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Johnson, Lonnie

also:

 Johnson, Alonzo  birth name

banjo, guitar, jazz guitar, tenor saxophone, trumpet, vocals, guitar, singer, vocals, violin, vocals


born: ? 08 Feb 1889 Source: 1  

born: 08 Feb 1889 New Orleans, Louisiana / state, USA Source: 2  
born: 08 Feb 1889 New Orleans, Louisiana / state, USA Source: 3,4,5  
born: 08 Feb 1899 New Orleans, Louisiana / state, USA Source: 6,7  
born: ? 08 Feb 1899 Source: 8,9  
born: 08 Feb 1900 Source: 10  
born: ? 08 Feb 1894 Source: 1  

died: 17 Jun 1970 Toronto, Ontario / province, Canada Source: 2  
died: 16 Jun 1970 Toronto, Ontario / province, Canada Source: 3,4,5  
died: 16 Jun 1970 Source: 6,7  
died: 16 Jun 1970 Source: 8,9  

date of Variety obit: 24 Jun 1970  

The Music Sack has 64 items with information about Lonnie Johnson:


 2001

Index of Artists

p. 855-906 In:
Cuscuna, Michael
Ruppli, Michel
The Blue Note label : a discography
Revised and expanded
Compiled by Michael Cuscuna and Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001, 913 p.

Number of People : 5,313


 1999

Personenindex

p. 482-514 In:
Rauhaut, Birgit
Rauhut, Michael
Amiga : die Diskographie aller Rock- und Pop-Produktionen 1964-1990; mit uber 1500 teilweise farbigen Abbildungen
Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1999, 575 p.

Number of People : 3,286


 1998

Index

The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.

Number of People : 43,747


 1996

[Artist Index]

The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
The Decca labels. A discography. Volume 6
Record numerical listings & general artist index
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, 958 p.

Number of People : 10,351


 1996

Mancuso, Chuck
Popular music and the underground
Foundations of jazz, blues, country, and rock, 1900-1950
Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1996, 626 p.

Number of People : 288


 1995

Gill, Chris
Guitar legends.
The definitive guide to the world's greatest guitar legends.
By Chris Gill
London: Studio Editions, 1995, 160 p.

Number of People : 36


 1994

Gregory, Hugh
1000 Great guitarists : rock, jazz, country, funk ...
London: Balafon Books, 1994, 164 p.

Number of People : 984


 1994

Blues-Les incontournables
Turin: Citanes Jazz Productions, 1994, 237 p.

Number of People : 99


 1994 Source: 5

Sonnier, Austin M.
A guide to the blues : history, who's who, research sources
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994, 287 p.

Number of People : 346


 1994

Douse, Cliff
The guitarist book of guitar players
Ely, Cambridgeshire: Music Maker Books, 1994, 145 p.

Number of People : 461


 1993

Heier, Ulrich
Lotz, Rainer E.
The banjo on record : a bio-discography
Edited by Uli Heier and Rainer E. Lotz
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1993
      (Series: Discographies; 52)

Number of People : 710


 1993

Artist Index

The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
Novitsky, Ed
The Mercury labels : a discography
Compiled by Michel Ruppli and Ed Novitsky
Vol. V: record and artist indexes
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993, 882 p.

Number of People : 9,175


 1992

Debord, Brigitte
Herzhaft, Gerard
Encyclopedia of the blues
Translated by Brigitte Debord
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992, 513 p.

Number of People : 338


 1992

Schmitz, Alexander
Jazzgitarristen
Oreos, 1992, 405 p.

Number of People : 173


 1992

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1991

Billard, Francois
Jazz anthology (1918-1939)
Paris: EPM, 1991, 391 p.

Number of People : 385


 1991

Byron, Toby
Welding, Pete
Bluesland : portraits of twelve major American blues masters
Edited by Pete Welding and Toby Byron
Dutton, 1991

Number of People : 12


 1991

Artist Index

p. 705-727 In:
Ruppli, Michel
The Aladdin/Imperial labels : a discography
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1991., xiv, 727 p.

