The Brothers Johnson Wiki

It was among the most successful staffordshire potteries which produced tableware for the united states from the 1890s through the 1960s.

The brothers johnson wiki. Johnson brothers was a british tableware manufacturer and exporter that was noted for its early introduction of semi porcelain tableware. The brothers johnson were an american funk and r b band consisting of american musicians and brothers george and louis e. When they became professionals the band backed such touring r b acts as bobby womack and the supremes. George johnson of the brothers johnson was dating one of otis s cousins when he came across the 1971 album freedom flight.

When jones left a m records he was contractually barred from having contact with the brothers. Released in 1977 the album peaked at number two on the r b albums chart and number thirteen on the pop albums chart in the u s. Is a song released by the brothers johnson from their fourth album light up the night in early 1980. Their rendition hit the billboard hot 100.

It reached number one on the dance singles chart. When jones left a m records he was contractually barred from having contact with the brothers. Light up the night was the final brothers johnson album to be produced by quincy jones. Guitarist vocalist george johnson and bassist vocalist louis johnson formed the band johnson three plus one with older brother tommy and their cousin alex weir while attending school in los angeles.

It includes the number one r b song strawberry letter 23 and winner of a grammy award in 1978 for best r b instrumental performance q. The group recorded strawberry letter 23 for their 1977 album right on time which was produced by quincy jones and the album went platinum.