Sgt. Pepper Comes Back

Billy Preston as Sgt. Pepper come back.

The sun is high in the sky in the town of Heartland. Gusty winds stir the historic weather vane atop the Heartland City Hall, and suddenly the vane begins to spin. In a flash, the weather vane becomes the original Sgt. Pepper -- now rock star Billy Preston -- come back to life. Just as he is not about to let his grandson, Billy Shears, kill himself, he also has come back to set things right again in Heartland, to end the pain, the sorrow and the fear that has deeply affected the Lonely Hearts Club Band and all of the good people of Heartland. Once again, Sgt. Pepper's music brings joy and magic back to Heartland.

And Strawberry Fields is reunited with Billy Shears...

"Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged."

-- John Lennon/Paul McCartney

Billy and Strawberry reunited.

Billy Preston, making his special appearance as Sgt Pepper, is indeed "getting back." It was Billy who played piano with the Beatles on the original hit single before he recorded two top-selling albums on the Apple label. Flying high over Heartland, lasers flashing from his fingertips, Billy is dazzling as he turns a group of humble Heartlanders into the most impressive array of superstars ever seen together on film.

Carol Channing, Tina Turner and Robert Klein
are just a few of the celebs in the chorus.

George Martin, Dee Anthony, Michael Schultz, Pat Birch,
Robert Stigwood (with scarf) watch the filming of the finale.

Tina Turner

Music Director George Martin guiding the finale chorus.