Johnny Adams
Laten Johnny Adams (born January 5, 1932 in New Orleans , † September 14, 1998 in Baton Rouge ) was an American blues singer. Because of the amazing range of his voice, he was nicknamed "Tan Canary" ("brown canary"). His style was influenced by the gospel music with which he began his career, but he switched to secular music in 1959 and had a local hit with Dorothy La Bostrie's composition I Won't Cry . His greatest successes followed in 1968 and 1969 with Release Me and, above all, Reconsider Me .
In the 1980s and 1990s, Johnny Adams recorded several award-winning albums on Rounder Records , most of which were released in Germany on Zensor . In 1997 he was a guest star for the album R + B = Ruth Brown . After suffering from cancer for a long time, he died in Baton Rouge in 1998.
Remarks
- ↑ Release Me reached number 82 on the Billboard charts and number 34 on the R&B charts. Reconsider Me No. 28 on Billboard and No. 8 on R&B charts; see Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 6; Whitburn, Joel: Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits. 1942-2004 . New York, NY: Billboard Books, 2006, p. 8.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johnny Adams in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adams, Johnny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adams, Laten Johnny (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1998 |
| Place of death | Baton Rouge |