"Will It Go Round in Circles" is a song by American

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Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richa ...

from his 1972 album '' Music Is My Life''. It was written by Preston and Bruce Fisher and released as a single in March 1973. The record topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and sold over a million copies. This was the first of two number one hits for Preston as a solo performer, the other being " Nothing from Nothing", although he is also credited on

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Personnel

Source: * Billy Preston – piano, vocals * George Johnson – guitar * Louis Johnson – bass guitar * Hubert Heard – organ,

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* Manuel Kellough – drums * Tom Scott – saxophone *

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– trombone * Buck Monari – trumpet * Paul Hubinon – trumpet

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

All-time charts

Certifications

Covers

The song was covered by

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on his 2009 album ''Love Songs Of The '70s''.

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did two renditions in 1999, including on 10 September at

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. Orlando Brown recorded it for the 2006 soundtrack album '' That's So Raven Too!'', for his

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''; his version was also featured in the Disney Channel original film '' Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior''. The song was performed in

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by Yehonatan Geffen and Dani Litani in their 1974 live show ''That's All for Now - For Now That's All''.

In popular culture

* Appearance in the soundtrack of the 1996

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film '' Beautiful Girls''. * Featured as the opening theme in the 1997

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References

External links

* 1973 singles Billy Preston songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Songs written by Billy Preston Songs written by Bruce Fisher Ringo Starr songs 1972 songs A&M Records singles {{1970s-R&B-song-stub