Roarin' 20s: Johnny Johnson's Statler Pennsylvanians - Together We Two, 1927
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Channel: 240252 · 2014 · Music
Johnny Johnson & His Statler Pennsylvanians, Vocal refrain by Franklyn Baur -- Together We Two, Fox Trot (I.Berlin), Victor 1927 (USA) NOTE: Johnny JOHNSON was the pianist and band leader active in NYC from early 1920s until early forties. His career started by playing piano and organ at area night clubs, while attending Indiana University. His first band job was with the Harry Yerkes orchestra. In 1922. he formed his own band which was only mildly successful despite having some well known musicians such as Jack Teagarden and Red Nichols. Johnson also had some great vocalists including Dusty Rhoades, Sam Browne, Scrappy Lambert and Franklyn Baur. In 1926 he disbanded and joined Ben Bernie's orchestra as a pianist. In the late twenties he organized another band, but again success was not to be. As the thirties started, he switched from hot music to sweet music and found a little greater opportunity for work. In 1936, he started appearing on radio programs, but it did not help much and in early 1940s his band was dismissed for the last time. Johnson settled in New Jersey where he taught piano and organ while occasionally performing in local clubs.
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