Wallace Johnson

Vocalist Wallace Johnson last sang around New Orleans clubs in the late '70s, but it wasn't until the mid-'90s that his singing has been recorded and made available to a larger public outside of New Orleans, thanks to New Orleans-based producer Allen Toussaint. Best described as a soul-blues singer, Johnson recorded a 1996 album, Whoever's Thrilling You, that was the debut for Toussaint's NYNO (New York/New Orleans) label. Born on a plantation in 1937, Johnson got married and joined the Army at age 17. He first performed in public during his term in the Army in the mid-'50s, ...