Johnny Otis
Biography
Johnny Otis modeled an amazing number of contrasting musical hats over a career spanning more than half a century. Bandleader, record producer, talent scout, label owner, nightclub impresario, disc jockey, TV variety show host, author, R&B pioneer, rock & roll star — Otis answered to all those descriptions and quite a few more. Not bad for a Greek-American who loved jazz and R&B so fervently that he adopted the African-American culture as his own.. Johnny Otis modeled an amazing number of contrasting musical hats over a career spanning more than half a century. Bandleader, record producer, talent scout, label owner, nightclub impresario, disc jockey, TV variety show host, author, R&B pioneer, rock & roll star — Otis answered to all those descriptions and quite a few more. Not bad for a Greek-American who loved jazz and R&B so fervently that he adopted the African-American culture as his own.
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Willie and the Hand Jive | Capitol Years | 2:34 | $1.29 | |
2. | Willie and the Hand Jive (Rerecorded.. | 20th Century Rocks: 50'.. | 2:37 | $0.99 | |
3. | Far Away Christmas Blues | Savoy Jazz Christmas Blues | 3:21 | $1.29 | |
4. | Long Tall Sally | Rock Around the Clock: The .. | 1:53 | $0.99 | |
5. | Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee | Happy Blues | 2:42 | $0.99 | |
6. | Theme and Good Golly | Johnny Otis Show | 2:38 | $0.99 | |
7. | Shake It, Lucy Baby | Johnny Otis Show | 5:16 | $0.99 | |
8. | Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee | Most Wanted Blues | 2:42 | $0.99 | |
9. | Little Angel | Capitol Years | 2:20 | $1.29 | |
10. | Willie Did the Cha Cha | Capitol Years | 2:38 | $1.29 | |
11. | Telephone Baby | Capitol Years | 2:11 | $1.29 | |
12. | Castin' My Spell | Halloween's Gravest Hit.. | 2:11 | $1.29 | |
13. | Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee | Wild Drinking Blues | 2:42 | $0.99 | |
14. | Don't Deceive Me | Blues Ballads | 4:18 | $0.99 | |
15. | Cuttin' Up (feat. Delmar Evans &.. | Cuttin Up (feat. Delmar Eva.. | 4:11 | $1.29 | |
16. | Double Crossing Blues (feat. Delmar .. | Cuttin Up (feat. Delmar Eva.. | 2:52 | $1.29 | |
17. | Barrelhouse Blues (feat. Delmar Evan.. | Cuttin Up (feat. Delmar Eva.. | 3:07 | $1.29 | |
18. | Watts Breakaway (feat. Delmar Evans .. | Cuttin Up (feat. Delmar Eva.. | 2:34 | $1.29 | |
19. | Willie and the Hand Jive | Hits of 1958, Vol. 2 | 2:38 | $0.99 | |
20. | Cupid Boogie | Black Nite Blues | 2:35 | $0.99 | |
21. | Fanny Mae | Godfather of Rythm | 3:13 | $0.99 | |
22. | Signifyin' Monkey | Godfather of Rythm | 3:01 | $0.99 | |
23. | Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee | Best of West Coast Blues | 2:42 | $0.99 | |
24. | What Else Can I Do? | Best of Soul Blues | 2:48 | $0.99 | |
25. | Big Time Scoop | West Coast Blues Nuggets | 3:48 | $0.99 | |