Music Is My Life
Music Is My Life is the seventh studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1972. The album contains Preston's first number 1 single, "Will It Go Round in Circles", and a cover of the Beatles' song "Blackbird". It is also the first of his albums to feature his future A&M Records label-mates the Brothers Johnson. Another track, "God Loves You", was issued on a single as the B-side of "Slaughter", Preston's theme song for the 1972 film of the same name.Track listing
All songs by Billy Preston, except where noted.
Side one
- "We're Gonna Make It" – 3:13
- "One Time or Another" – 2:49
- "Blackbird" – 2:48
- "I Wonder Why" – 5:43
- "Will It Go Round in Circles" – 4:28
- "Ain't That Nothin'" – 3:47
Side two
- "God Loves You" – 2:50
- "Make the Devil Mad " – 5:22
- "Nigger Charlie" – 6:31
- "Heart Full of Sorrow" – 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
Technical
- Roland Young: art direction
- Jim McCrary: photography