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Conrad Oberon Johnson (November 15, 1915 – February 3, 2008) [1] was an American music educator, long associated with the city of Houston, who was inducted into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 2000. Born in Victoria, Texas, Conrad Johnson was nine when his family moved to Houston.
Kashmere High School is located in a predominantly black neighborhood known as Kashmere Gardens in Houston, Texas.Music teacher Conrad O. Johnson attended an Otis Redding concert in 1967 and was inspired to translate the style of the concert into a program he could sustain at the high school in order to create opportunities for his student musicians, and thus the Kashmere Stage Band was born.
Excluding the Opry Square Dancers, who have sui generis membership status, there are currently 75 Grand Ole Opry members. Solo music artists make up 60 of the members, seven of whom have mostly retired from performing (Stu Phillips, Barbara Mandrell, Jeanne Pruett, Randy Travis, Ricky Van Shelton, Patty Loveless and Ronnie Milsap), but may make occasional appearances.
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Americana is a musical revue in two parts, with book and lyrics by J. P. McEvoy, and music by Con Conrad with additional numbers by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Philip Charig, James Hanley, B. G. DeSylva, Morrie Ryskind, Arthur Schwartz, Theo Goodwin, Joe Young, and Sam Lewis.
Chris and Conrad came together as a rock duo in 2007 after being introduced to one another as solo artists and potential co-writers. At the time, they were both being managed by Jeff Adams of 2:20 Entertainment Group. Chris and Conrad soon joined and after writing a collection of songs together, Adams pitched them to a number of labels in ...
It hit No. 1 for four weeks in 1942 as an instrumental recorded by Benny Goodman and his orchestra. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It also charted that same year by Jimmy Dorsey (No. 9) and Shep Fields (No. 15). Versions of "Jersey Bounce" were performed by Glenn Miller , Harry James , Red Norvo , Jan Savitt , Ella Fitzgerald , Ella Mae Morse , and The King Sisters .
Con Conrad and Irving Caesar, 1924. Conrad was born in Manhattan, New York, and published his first song, "Down in Dear Old New Orleans", in 1912. Conrad produced the Broadway show The Honeymoon Express, starring Al Jolson, in 1913. By 1918, Conrad was writing and publishing with Henry Waterson (1873–1933).