"Sing One for the Lord" is a song by American soul musician Billy Preston that was released in September 1970 on his Apple Records album Encouraging Words.
When rehearsing with the Beatles at Twickenham Film Studios in early January 1969, Harrison had presented a new composition, "Hear Me Lord", saying it was a gospel song he had just written.
[13] The release followed stringent financial cutbacks at Apple under Allen Klein's management,[14] as the company's press office was shut down in late July.
[20] Andy Davis recognizes "Sing One for the Lord" as an "inspirational highlight" on an album that "stands as one of the finest titles in the Apple Records catalogue".
[1] In his review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder similarly views Encouraging Words as being among the label's best releases and rues its lack of public recognition at the time.
He cites the song as an example of the album's "truly, delightfully strange sound amalgams", in that it "manages to couple soaring gospel with some loud lead guitar and a piano part derived from [Grieg]".