STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - BILLY PRESTON - MUSIC IS MY LIFE

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Good morning Thursday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Houston born vocalist, pianist, and producer, Billy Preston, on what would have been his 75th Birthday. He passed away in 2006, age 59, from respiratory failure. With him in mind, we spotlight his  seventh studio album, Music Is My Life. The LP was released October 8, 1972 on the A&M label and was self produced. It peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200, #31 in Canada, and #7 on the R&B charts. "Will It Go Round in Circles", a Gold certified single (#99 Australia, #10 R&B, #1 Canada and the Hot 100) was released as the record's sole single. 

Side one

"We're Gonna Make It" – 3:13

"One Time or Another" (Preston, Robert Sam) – 2:49

"Blackbird" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:48

"I Wonder Why" (Preston, George Johnson) – 5:43

"Will It Go Round in Circles" (Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 4:28

"Ain't That Nothin'" (Preston, Joe Greene, Sam) – 3:47

Side two

"God Loves You" (Preston, John Schuler) – 2:50

"Make the Devil Mad (Turn on to Jesus)" – 5:22

"N****r Charlie" (Preston, Greene) – 6:31

"Heart Full of Sorrow" (Preston, Johnson) – 3:35

"Music Is My Life" – 3:58

Personnel

Billy Preston - keyboards, bass guitar, vocals

George Johnson - guitar
Louis Johnson - bass guitar

Hubert Heard - keyboards
Manuel Kellough - drums
Tom Scott - horn

Jim Horn - horn

George Bohanon - horn
Buck Monari - horn

Paul Hubinon - horn
The Campbell-Kurban String Section - strings
Clarence McDonald, David T. Walker - arrangements

Roland Young - art direction
Jim McCrary - photography