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Syl Johnson (01 Jul 1936 - 06 Feb 2022)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (37)

Official

Album

  1. Dresses Too Short 1968
  2. Is It Because I’m Black 1970
  3. Back for a Taste of Your Love 1973
  4. Diamond in the Rough 1974
  5. Total Explosion 1975
  6. Ms. Fine Brown Frame 1982
  7. Back in the Game 01 Jan 1994
  8. Talkin’ About Chicago 01 Jan 1999
  9. Hands of Time 01 Feb 2000
  10. Bridge to a Legacy 21 May 2012
  11. Uptown Shakedown 2012

Album - Compilation

  1. Chicago Twinight Soul 1990
  2. Music to My Ears 1991
  3. Is It Because I’m Black 1993
  4. Back for a Taste of Your Love + Diamond in the Rough 1995
  5. The Best of Syl Johnson: The Hi Records Years 23 Jul 1996
  6. The Twilight & Twinight Masters Collection 1996
  7. Dresses Too Short / Is It Because I’m Black 26 Aug 1997
  8. The Hi Masters 15 Sep 1998
  9. The Complete Syl Johnson on Hi Records 25 Sep 2000
  10. Different Strokes 67-69 2005
  11. Is It Because I'm Black? 2005
  12. Complete Mythology 19 Oct 2010
  13. Complete Twinight Records 45s 07 Jun 2015
  14. My Gift 02 Dec 2016
  15. We Do It Together 03 Feb 2017
  16. My Funky Funky Band 03 Feb 2017

Single

  1. Different Strokes / Sorry Bout Dat Oct 1967
  2. Is It Because I'm Black / Let Them Hang High Sep 1969
  3. Annie Got Hot Pants Power 1971
  4. Get Ready / Same Kind Of Thing 1971
  5. Take Me to the River / Could I Be Falling in Love 1975
  6. I’m Talking Bout Freedom 17 Jul 2011
  7. Is It Because I'm Black (extended) 17 Jul 2011
  8. Different Strokes / Is It Because I'm Black 30 Sep 2021

Relationships (2)

Siblings

  1. Jimmy Johnson

Children

  1. Syleena Johnson

Recordings by (245)

  1. Different Strokes 2:20 (Oct 1967)
  2. Sorry ’Bout Dat 2:16 (Oct 1967)
  3. Same Kind of Thing 2:24 (1968)
  4. Soul Drippin’ 2:24 (1968)
  5. Fox Hunting on the Weekend 2:33 (1968)
  6. Ode to Soul Man 2:33 (1968)
  7. I’ve Got the Real Thing 2:43 (1968)
  8. I’ll Take Those Skinny Legs 1:59 (1968)
  9. Dresses Too Short 2:47 (1968)
  10. I Can Take Care of Business 3:03 (1968)
  11. Try Me 2:03 (1968)
  12. Come on Sock It to Me 2:28 (1968)
  13. Is It Because I'm Black 3:18 (Sep 1969)
  14. Let Them Hang High 2:20 (Sep 1969)
  15. Is It Because I’m Black 7:34 (1970)
  16. Concrete Reservation 2:27 (1970)
  17. Right On 7:12 (1970)
  18. Together, Forever 2:52 (1970)
  19. Black Balloons 2:36 (1970)
  20. I’m Talkin’ ’Bout Freedom 3:41 (1970)
  21. Walk a Mile in My Shoes 2:44 (1970)
  22. Come Together 3:15 (1970)
  23. Annie Got Hot Pants Power, Part 1 3:05 (1971)
  24. Annie Got Hot Pants Power, Part 2 3:05 (1971)
  25. Get Ready 3:04 (1971)
  26. Back For a Taste of Your Love 2:37 (1973)
  27. I’m Yours 2:55 (1973)
  28. I Let a Good Girl Go 4:23 (1973)
  29. Anyway the Wind Blows 2:56 (1973)
  30. You Don’t Know Me 4:02 (1973)
  31. Feelin’ Frisky 2:58 (1973)
  32. We Did It 2:35 (1973)
  33. Wind, Blow Her Back My Way 2:26 (1973)
  34. I Hate I Walked Away 3:25 (1973)
  35. The Love You Left Behind 2:45 (1973)
  36. Let Yourself Go 3:11 (1974)
  37. Don’t Do It 2:47 (1974)
  38. I Want to Take You Home (to See Mama) 2:37 (1974)
  39. Could I Be Fallin’ in Love 3:08 (1974)
  40. Stuck in Chicago 2:51 (1974)
  41. Diamond In The Rough 2:56 (1974)
  42. Keepin’ Down Confusion 2:42 (1974)
  43. Please Don’t Give Up on Me 2:35 (1974)
  44. I Hear The Love Chimes 2:43 (1974)
  45. Music To My Ears 2:44 (1974)
  46. Steppin’ Out 3:19 (1975)
  47. It Ain’t Easy 5:05 (1975)
  48. That’s Just My Luck 3:11 (1975)
  49. Watch What You Do to Me 2:47 (1975)
  50. I Only Have Love 3:01 (1975)
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On Recordings (5)

Performer

  1. Groove With Me Tonight 4:14 Syl Johnson & Blues Brothers Band (20 May 1997) guest

Instruments

  1. Cha Cha Cha in Blues 2:23 Junior Wells (1972) guitar
  2. Two-Headed Woman 2:41 Junior Wells (15 Jul 1991) guitar

Produced

  1. Same Kind of Thing 2:24 Syl Johnson (1968)
  2. Get Ready 3:04 Syl Johnson (1971)

Credited as (6)

  1. Syl Johnson
  2. Syl & Syleena Johnson
  3. Syl Johnson feat. Syleena Johnson
  4. Syl Johnson & Blues Brothers Band
  5. Syl Johnson & Jimmy Johnson
  6. Syl Johnson feat. Jonny Lang

Works (9)

Wrote

  1. Teardrops
  2. Right On
  3. Is It Because I'm Black
  4. Groove With Me Tonight
  5. Back for a Taste of Your Love
  6. The Love You Left Behind
  7. Come On Sock It to Me
  8. Fatty Boo
  9. Voice Yr Choice

Links (20)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.whosampled.com/Syl-Johnson/
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/syl_johnson
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78065247
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134418980
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78065247/
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895696j
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pd0ttv

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Syl-johnson

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Syl+Johnson

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/317126

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/49823

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000046784

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/21352804

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3049904

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/1603

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6XItHNeKXecnFpkJHOn5JL

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/artist/id173726
  2. https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000APVGFS

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000APVGFS

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWL70pS4Kwi6H2gfiKt-MMg