William Everett Preston was born on September 2, 1946, in Houston and later moved to Los Angeles as a child with his mother, Robbie Lee Williams. From a young age, he displayed extraordinary musical talent and was entirely self-taught without ever having a formal music lesson. By the age of ten, he was already performing as an organist on stage, backing gospel singers like Mahalia Jackson. At eleven, he appeared on an episode of Nat King Cole's NBC TV show, where he sang Fats Domino's hit "Blueberry Hill" with Cole himself. In 1958, Preston even appeared in the W. C. Handy biopic "St. Louis Blues," portraying Handy at a younger age.
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