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John William Bristol (February 3, 1939 – March 21, 2004) [1] was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a native of Morganton, North Carolina , about which he wrote an eponymous song.
At Anna Records, Fuqua began working with Anna Gordy, Billy Davis, Lamont Dozier and Johnny Bristol. [1] He also introduced Marvin Gaye to Anna's brother, Berry Gordy, and married their sister Gwen Gordy. [3] In 1961, he started his own labels, Tri-Phi Records and Harvey Records, whose acts included the Spinners, Junior Walker and Shorty Long. [1]
The song was written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua in 1961; Bristol and Beavers recorded the song together as "Johnny & Jackey" for the Tri-Phi label that same year. "Someday" was a moderate success in the Midwestern United States, but gained little notice in other venues.
The Heart of a Woman is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on November 25, 1974, [1] by Columbia Records.Produced by ex-Motowner Johnny Bristol, the LP is made up mostly of new material, in that only three of the 10 songs had already been recorded by other artists.
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol is a 1972 television film directed by George McCowan and starring Martin Landau and Jane Alexander. The screenplay concerns a soldier returning from Vietnam, where he was a POW, who finds his home town missing. It is one of the earliest films to depict post traumatic stress disorder. [1]
"Twenty-Five Miles" is a song written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, and Edwin Starr for Starr's second album, 25 Miles (1969). The song was considered sufficiently similar to "32 Miles out of Waycross" by Hoagy Lands (also recorded as "Mojo Mama" by both Wilson Pickett and Don Varner), written by Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler, [2] [3] that Berns and Wexler were eventually given co-writing ...
"Your Precious Love" is a popular song that was a 1967 hit for Motown singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The song was written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, and produced by Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol.
Johnny Cash (1932–2003), country music singer-songwriter; June Carter Cash (1929–2003), country music singer; Rosie Nix Adams (1958–2003), singer-songwriter and daughter of June Carter Cash; Ferlin Husky (1925–2011), country music singer; Merle Kilgore (1934–2005), country music singer-songwriter; Joe Maphis (1921–1986), country ...