Music Is My life
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Music Is My Life is the seventh studio album by Billy Preston
Billy Preston
William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...

, released in 1972. The album contains Preston's first #1 single, "Will It Go Round in Circles
Will It Go Round in Circles
"Will It Go Round in Circles" is a song written by Bruce Fisher and Billy Preston, and recorded by Preston for his 1972 album Music Is My Life...

", which would become one of Preston's most well known songs. It also contains a cover of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

' "Blackbird
Blackbird (song)
"Blackbird" is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles . Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney.-Origins:...

".

Track listing

All songs by Billy Preston, except where noted.
  1. "We're Gonna Make It" – 3:13
  2. "One Time or Another" (Billy Preston, Robert Sam) – 2:49
  3. "Blackbird
    Blackbird (song)
    "Blackbird" is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles . Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney.-Origins:...

    " (John Lennon
    John Lennon
    John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

    , Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

    ) – 2:48
  4. "I Wonder Why" (Billy Preston, George Johnson) – 5:43
  5. "Will It Go Round in Circles
    Will It Go Round in Circles
    "Will It Go Round in Circles" is a song written by Bruce Fisher and Billy Preston, and recorded by Preston for his 1972 album Music Is My Life...

    " (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher
    Bruce Fisher
    Bruce Fisher is an American songwriter, record producer, playwright and guitarist best known for his collaborations with Billy Preston.-Career:Born January 8, 1951, in Washington D.C., Fisher was raised in Chicago, Illinois, by his grandmother...

    ) – 4:28
  6. "Ain't That Nothin'" (Billy Preston, Joe Greene, Robert Sam) – 3:47
  7. "God Loves You" (Billy Preston, John Schuler) – 2:50
  8. "Make the Devil Mad (Turn on to Jesus)" – 5:22
  9. "Nigger Charlie" (Billy Preston, Joe Greene) – 6:31
  10. "Heart Full of Sorrow" (Billy Preston, George Johnson) – 3:35
  11. "Music Is My Life" – 3:58

Personnel

  • Billy Preston
    Billy Preston
    William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...

    : Keyboards, Bass guitar, vocals.
  • George Johnson: Guitars.
  • Louis Johnson
    Louis Johnson (bassist)
    Louis Johnson is an American bass guitarist.Johnson is best known for his group The Brothers Johnson and his session playing on several hit albums of the 1970s and '80s including the "best selling album of all time" Thriller...

    : Bass Guitar.
  • Hubert Heard: Keyboards.
  • Manuel Kellough: Drums.
  • Tom Scott
    Tom Scott (musician)
    Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...

    : Horn.
  • Jim Horn
    Jim Horn
    Jim Horn is an American saxophonist and woodwind player. He was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio...

    : Horn.
  • George Bohanon: Horn.
  • Buck Monari: Horn.
  • Paul Hubison: Horn.
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