Marv Johnson
Marv Johnson, Marvin Earl Johnson full name (* October 15, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, † May 16 1993 in Columbia, South Carolina), was an American rhythm and blues and soul singer, mainly in the 1960s years was successful.
Life
Johnson had his musically influenced by the gospel of the Baptist Church and the jazz musician Louis Jordan. During his high school years he was a member of the local singing group Serenaders, which occurred at fairs and carnivals. In the small Detroit record company Kudo Johnson in 1958, his first single with the title My Baby -O and Once Upon a Time on. The plate not sold, but through the plate production it came to the meeting with the Detroit producer Berry Gordy. As this 1959, the record label Tamla founded, Johnson sang the first Tamla single with the composed by himself A-side title Come to Me After the title in the Detroit region had been well received, took over the state-wide record company United Artists the distribution of the single for the entire United States with the result that Come to Me rose on the Billboard Hot 100 charts at # 30 and in the rhythm-and - blues charts was the sixth. Subsequently United Artists took Johnson under contract and produced with him until 1964, 17 more singles and three LPs. In addition Come to Me further eight titles were included in the Billboard charts, of which the 1960 Title I Love the Way You Love with positions 9 ( Hot 100 ) and 2 ( R & B) was the most successful.
1965, at the height of the British Invasion, parted United Artists of Johnson. This took place at Berry Gordy Gordy record label, a new commitment, it was until 1968 but released only three singles, and only the Title I Miss You Baby found with the Bestnotierung number 39 entrance on the Billboard Hot 100 With the 1968 title I'll pick a Rose for My Rose Johnson came with rank 10 to be a success in the British charts. This single was released in the UK on Tamla Motown catalog number 11111. Back in 1959, Johnson had been successful with You Got What It Takes ( 7th place ) in the British charts.
After 1968, Johnson's recording career had ended, he took the record company Motown work as a marketing manager. He also worked as a songwriter, including for Tyrone Davis and Johnny Taylor. Until the early 1990s, he still appeared at show events. During a concert in Columbia, he suffered a fatal stroke aged 54.