As per our current Database, Preston Epps has been died on 9 May, 2019 at Los Angeles, California, USA.
When Preston Epps die, Preston Epps was 89 years old.
| Popular As | Preston Epps |
| Occupation | Soundtrack |
| Age | 89 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | July 19, 1930 (Mangum, Oklahoma) |
| Birthday | July 19 |
| Town/City | Mangum, Oklahoma |
| Nationality | Oklahoma |
Preston Epps’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Preston Epps was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Born in Oakland, CA, in 1931, Preston Epps learned to play various percussion instruments, including the bongos, while he was in the US military during the Korean War, where he was stationed in Okinawa, Japan.
After his hitch was over he moved to Southern California and began to make some money playing bongos in coffee houses around the area. He came to the attention of Los Angeles disc jockey Art Laboe, who owned Original Sound Records and signed Epps to that label.
In 1959 it released his single "Bongo Rock", which shot to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His follow-up record, "Bongo Bongo Bongo", sold respectably but didn't reach the heights that "Bongo Rock" did.
In 1960 he released an album, but the public's taste for bongo music had begun to ebb. He released a string of bongo music over the next few years, but they didn't go anywhereIn 1957 he appeared (uncredited) as a bongo player in Calypso Heat Wave (1957) and in 1968 he had a small part in Girl in Gold Boots (1968), also as a bongo player.
He continued to work as a session musician in the L.A. recording scene in the 1960s and 1970s. He also kept busy playing in various clubs and nightspots into the 1990s.
