Syl Johnson
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American blues and soul singer and record producer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- It's Because They Were Black - 100 Years of Fraud and Forgery
- It's Because They Were Black
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1936-07-01
- Active to
- 2022-02-06
bluesr&bsoul
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 307,556
- Total plays
- 1,988,891
Tags
soulfunkbluesrhythm and bluesrnb
Syl Johnson (born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on 1 July 1936; died 6 February 2022 ) was an American blues and soul singer and music producer. His most successful records included "Different Strokes" (1967), "Is It Because I'm Black" (1969) and "Take Me to the River" (1975). "Different Strokes" has been sampled by number of rappers including Wu-Tang Clan, Hammer, and the Ghetto Boys. Blues guitarist and singer Jimmy Johnson, and bassist Mack Thompson, are his brothers. <a h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Holly Springs
- Place of death
- Mableton
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Hi Records
- Image
- SylJohnson1997.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1936-07-01
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- date of death
- 2022-02-06
- Commons category
- Syl Johnson
- number of viewers/listeners
- 2500083
Sources (7)
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