Despite being skinny, pigeon-toed, half-deaf (he partially lost his hearing as a child and had to use a hearing aid) and effeminate, this highly emotional…
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John Watson Jr. was born in Houston, Texas, in February 1935. His father was a pianist and taught his son the instrument but John Jr.…
Although they scored four Top Thirty hits in their native USA, Johnny and the Hurricanes doubled that figure in Britain, where they sold almost as…
Born in Memphis on 9 June 1929, Johnny Ace (real name John Marshall Alexander Jr) returned from service in the US Navy during WWII to…
Memphis-born Johnny, plus elder brother Dorsey and their guitarist friend Paul Burlison, formed the legendary Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio which recorded in the late 50s…
He was born J.R. Cash (‘John’ came later, and ‘Johnny’ was an invention of Sun Records chief Sam Phillips) in Kingsland, Arkansas, one of seven…
John Howard Chester was born on Boxing Day 1941 in North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. By the time he was 17, John had formed a group…
Johnny Devlin was born John Lockett Devlin on 11 May 1938 in New Zealand. In 1956, Devlin heard Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel, and overnight became…
John Askew was born on 8 December 1936 in Liverpool. After leaving school he performed at local clubs with friend Bobby Crawford, singing Everly Brothers songs, before he…
Jean-Philippe Smet was born in Paris on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian father and a French mother. His father left them shortly after. He…
Purveyors of super-slick pop, this UK band derived their unusual name from a friend called Johnny, who – you guessed it – literally did not…
Originally a Rock & Roll band, The Pirates’ greatest days were perhaps behind them when the beat boom began. Formed in 1958, when Rock &…
Johnny Mathis was born in September 1935 in Gilmer, Texas, and grew up in San Francisco. The son of a former Vaudeville star, Mathis was…
Johnny Moped formed in Croydon, South London, in 1974 and bridged the gap between mid-seventies pub rock and punk with their amalgam of free festival boogie…
Born on 19 August 1940, in Houston, Texas, John Lester Nash, Jr was one of the first black entertainers to work on Houston TV. He…
Johnny O’Keefe produced more Top 40 hits than any other Australian recording artist. He had 29 hits spanning 1958 – 1974, including five number ones…
John Preston Courville was born in Port Arthur, Texas, in August 1939 and formed a rock ‘n’ roll group called The Shades while at high…
Johnny Rebb was the first Australian artist to be signed by Lee Gordon’s Leedon label in 1958. The local media dubbed Rebb the ‘Gentleman Of Rock’…
Born John Henry Ramistella in New York in November 1942, his family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where – influenced by the distinctive Louisiana musical…
Johnny Sandon was born William Francis Beck on 27 May 1941 ın Liverpool. He began singing at the age of 12 and in 1958 he entered…