#johnnie johnson

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Johnnie Johnson *July 8, 1924

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Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell (1964) Chuck Berry from: "You Never Can Tell" / "Brenda Lee" (Single) "St. Louis to Liverpool" (LP) "Anthology" (2000 Compilation | Disc 2 of 2)

AKA: "C'est La Vie" "Teenage Wedding"

Rock and Roll | Rhythm and Blues

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Personnel: Chuck Berry: Lead Vocals / Guitar / Overdubbed Backing Vocals Johnnie Johnson: Piano Rubin Cooper: Tenor Saxophone George Patterson: Tenor Saxophone Louis Satterfield: Electric Bass Odie Payne: Drums

Arranged by Chuck Berry Produced by Leonard Chess / Phil Chess

Recorded: @ The Ter-Mar Recording Studios (Chess Records Studios) in Chicago, Illinois USA between January 7 and January 9, 1964

Single Released: August, 1964 Album Released: November, 1964 Chess Records

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Johnnie Johnson's Piano Style: Was a hybrid of boogie-woogie rhythm, Chicago blues licks, and smooth big-band jazz chords. It bridges the gap between urban blues and mainstream pop, serving as the literal blueprint for rock and roll piano. - Google AI

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Supermarine Spitfire Mark lX by Michael Turner.

Wing Commander James Edgar 'Johnnie' Johnson attacking a German airfield in France in 1943. Johnson was the highest scoring RAF pilot to survive the war (and I think the second highest scoring RAF pilot overall). He died of cancer in 2001.

The plane carried his initials and had a Maple Leaf on a white background just below the cockpit. Johnson, who was English, at the time was at the time in command of a Canadian Squadron (probably a RCAF squadron under RAF command). He would later claim that the Maple Leaf on his plane was painted green but I don't think that has otherwise been confirmed.

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Charles(Chuck)Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was a singer, songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music It wasn’t the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, or Marty McFly. Berry is responsible for writing a number of classic rock and roll songs such as, “ Maybellene” and “ Johnny B. Goode”. Berry’s were lighthearted and teenage fun. He fused r&b into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive. Berry was one first artist to popularize guitar solos and fantastic showmanship with his duck walk Berry had a number of hit records and had a lucrative touring career even into his 90’s. In 1986, he was one of the first artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I would say he worked with various artists but various artists worked with him. Berry has appeared in films as well. Berry is one of the biggest influences in rock and roll music with his songwriting and playing style he has made a lasting impression on rock music and r&b. I could go on a long-winded history lesson about rock and roll is and how it came to be. I’ll just say Chuck Berry laid the groundwork for it, he will be remembered for all the work he has done in music.

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Moonwalker - Aarburg - Switzerland - November 1991 - Arthur Blythe, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Womack, Walter Wolfman Washington, Jimmy Smith, Johnnie Johnson, Randy Brecker, The Meters, Bunkyy Green and more - What a great Music Club from Switzerland

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Johnnie Johnson

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Album Review: Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap (2019 Remastered - Deluxe)

Timeless might be too strong a word to describe Keith Richards’ 1988 solo debut.

But Talk is Cheap is, like Richards himself, ragged and seemingly indestructible. And on a new 30th-anniversary reissue - one year late, but so what? - the LP sounds no more old-school or contemporary than it did upon its release. It just lives in its own space - it’s ageless if not timeless and that’s mostly because in the 1980s, when musicians of Richards’ vintage were falling all over themselves trying to be cool, he was cool without trying.

Buttressed with six bonus tracks that find friends such as former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor and Johnnie Johnson of Chuck Berry’s band augmenting the X-Pensive Winos, this is a nice update to what amounts to one of the best Stones albums since Some Girls.

Talk is Cheap made clear once and for all that Richards was the Glimmer Twin who made - and makes - the Stones grimy. It’s not a classic, but an album full of Richards’ soulful vocals is something the world needs more of and grinding cuts like “Take it So Hard” and “Rockawhile,” along with the stunning ballad “Locked Away,” are better than most anything the main band has done in the past four decades.

While the bonus tracks are by no means essential and there are no works-in-progress or alternative takes to provide glimpses into how songs evolved, the instrumentals “Blues Jam,” a simple 12-bar vamp, and the jazzy “Slim,” which runs for 10 minutes, give Richards’ sidekicks a chance to strut their respective stuff in a way they couldn’t on the album proper.

Grade card: Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap (2019 Remastered - Deluxe) - B-

4/24/19

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The RAF's top-scoring fighter pilot in north-west Europe, Wing Commander James “Johnnie” Johnson, with his Spitfire and pet Labrador Sally at the Bazenville landing ground (Normandy, July 1944).

Johnson recorded 38 victories during the war (35 at the time of this photo).  He commanded No. 127 Wing RCAF, which was made up of three Canadian Spitfire squadrons.  The decorations on his tunic are a DSO with two Bars, and a DFC with one Bar.