On the Air (album)

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On the Air
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1984
RecordedOctober–December 1983
Studio
Genre Soul
Length39:25
Label Megatone (1984)
Unidisc (1996)
Producer Billy Preston, Ralph Benatar, Galen Senogles
Billy Preston chronology
Pressin' On
(1981)
On the Air
(1984)
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down
(1986)
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On the Air is the sixteenth studio album by American musician Billy Preston, released on February 18, 1984 by Megatone Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "And Dance [Extended]" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 6:01
  2. "Kick-It" (Preston, Ralph Benatar) – 5:47
  3. "Come to Me Little Darlin'" (Benatar, Enzo Bilinelli, Preston, Galen Senogles) – 3:43
  4. "Beatle Tribute" (Benatar, Preston, Senogles) – 3:21
  5. "If You Let Me Love You" (Benatar, Bilinelli, Fisher, Preston, Senogles) – 4:23
  6. "You Can't Hide from Love" (Preston, Fisher) – 3:35
  7. "Oh Jamaica" (Benatar, Ken Lazarus, Preston, Senogles) – 3:49
  8. "Here, There and Everywhere" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:03
  9. "And Dance" (Preston, Fisher) – 5:43

Personnel

Production

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