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Johnnie Johnson Jr. (born March 26, 1942, in Birmingham, Alabama) [1] is a former police officer. Johnson was the second black police officer on the Birmingham, Alabama police force and the first black officer to become chief of police in Birmingham.
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 Johnson (born October 8, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and safety in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons during the 1980s. Johnson played college football for the University of Texas , and was a two-time unanimous All-American .
Heatwave is a funk [2] band formed in London, England in 1975.Its most popular line-up featured Americans Johnnie Wilder Jr. and Keith Wilder (vocals) of Dayton, Ohio; Englishmen Rod Temperton (keyboards) and Roy Carter (guitar); Swiss Mario Mantese (bass); Czechoslovak Ernest "Bilbo" Berger (drums); and Jamaican Eric Johns (guitar).
Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer, born 1917) (1917–2009), English Royal Air Force air vice-marshal and cricketer; Johnnie Johnson (musician) (1924–2005), American pianist and blues musician; Johnnie Johnson (American football) (born 1956), American football cornerback and safety; Johnnie Johnson Jr. (born 1942), first black chief of police for ...
At ten words, including the parenthetical part "Hey Won't You Play", it became the longest title of any single to top the Hot 100 up to that time. It would hold the record for six years until " Stars on 45 " by Stars on 45 , whose proper charting title is 41 words long due to a copyright agreement, climbed to the top in the summer of 1981.
John Lagey (20 April 1920 – 19 January 1994), better known by his ring name Johnny Kwango, was an English ballet dancer, and later a professional wrestler. He was frequently seen on ITV's coverage of British wrestling. [1] [2] Lagey was a member of the all-black dance truope Les Ballets Nègres, which was founded in 1946. [3]
This is wrong. 'Johnnie Johnson: Spitfire Top Gun, Part One, was published by Ramrod Publications in 2002; 'Johnnie Johnson: Spitfire Top Gun, Part Two', by Victory Books in 2005. The book to which your author refers is actually 'Spitfire Ace of Aces: The True Wartime Story of Johnnie Johnson', Amberley, 2011."