Number of People : 1,756


 1990

Arniac, Jean-Pierre
Encyclopedie du blues
Photographies de Jean-Pierre Arniac
Paris: Segherss, 1990

Number of People : 358


 1989 Source: 9

Clarke, Donald
The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Donald Clarke
London: Viking, 1989, 1378 p.

Number of People : 4,498


 1989

Country Blues-Biographien

p. 161 In:
Moll, Dieter
Das Buch des Blues
Konigswinter: Heel, 1989, 245 p.

Number of People : 94


 1988 Source: 4

Kernfeld, Barry Dean
The new Grove dictionary of jazz
Edited by Barry Kernfeld
London: Macmillan Press, 1988

Number of People : 3,377


 1987

Ertl, Franz
Soul-Diktionar
Koln: Wilhelm Herbst Verlag, 1987, 180 p.

Number of People : 161


 1986

Whitburn, Joel
Joel Whitburn's Pop memories 1890-1954
The history of American popular music compiled form America's popular music charts 1890-1954
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc., 1986, 657 p.

Number of People : 1,376


 1986

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1985

Artist Index

p. 863-899 In:
Daniels, Bill
Ruppli, Michel
The King labels : a discography
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
With assistance of Bill Daniels
Vol. 2
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985, 899 p.

Number of People : 3,535


 1985

Kienzle, Rich
Great guitarists
[New York City]: Facts on File, c1985, 246 p.

Number of People : 64


 1985 Source: 8

Chilton, John
Simmen, John
Who's who of jazz : Storyville to Swing Street
Foreword by John Simmen
London: Macmillan, 1985, 175 p.

Number of People : 1,172


 1984

The top twelve guitarists

The above item is part of :
Britt, Stan
The jazz guitarists
Poole: Blandford Press, 1984

Number of People : 11


 1982

Sallis, James
The guitar players
New York: William Morrow, 1982

Number of People : 13


 1981

Willia, Stephen C.
Toomey, Kathleen M.
Musicians in Canada
A bio-bibliographical finding list
Edited by Kathleen M. Toomey & Stephen C. Williams
Ottawa: Canadian Association of Music Libraries, 1981, 185 p.

Number of People : 3,053


 1981 Source: 6

Kallmann, Hellmuth
Potvin, Gilles
Winters, Kenneth
Encyclopedia of music in Canada
Edited by Hellmut Kallman, Gilles Potvin, Kenneth Winters
Toronto: University of Toronto, 1981, 1076 p.

Number of People : 2,193


 1981

Rye, Howard
Lonnie Johnson, 1925-1944.
Collector's Items no. 5 (April 1981):8-10.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Read, Danny L.
Lonnie Johnson : Groundbreaking Soloist When Recording was Young.
Guitar Player 15, no. 11 (November 1981):61-62, 64, 66, 68, 70.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Southern, Eileen
Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1981, 478 p.

Number of People : 1,184


 1980

Venturini, Fabrizio
Johnson & Johnson : Le due face del blues.
Musica Jazz [Italy] 36, no. 11 (November 1980):14-16.

Number of People : 1


 1980

Index

The above item is part of :
Perry, Jeb H.
Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.

Number of People : 101,729


 1979 Source: 3

Harris, Sheldon
Blues who's who
A biographical dictionary of blues singers
New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1979, 775 p.

Number of People : 560


 1979 Source: 1

Powrozniak, Jozef
Gitarrenlexikon
Berlin: Verlag Neue Musik, 1979, 185 p.

Number of People : 773


 1978

Summerfield, Maurice J.
The jazz guitar : its evolution and its players
Newcastle, England: Ashley Mark Publishing Co., 1978

Number of People : 113

More Details : (2 Sections)


 1978

Artists' Index

p. 1754-1845 In:
Rust, Brian
Jazz records 1897-1942
4th revised and enlarged edition
Vol. 2: Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1978, 1996 p.

Number of People : 9,605


 1976

Berindei, Mihai
Dictionaire de jazz
Bucuresti: Editura Stiintifica si Enciclopedica, 1976, 289 p.

