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Johnnie Clyde Johnson (July 8, 1924 – April 13, 2005) [1] [2] was an American pianist who played jazz, blues, and rock and roll. His work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
Johnnie B. Bad is an album by the American pianist Johnnie Johnson, released in 1991. [2] [3] The album was part of Elektra Records' American Explorer series, which was dedicated to traditional American musical styles. [4] Johnnie B. Bad was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Album". [5]
Meet Me in Bluesland is a 2015 album by American southern rock band The Kentucky Headhunters and blues musician Johnnie Johnson.Recorded in 2003 during the sessions for the Kentucky Headhunters' 2003 album Soul, it was not released until 2015, ten years after Johnson's death.
During an after-hours jam session at the now-defunct 110 Club on Merchant Street, Stalnaker's band was backing up Daryl Davis, Johnson's godson who is also a boogie-woogie, rock 'n' roll piano player.
Buddy Johnson; Edith North Johnson; Henry "Rufe" Johnson; James "Stump" Johnson; Johnnie Johnson (musician) Margaret Johnson (vocalist) Pete Johnson (musician) Calvin Jones (musician) Curtis Jones (pianist) Little Johnny Jones (pianist) Louis (Blues Boy) Jones; Maggie Jones (blues musician)
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As well as suggesting that the guitar player is good, the title hints at autobiographic elements, because Berry was born at 2520 Goode Avenue, in St. Louis. [5] The song was initially inspired by Johnnie Johnson, the regular piano player in Berry's band, [7] but developed into a song mainly about
"Maybellene" was one of the first records to be a hit on the rhythm and blues, country and western, and pop charts. Featuring some inimitable Berry riffs, some blues-style picking on a guitar and Johnson's piano, which added a hummable rhythm to the steady backbeat, "Maybellene" was a pivotal song in the emergence of rock and roll.