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Johnny Burnette (March 25, 1934 – August 14, 1964) was a rockabilly pioneer from Memphis, Tennessee, best known as the frontman of Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio, alongside his brother Dorsey Burnette and guitarist Paul Burlison. Raised in Memphis’ Lauderdale Courts (the same neighborhood as Elvis Presley), Johnny initially pursued sports and amateur boxing before briefly working on Mississippi River barges. With Dorsey and Burlison <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Burnette">
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Burnette
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Place of death
- Clearlake
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Johnny Burnette.png
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1934-03-28
- date of death
- 1964-08-14
- cause of death
- drowning
- Commons category
- Johnny Burnette
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
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