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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1938-04-20
- Active to
- 2025-04-01
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Johnny Tillotson (born 20 April 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; died April 1, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter remembered for his successes in the early 1960s when he scored nine top-ten hits on the US pop, country and adult contemporary billboard charts including "Poetry In Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'". In 1957 while still in high school, Tillotson was making records and performing on stage; as a student at the University of Florida, he had his own
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johnny
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jacksonville
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- University of Florida
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Sanremo Music Festival 1965
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- London Records
- Official website
- johnnytillotson.com
- Image
- Johnny Tillotson 1965.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1939-04-20
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- Commons category
- Johnny Tillotson
- date of death
- 2025-04-01
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- social media followers
- 45500
- manner of death
- natural causes
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