billy preston played keyboards on the beatles rooftop concert.
who played keyboards on the beatles rooftop concert?
billy preston
the beatles' rooftop concert





























the beatles' rooftop concert was the final public performance of the english rock band the beatles. on 30 january 1969, the band, with keyboardist billy preston, surprised a central london office and fashion district with an impromptu concert from the roof of the headquarters of the band's multimedia corporation apple corps at 3 savile row. in a 42-minute set, the beatles played nine takes of five songs before the metropolitan police asked them to reduce the volume. footage from the performance was used in the 1970 documentary film "let it be".





























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the beatles' rooftop concert
the episode makes several references to the beatles. their first album, "meet the be sharps", is a parody of the "meet the beatles!" album. moe's tavern changes its name to moe's cavern, a reference to the cavern club in liverpool where the beatles frequently performed in the early 1960s. chief wiggum, thrown out of the band because he was "too village people", mirrors pete best, an early member of the beatles who was replaced by ringo starr. the cover of "bigger than jesus", the be sharps' second album, features the group walking on water, and is a visual parody of the art on the beatles' album "abbey road". the name is a reference to a controversial quote made by john lennon in 1966. bart references this by asking, "what did you do [to lose your popularity]? screw up like the beatles and say you were bigger than jesus?", to which homer replies "all the time. that was the title of our second album." at the end of the episode, the album's back cover is revealed, on which homer is seen turned away from the camera, as opposed to the rest of the band. this is a parody of the "sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band" lp reverse, in which paul mccartney is in the same position. barney's japanese conceptual artist girlfriend is a parody of yoko ono. their song repeats the phrase "number 8" and a burp by barney, a reference to the beatles' "revolution 9". the group performing atop moe's tavern at the end of the episode is a parody of the beatles' impromptu concert on the apple corps rooftop during their "get back" recording sessions in 1969, hence george harrison's line, "it's been done." in addition, the be sharps are wearing the same outfits as the beatles during the rooftop concert scene: barney in a brown fur coat (john), homer in a bright red coat (ringo), skinner in a black suit (paul), and apu in a black mongolian lamb coat with green trousers (george). after the performance, homer says, "i'd like to thank you on behalf of the group and i hope we passed the audition", paraphrasing a quote by john lennon at the end of the beatles rooftop performance.
homer's barbershop quartet