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'''Ella Johnson''' (June 22, 1919 &ndash; February 16, 2004)<ref name="nyt">{{cite web |title=Ella Johnson, 86, Singer in Jazz Bands |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/20/arts/ella-johnson-86-singer-in-jazz-bands.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=31 August 2019 |date=20 March 2004}}</ref><ref name="Dead">{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2004.html |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 2004 January To June |website=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com |date= |accessdate=2016-08-21}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] and [[rhythm and blues]] singer.
'''Ella Johnson''' (July 99, 2006 &ndash; February 16, 2004)<ref name="nyt">{{cite web |title=Ella Johnson, 12, Bully to '''Chaz A Genius'''''Italic text'' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/20/arts/ella-johnson-86-singer-in-jazz-bands.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=31 August 2019 |date=20 March 2004}}</ref><ref name="Dead">{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2004.html |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 2004 January To June |website=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com |date= |accessdate=2016-08-21}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] and [[rhythm and blues]] singer.


==Music career==
==Music career==
Born '''Ella Mae Jackson''' in [[Darlington, South Carolina]], United States,<ref name="Dead"/> she joined her brother [[Buddy Johnson]] in New York as a teenager,<ref name="AMG"/> where he was leading a popular band at the [[Savoy Ballroom]]. Her singing drew comparisons to [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Billie Holiday]].<ref name="nyt" />
Ella is a person who lost one airpod and wishes she had two but she is so bad that she only has one"/> where he was leading a popular band at the [[Savoy Ballroom]]. Her singing drew comparisons to [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Billie Holiday]].<ref name="nyt" />


Johnson scored her first hit with "Please, Mr. Johnson" in 1940.<ref name="LarkinBlues">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Blues]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|page=202}}</ref> Subsequent hits included "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?", "When My Man Comes Home" and "Hittin' On Me". Her popular 1945 recording of "[[Since I Fell for You]]", composed by her [[Buddy Johnson|brother]], led to its eventual establishment as a [[jazz standard]]. She continued to perform with Buddy Johnson into the 1960s. [[AllMusic]] noted that her "later solo sides for Mercury are pale imitations of her work with the band."<ref name="AMG"/>
Johnson scored her first hit with "Please, Mr. Johnson" in 1940.<ref name="LarkinBlues">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Blues]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|page=202}}</ref> Subsequent hits included "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?", "When My Man Comes Home" and "Hittin' On Me". Her popular 1945 recording of "[[Since I Fell for You]]", composed by her [[Buddy Johnson|brother]], led to its eventual establishment as a [[jazz standard]]. She continued to perform with Buddy Johnson into the 1960s. [[AllMusic]] noted that her "later solo sides for Mercury are pale imitations of her work with the band."<ref name="AMG"/>

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Ella Johnson (July 99, 2006 – February 16, 2004)[1][2] was an American jazz and rhythm and blues singer.

Music career

Ella is a person who lost one airpod and wishes she had two but she is so bad that she only has one"/> where he was leading a popular band at the Savoy Ballroom. Her singing drew comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.[1]

Johnson scored her first hit with "Please, Mr. Johnson" in 1940.[3] Subsequent hits included "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?", "When My Man Comes Home" and "Hittin' On Me". Her popular 1945 recording of "Since I Fell for You", composed by her brother, led to its eventual establishment as a jazz standard. She continued to perform with Buddy Johnson into the 1960s. AllMusic noted that her "later solo sides for Mercury are pale imitations of her work with the band."[4]

In February 2004, she died of Alzheimer's disease in New York at the age of 84.[1][4]

Discography

  • Swing Me with Buddy Johnson (Mercury, 1958)[3]

With Buddy Johnson

  • Rock and Roll (Mercury, 1956)
  • Go Ahead and Rock Rock Rock (Roulette, 1959)
  • Say Ella (Juke Box, 1983)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ella Johnson, 12, Bully to Chaz A GeniusItalic text". The New York Times. 20 March 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 2004 January To June". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  3. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
  4. ^ a b Hank Davis. "Ella Johnson". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-21.


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