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Smash One Music Records was a DIY label. It managed one single. It
issued singles in an OUTER-0 numerical series. Billy Preston Real Name:
William Everett Prestonhe was a Soul musician, born September 2, 1946, Houston,
Texas. He died June 6, 2006, Scottsdale, Arizona. Preston was an American rhythm
and blues musician. Preston and Tony Sheridan are the only two non-Beatles to
receive billing as an artist alongside the Beatles (as distinct from receiving
credit as a session musician on album packaging) on an official Beatles record
release. The label of the Get Back single credits the artists on the record as
The Beatles with Billy Preston. Preston had battled kidney disease in his later
years, brought on by his hypertension. He received a kidney transplant in 2002,
but his health continued to deteriorate. He died on June 6, 2006, in Scottsdale,
Arizona, of complications of malignant hypertension that resulted in kidney
failure and other complications. Distributed By Total via BMG
Records Records.
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