Johnny Johnson & His Statler Pennsylvanians

Johnny Johnson & His Statler Pennsylvanians

Johnny Johnson & His Statler Pennsylvanians

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Sunbeams
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Once In A Lifetime
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Thou Swell
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Four Walls
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Happy Go Lucky Lane

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Johnny Johnson & His Statler Pennsylvanians

Biography

For 28 years legendary piano player Johnnie Johnson worked as a sideman to one of rock & roll's most prominent performers, Chuck Berry. Berry joined Johnson's band, the Sir John Trio, on New Year's Eve 1953, and afterward Berry took over as the group's songwriter and frontman/guitar player. On the strength of a recommendation from Muddy Waters and an audition, Berry got a deal with Chess Records. Johnson's rhythmic piano playing was a key element in all of Berry's hit singles, a good number of which Johnson arranged. Although Berry has been reluctant to admit as much, Johnson ...
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