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Ella Johnson
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Weekly Pregnancy Journal
- Fashion Collection Coloring Book for Girls 9-12
- Luv U More
- The Final Torn
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919
- Active to
- 2004
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Discography
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Ella Mae Johnson (June 22, 1919 - February 16, 2004) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues vocalist. Born in Darlington, South Carolina, 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 "
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ella
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Darlington
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1919-06-22
- date of death
- 2004-02-16
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- place of burial
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
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