''Music Is My Life'' is the seventh studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1972. The album contains Preston's first number 1 single, "

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", and a cover of

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' song " Blackbird". It is also the first of his albums to feature his future

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label-mates

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. 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" (Preston, Robert Sam) – 2:49 # " Blackbird" (

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) – 2:48 # "I Wonder Why" (Preston, George Johnson) – 5:43 # "

" (Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 4:28 # "Ain't That Nothin'" (Preston,

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, Sam) – 3:47 Side two # "God Loves You" (Preston, John Schuler) – 2:50 # "Make the Devil Mad (Turn on to Jesus)" – 5:22 # "Nigg 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 *

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- horn *

George Bohanon George Roland Bohanon, Jr. (born August 7, 1937) is a jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan. In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith, Paula Greer, David Hamilton, Lefty ...

- horn * Buck Monari - horn * Paul Hubinon - horn *The Campbell-Kurban String Section - strings *

Clarence McDonald Clarence "Mac" McDonald (1944 or 1945 – July 21, 2021) was a Los Angeles-based American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer. McDonald was known for his musical diversity, enduring melodies and signature groove. His most famous composition ...

, David T. Walker - arrangements ;Technical *Roland Young - art direction *

Jim McCrary Jim McCrary (August 31, 1939 – April 29, 2012) was an American photographer known for his 1970s album covers, most notably Carole King's ''Tapestry'', The Carpenters' '' Ticket to Ride,'' and Joe Cocker John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May ...

- photography

Notes

{{Authority control 1972 albums Billy Preston albums Albums produced by Billy Preston A&M Records albums