
Gloria Jones – backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 9)
Richard Jones – backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 9)
Bobby King – backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 9)
Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 9)
Syreeta Wright – vocals (6, 8)

Production

F. Byron Clark – associate producer, engineer, mixing
James Warmack – assistant engineer
Steve Williams – assistant engineer
Bob Winard – assistant engineer
Russ Terrana – remix engineer, mastering
Jack Andrews – mastering
Suzanne Coston – project manager
Ed Caraeff Studio – art direction, design, photography

References

^ "Billy Preston". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ Late at Night at AllMusic
^ ^a ^b Smith, Will (14 Aug 1979). "New Sounds". Omaha World-Herald. p. 12.
^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 266.

v t e Billy Preston
Studio albums	16 Yr. Old Soul The Most Exciting Organ Ever Early Hits of '65 Wildest Organ in Town! Club Meeting That's the Way God Planned It Encouraging Words I Wrote a Simple Song Music Is My Life Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music The Kids & Me It's My Pleasure Billy Preston A Whole New Thing Late at Night Billy Preston & Syreeta The Way I Am Pressin' On On the Air
Live albums	Live European Tour
Singles	"That's the Way God Planned It" "All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Give It to You)" "My Sweet Lord" "I Wrote a Simple Song" "Outa-Space" "Slaughter" "Will It Go Round in Circles" "Space Race" "Nothing from Nothing" "Get Back" "With You I'm Born Again"
Songs	"Sing One for the Lord" "The Duck" "You Are So Beautiful"
Related	St. Louis Blues "Get Back" (Beatles single) Let It Be The Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour The Rolling Stones' Tour of the Americas '75 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film) Concert for George

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