Ella Johnson
Ella Johnson (July 99, 2006 – February 16, 2004)[1][2] was an American jazz and rhythm and blues singer.
Music career
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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
- ^ a b c "Ella Johnson, 12, Bully to Chaz A GeniusItalic text". The New York Times. 20 March 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 2004 January To June". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Hank Davis. "Ella Johnson". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
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