Johnnie Johnson (musician)

Johnnie Johnson ( born July 8, 1924 in Fairmont, West Virginia; † April 13, 2005 in St. Louis, Missouri ) was an American musician, composer, and pianist who is also known as one of the fathers of rock ' n ' roll will.

Johnson learned in early childhood playing piano and hoofed it in the late 1940s in Chicago by clubs and bars. In the 1950s, St. Louis was his first band by the name of Johnnie Johnson Trio. His success began on 1 January 1952, when Chuck Berry, alternatively, joined the band.

Cooperation between the two lasted for 20 years and it came classics like Roll Over Beethoven. Johnson composed on the piano and Berry wrote the lyrics and adapted the melody of his guitar. Berry sat with his song Johnny B. Goode Johnnie Johnson a monument.

After about 50 shared tracks both went their separate ways and Johnson was later with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker and Bo Diddley on the concert stage.

Johnson, who had renounced his rights to the common pieces with Berry, introduced in the late 1990s Tantiemenforderungen to Chuck Berry and sued him unsuccessfully in 2000.

On March 19, 2001, he was recording as a sideman in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

With the re-recording of the song Blue Collar Man 2004 Album Big Bang Theory (2005) by Styx Johnson sat as a special guest on the piano.

Filmography

  • Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock ' n ' Roll, 1987; Concert film, Piano
  • Eric Clapton: 24 Nights, 1991; Concert film, Piano
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