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Date Posted: 00:59:34 12/07/05 Wed
Author: Kafi C. Sondai
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Subject: The Great Piano Rocker, Johnnie Johnson

Originally Posted 4/14/05
Andrew Prokop

The great Johnnie Johnson died yesterday. Johnnie is most known for playing piano on all those great Chuck Berry songs. On many tracks (e.g. "Sweet Little Sixteen"), Johnnie's piano was more prominent than Chuck's guitar. He will be missed.

>>I heard on a news report that Johnnie was the Johnnie in Berry's "Johnny Be Good"<<

You heard right. Johnnie played with Chuck until the early 70's. I am not sure how friendly they were at the end. Johnnie (with help from Keith Richards) filed a lawsuit against Berry claiming that Johnson co-wrote many of Chuck's most popular tunes, but never received proper compensation. I can't remember how it turned out.

@April 2005
Author Andrew Prokop
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>Originally Posted 4/14/05 >Andrew Prokop > >The great Johnnie Johnson died yesterday. Johnnie is >most known for playing piano on all those great Chuck >Berry songs. On many tracks (e.g. "Sweet Little >Sixteen"), Johnnie's piano was more prominent than >Chuck's guitar. He will be missed. > > > > >>>I heard on a news report that Johnnie was the >Johnnie in Berry's "Johnny Be Good"<< > >You heard right. Johnnie played with Chuck until the >early 70's. I am not sure how friendly they were at >the end. Johnnie (with help from Keith Richards) >filed a lawsuit against Berry claiming that Johnson >co-wrote many of Chuck's most popular tunes, but never >received proper compensation. I can't remember how it >turned out. > > > > >@April 2005 >Author Andrew Prokop >Posted by permission.

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