Encouraging Words
Studio album by Billy Preston
Released	7 January 1970
Recorded	October 1969
Genre	Soul
Length	44.29
Label	Apple Records
Producer(s)	Billy Preston &George Harrison
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Billy Preston chronology
That's The Way God Planned It (1969) 'Encouraging Words (1970) I Wrote A Simple Song (1971)

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Track listing

All Songs by Billy Preston, except where noted. William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. ...

1. "Right Now" – 3:14
2. "Little Girl" – 3:28
3. "Use What You Got" – 4:22
4. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 3:21
5. "Let the Music Play" (Preston, Joe Greene, Jesse Kirkland) – 2:44
6. "The Same Thing Again" (Billy Preston, Herndon) – 4:32
7. "I've Got a Feeling" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:51
8. "Sing One for the Lord" (Harrison, Preston) – 3:49
9. "When You Are Mine" – 2:45
10. "I Don't Want You to Pretend" – 2:38
11. "Encouraging Words" – 3:35
12. "All Things Must Pass" (Harrison) – 3:43
13. "You've Been Acting Strange" (R.L. Williams) – 3:27

My Sweet Lord is a song by former Beatle George Harrison from his UK number one hit triple album All Things Must Pass. ... George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943[1][2] – 29 November 2001[3]) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles. ... The name Joe Greene may refer to the following people: John James Greene, a Canadian politician. ... Ive Got a Feeling is a song by The Beatles, off the 1970 album Let It Be. ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney without the aid of the other two Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... All Things Must Pass is a song written by George Harrison. ...

Personnel

• Billy Preston – Keyboards, Piano, vocals
• George Harrison – Guitars
• Eric Clapton – Guitars
• Keith Richards – Bass
• Ginger Baker – Drums
• Doris Troy – Backing Vocals