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Luther Johnson

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American Chicago blues singer and guitarist (1939–2022)

Person · Open Library

Works
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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1911-05-08
Active to
1938-08-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
44,157
Total plays
177,546

Tags

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There is more than one artist called Luther Johnson. 1) Luther Johnson (April 11, 1939-) is a Chicago blues singer and guitarist, who performs under the name Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson. He is not billed as simply "Guitar Junior". He was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA in 1939 and moved to Chicago with his family in 1955. During the 1960s, he performed with Magic Sam. Johnson performed in Muddy Water's band from 1972 to 1980. In 1980, four of his songs were included on an anthology by A

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 2016 · cited 32,805x

  2. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 21,254x

  3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,608x

  4. Optical Constants of the Noble Metals

    · 1972 · cited 18,231x

  5. Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)

    · 2008 · cited 17,851x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Johnson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Itta Bena
Place of death
Miami
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
blues
Instrument
voice
Image
Luther Johnson Jr.jpg
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date of birth
1939-04-11
Commons category
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
date of death
2022-12-25
start of work period
1960-00-00
end of work period
2022-00-00
name in native language
Luther Johnson
nickname
Guitar Boy
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