Name Ella Johnson Role Vocalist | Siblings Buddy Johnson | |
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Died February 16, 2004, New York City, New York, United States Albums The Very Best Of, Say Ella, Buddy and Ella's Greatest Hits, All Right, Okay, You Win, Rock 'n' Roll Awards Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award Similar People Buddy Johnson, Louis Jordan, Chet Baker | ||
Tribute to ella johnson
Ella Johnson (June 22, 1919 – February 16, 2004) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues vocalist.
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- Tribute to ella johnson
- That s the stuff you gotta watch buddy ella johnson on the philco console
- Music career
- Discography
- References
That s the stuff you gotta watch buddy ella johnson on the philco console
Music career
Born Ella Mae Jackson in Darlington, South Carolina, United States, she joined her brother Buddy Johnson in New York as a teenager, where he was leading a popular band at the Savoy Ballroom. Her singing drew comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.
Johnson scored her first hit with "Please, Mr. Johnson" in 1940. 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."
In February 2004, she died of Alzheimer's disease in New York, at the age of 84.