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George Henry Johnson (April 25, 1913 – June 26, 1987) was an American jazz reedist.. Johnson, who was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, played in the United States with Benny Carter and Zack Whyte, then toured Europe as a member of Freddy Taylor's band in 1935; he remained in Paris for several years, playing with Garnet Clark, Django Reinhardt and Willie Lewis in addition to performing with ...
George Johnson (actor) (1898–1961), American actor; George Johnson (musician) (1913–1987), jazz saxophonist and clarinetist; George Johnson (artist) (1926–2021), Australian artist; George M. Johnson (writer) (born 1985), American author and activist; George Johnson (aka Lightnin' Licks, born 1953), American musician, member of The ...
The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of the American brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs"). [1] They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, with three singles topping the R&B charts (" I'll Be Good to You ", " Strawberry Letter 23 ", and " Stomp! ").
George Washington Johnson (c. October 1846 – January 23, 1914) was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. Johnson was the first African American recording star of the phonograph . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His most popular songs were "The Whistling Coon" and " The Laughing Song ".
"The Laughing Policeman" is a music hall song recorded by British artist Charles Penrose, initially published under the pseudonym Charles Jolly in 1922.It is an adaptation of "The Laughing Song" first recorded in 1890 by American singer George W. Johnson with the same tune and form, but the subject was changed from a "dandy darky" to a policeman.
Jack Hody Johnson [1] (born May 18, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter. His music falls into genres like folk, surf-rock, and various other subgenres.. Johnson's musicianship has earned him multiple spots on the Billboard 200 chart, reaching number one on the chart with his albums Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George in 2006, Sleep Through the Static in 2008, To the Sea ...
The Wellingtons appear in a second season (1965–66) episode as a rock group called "The Mosquitoes." Not only is the insect-named moniker a play on The Beatles, but the members of the fictitious group are named Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving in a reverse play on the names John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Music Is My Life is the seventh studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1972. The album contains Preston's first number 1 single, [2] "Will It Go Round in Circles", and a cover of the Beatles' song "Blackbird". It is also the first of his albums to feature his future A&M Records label-mates the Brothers Johnson.