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Johnnie Louise Richardson (June 29, 1935, Montgomery, Alabama - October 25, 1988, New York City) [1] and Joe Rivers (March 20, 1937, Charleston, South Carolina) [2] began singing together in 1957 and released several singles on Chess Records, [3] which were leased from J & S Records, to whom the duo were under contract.
Rex Garvin (July 24, 1940 [1] [2] – December 2, 2013) [3] was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, keyboard player and arranger. His writing credits include the 1957 US chart hit "Over the Mountain; Across the Sea", by Johnnie and Joe, and his own 1966 recording "Sock It To 'Em J.B.", later recorded by The Specials.
John Robert "Johnny" Mosby (born in Fort Smith, Arkansas; April 26, 1929 – February 19, 2018) [1] and Janice Irene "Jonie" Shields (born in Van Nuys, California on August 10, 1940) [2] met in California when she auditioned for his orchestra. [3] They married in 1958. [2] They started recording for Challenge records that same year.
Joseph Dominick Pistone (born September 17, 1939) is an American former FBI agent who worked undercover as Donnie Brasco between September 1976 and July 1981, [nb 1] as part of an infiltration primarily into the Bonanno crime family under the tutelage of Anthony Mirra and later Dominick Napolitano, and to a lesser extent the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Families of the Mafia in New ...
Robert Lewis "Jackey" Beavers (June 19, 1937 – October 28, 2008) [1] [2] was an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, songwriter, pastor and community activist. He recorded with Johnny Bristol as the duo Johnny and Jackey, and co-wrote "Someday We'll Be Together", later a no.1 hit for Diana Ross and the Supremes.
In 1984, he starred with Michael Keaton in the movie Johnny Dangerously, which was met with mixed reviews. He also starred in an HBO special and wrote a book for Pocket Books titled The Piscopo Tapes. An album, New Jersey, for Columbia Records, followed in 1985 [8] and an ABC special titled The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special in May 1986. [9]
Johnny also posed for a family photo for the spread, which included Morgan and his son, Orbison. The actor shares the 4-year-old with ex-girlfriend Alaina Meyer. Orbison’s face was covered by a ...
John Witherspoon (né Weatherspoon; January 27, 1942 – October 29, 2019) was an American actor and comedian who performed in various television shows and films. [1] He played Willie Jones in the Friday series, [1] and starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Boomerang (1992), The Five Heartbeats (1991), and Vampire in Brooklyn (1995). [1]