Number of People : 768


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1974

Kinkle, Roger D.
The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950
New Rochelle, N. Y.: Arlington, 1974

Number of People : 2,098


 1973

A gallery of the greats
BMI no. 1 (1973):3-13.

Number of People : 10


 1971 Source: 2

Bohlander, Carlo
Holler, Karl Heinz
Reclams Jazzfuhrer
Von Carlo Bohlander und Karl Heinz Holler
Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1971, 991 p.

Number of People : 1,780


 1971

Bogaert, Karel
Blues Lexicon : blues, Cajun, boogie woogie, gospel
Antwerp: Standaard Uitgeverij, 1971, 480 p.

Number of People : 556


 1971 Source: 7

Index to music necrology : 1970 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1971, p. 695

Number of People : 94


 1970

Groom, Bob
It's Too Late to Cry
A Tribute to Lonnie Johnson.
Blues World [England] no. 35 (October 1970):3-10.

Number of People : 1


 1970

Garon, Paul
McGhee, Brownie
Remembering Lonnie Johnson.
Living Blues 1, no. 2 (Summer 1970): 20-21.

Number of People : 1


 1969

Surge, Frank
Singers of the Blues
      Rev.:
Jazz & Pop 8 (April/May 1969):75
Minneapolis: Lerner, 1969. 63 p.

Number of People : 12


 1969

Haesler, Bill
The Blues of Lonnie Johnson
Swaggie S1225, 1969

Number of People : 1


 1967

Souchon, Edmond
Rose, Al
New Orleans jazz : a family album
By Al Rose and Edmond Souchon
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967, 231 p.

Number of People : 964


 1966

Feather, Leonard
Lewis, John
The encyclopedia of jazz in the sixties
Foreword by John Lewis
New York: Horizon Press, 1966

Number of People : 1,137


 1960

Feather, Leonard
Goodman, Benny
Hammond, John
Ellington, Duke
The new edition of the encyclopedia of jazz
Completely revised, enlarged and brought up to date
Appreciations by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and John Hammond
New York: Horizon Press, 1960

Number of People : 1,945


 1960

Charters, Samuel Barclay
The country blues
London: Michel Joseph, 1960, 203 p.

Number of People : 11


 1953 Source: 10

Wiedemann, Erik
Jorgensen, John
Jazzens hvem-hv ad-hvor
Redaktorer: John Jorgensen og Erik Wiedemann
Copenhagen: Politikens forlag, 1953, 391 p.

Number of People : 688


 1946

Ortiz Oderigo, Nestor R.
Lonnie Johnson et la guitare dans le jazz.
Hot Club Magazine [Belgium] 8 (August 1946):16-17.

Number of People : 1


 1944

Musicians' Bio-Discographies

p. 131 In:
Gingrich, Arnold
Miller, Paul Edward
Esquire's 1944 jazz book
Edited by Paul Edward Miller
Introduction by Arnold Gingrich
New York: Smith & Durrell, 1944, 230 p.

Number of People : 124


 1936

[listed as a member of a group]

The above item is part of :
Schleman, Hilton R.
Rhythm on record.
A complete survey and register of all the principal recorded dance music from 1906 to 1936, and a who's who of the artists concerned in the making
London: Melody Maker, 1936, 333 p.

Number of People : 2,656


 1936

Schleman, Hilton R.
Rhythm on record.
A complete survey and register of all the principal recorded dance music from 1906 to 1936, and a who's who of the artists concerned in the making
London: Melody Maker, 1936, 333 p.

Number of People : 389

More Details : (2 Sections)


 undated

Calt, Stephen
Mr. Johnson's Blues, 1926-1932.
[Lonnie Johnson]
Mamlish 5-3807, n.d

Number of People : 1


 undated

Williams, Martin T.
Losing Game : Lonnie Johnson
Prestige 7724, n.d

Number of People : 1


 undated

Allen, William "Hoss"
Tomorrow Night : Lonnie Johnson
King KS 1083, n.d

Number of People : 1


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