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Birthday
*** ,1904
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Death day
March 23, 1967 (62 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
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Celebrities born on March 25
Born in 1904
Born in Kansas City, Missouri
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Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson is an American jazz and boogie-woogie player. Tony Russell has stated in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray that "Johnson shared with the other members of 'Boogie Woogie Trio' his skillful technique and melody-making ability that can make him turn out to be. so the most interesting of all music styles. piano, but he's more relaxed than Meade Lux Lewis in a group and as a accompaniment, unlike Lewis or Albert Ammons, he can shine. but can't get over your singing partner ". Scott Yanow for AllMusic, wrote: "Johnson is one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists", the others Lewis and Ammons "of sudden importance in the late 1930s helped turn this style around. should be very popular ".
Birth nameKermit H. Johnson
BornMarch 25, 1904, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
DiedMarch 23, 1967, Buffalo, New York, United States
GenresBoogie-woogie, jazz, blues, stride
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsPiano
Years active1922–1967
Associated actsBig Joe Turner

About Pete Johnson

Pianist Pete Johnson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States on March 25, 1904. He dies at the age of 62, on March 23, 1967.

The From Spirituals to Swing Carnegie Hall concert, which he performed with Rock Singer Big Joe Turner in 1938, sparked the boogie-woogie craze.

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Pete Johnson before becoming famous

Pete Johnson was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1904 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He started out as a drummer, but around the age of 18, he switched to piano and eventually formed a long-term partnership with Rock Singer Big Joe Turner, with whom he co-wrote Roll 'Em Pete, one of the first rock and roll albums in history, in 1938.

Achievement of Pete Johnson

In 1936, he was discovered by famed record producer John Hammond, who opened several doors for him, including an engagement at New York's Famous Door.

Pete Johnson's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

When he was born, his family was living in Kansas City, Missouri.

Pete Johnson Collabed with

R&B Singer Ike Turner's 1951 single Rocket 88 was inspired by his Rocket 88 Boogie from 1948.

Ike Turner (1931 - 2007) (R&B Singer)
Ike Turner (1931 - 2007)

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Pete Johnson Income & Net worth

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