Original sentence: However, A&M dropped the band within a week.On March 10 1977, A&M signed the Sex Pistols after the band had been dropped by EMI.Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, A&M had such acts as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Baja Marimba Band, Burt Bacharach, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, We Five, The Carpenters, Chris Montez, The Captain and Tennille, Quincy Jones, and Paul Williams.[Billy Preston]] joined the label in 1971
Edited sentence: A&M found success in R&B and funk thanks to piano great Billy Preston who joined the label in 1971.However, A&M themselves sacked the band within a week.In the late 1970s, A&M recognized the potential in the burgeoning English punk movement and on March 10 1977, signed the Sex Pistols after the band had been dropped by EMI.The Carpenters, however, remain the label's most successful act of the 1970's, with upwards of 100 million albums sold worldwide.Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, A&M was among the leading purveyors of ‘light’ pop music, with such acts as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Baja Marimba Band, Burt Bacharach, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, We Five, The Carpenters, Chris Montez, The Captain and Tennille, Quincy Jones, and Paul Williams