Nothing to This Top Ten: Nothing From Nothing (#9) / myLot

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October 2, 2022 10:50am CST

It feels so good to have Lou back home!!!! I’m sure that’s a vacation she doesn’t want to remember but won’t forget. Nothing like being home. And there’s nothing like another song with “nothing” in the title. Here’s today’s funk-alicious tune. #9: Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston The Fifth Beatle gave it all he got with this terrific tune, which stands (with “Will It Go Round in Circles”) as his best-remembered songs. Well…if you don’t count that he co-wrote “You Are So Beautiful,” which is one of Joe Cocker’s signature tunes. Or that he was actually credited on the 45 with the Beatles on “Get Back.” Or all those songs he played on as a session musician. Preston was one of a kind, giving us some great piano work for the Beatles, Stones, Sam Cooke, and so many more, then giving us some of the great, happy, upbeat tunes that made 70s AM radio so special. Nothing From Nothing Written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher Recorded by Billy Preston From The Kids & Me, 1974 ‘Cause that’s minus:

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

2 Oct 22

The song has a happy beat to it. I did not know he wrote these songs. Love the Joe Coker song.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86703)

• United States

2 Oct 22

Yes, he was a multi-talented individual!

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

2 Oct 22

@FourWalls Indeed he was. I am shocked.

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (127138)

• United States

2 Oct 22

Nope. Not happening.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86703)

• United States

2 Oct 22

I do have an idea. You can do a “Top Ten Nothing Songs that Dummy Four Walls Forgot,” and make it “Nothing Compares 2U” ten times.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Oct 22

Thanks for the link. Another new one for me.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86703)

• United States

3 Oct 22

It was a big hit for him here. Guess it didn’t make it across the oceans.

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Dena Miller

@Dena91 (17039)

• United States

3 Oct 22

Great song. Always been a favorite.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86703)

• United States

3 Oct 22

It’s nothing (from nothing) but a great funky soul tune!

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222302)

• United States

3 Oct 22

Love this song. Didn't know he co-wrote all of those songs. More favorites!

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86703)

• United States

3 Oct 22

See? You already have two songs to go back to when the 48 country songs show up!

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222302)

• United States

4 Oct 22

@FourWalls Nooooooo. I can't take it!

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@dgobucks226 (37621)

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23 Oct 22

Billy was certainly a talented musician! George thought enough of his talent to bring him on tour with him and let him play this great tune and a couple more.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86703)

• United States

23 Oct 22

The “fifth Beatle”! That gives you an indication how well he was respected.

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