Billy Preston You Are So Beautiful Live in Germany( Joe Cokcer, Ray Charles)

You Are So Beautiful is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher that was first released in 1974 on Preston s ninth studio album, The Kids Me. It was also the Bside of his single Struttin . Later that same year, English singer Joe Cocker released a slower version of the song on his album I Can Stand a Little Rain. Cocker s version was produced by Jim Price, and released as a single in November 1974. It became one of Cocker s biggest chart hits, peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100, and at number four on Canada s Top Singles chart.