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record, "Oh Maria", in 1954, which was co-written by
Washington. It has been suggested that Berry played guitar on the record, though Berry later denied any involvement. Although Washington did not continue to work with Berry, he continued to release occasional records on the Ballad label until the
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checks made out to his father. After Farand
Washington was killed in a crash when he lost control of his car, and following an anonymous tip-off by a neighbor, police undertook a search of the family's property, where they found the buried remains. It was reported that police believed that the
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In August 2005, human remains unearthed at a property in St Louis were tentatively identified as those of Oscar
Washington, aged 93, who had not been seen for over a year. Police had been looking for his son, Farand Washington, in connection with the cashing of
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late 1950s. From 1966-1968 he revived the Ballad record label for a group called The Gifts and another called The
Citations. In the late 1960s, he was involved in the small SaintMo label, which also released several singles with little success.
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singles by the Swans, which had some regional success. After hearing an unrecorded guitarist, Chuck Berry, playing in clubs, he persuaded Berry to make his first record as part of another group, Joe
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in 1952. Most sources credit
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