- Music Is My Life
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Music is My Life Studio album by Billy Preston Released October 8, 1972 Recorded 1971-1972 Genre Soul / Rock Length 45.04 Label A&M Producer Billy Preston Billy Preston chronology I Wrote a Simple Song
(1971)Music is my Life
(1972)Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
(1973)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Music Is My Life is the seventh studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1972. The album contains Preston's first #1 single,[2] "Will It Go Round in Circles", which would become one of Preston's most well known songs. It also contains a cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird".
Track listing
All songs by Billy Preston, except where noted.
- "We're Gonna Make It" – 3:13
- "One Time or Another" (Billy Preston, Robert Sam) – 2:49
- "Blackbird" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:48
- "I Wonder Why" (Billy Preston, George Johnson) – 5:43
- "Will It Go Round in Circles" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 4:28
- "Ain't That Nothin'" (Billy Preston, Joe Greene, Robert Sam) – 3:47
- "God Loves You" (Billy Preston, John Schuler) – 2:50
- "Make the Devil Mad (Turn on to Jesus)" – 5:22
- "Nigger Charlie" (Billy Preston, Joe Greene) – 6:31
- "Heart Full of Sorrow" (Billy Preston, George Johnson) – 3:35
- "Music Is My Life" – 3:58
Personnel
- Billy Preston: Keyboards, Bass guitar, vocals.
- George Johnson: Guitars.
- Louis Johnson: Bass Guitar.
- Hubert Heard: Keyboards.
- Manuel Kellough: Drums.
- Tom Scott: Horn.
- Jim Horn: Horn.
- George Bohanon: Horn.
- Buck Monari: Horn.
- Paul Hubison: Horn.
Notes
Categories:- 1972 albums
- Billy Preston albums
- A&M Records albums
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