Johnny Powers

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Johnny Powers (* 25. May 1938 in Detroit , Michigan as John Leon Joseph Pavlik ) is an American rockabilly singer.

Career

Powers joined his brother's country band, Jimmy Williams and the Drifters, as a guitarist in 1953 at the age of 15. Due to the enthusiasm for Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley , Powers began to incorporate more and more rock 'n' roll elements into his style.

Until 1955 Powers appeared under his maiden name. The idea for the stage name came to the co-owner of the Fortune Records label , Devora Brown, during the recording of Honey let's go when she saw Johnny eating a “Power House” chocolate bar during the break.

Powers released several singles on the Fox Records label, including his most famous track Long Blond Hair . After Fox went bankrupt, Powers moved to Sun Records in 1959 , which released the single With Your Love - With Your Kiss / Be Mine, All Mine under number 327 . In 1960 Powers met Berry Gordy and became the first white musician to join Motown Records for the next five years . Johnny Powers is the only interpreter who was under contract with the two classic record labels Sun and Motown .

Powers is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and is still active to this day touring the USA and Europe.

Discography

Singles

year Title A Title B Record company Cat # Remarks
1956 Honey, let's go Your love Fortune 199
1957 Long blond hair Rock rock Fox Record Co. GB-916
1959 With your love, with your kiss Be Mine All Mine Sun 327
1964 Honey, let's go Rock The Universe Hi-Q 5044 B side of Dell Vaughn
1992 Mom skirt New Spark Norton 45-016
19 ?? Waitin 'for you Me And My Rhythm Guitar Sun 604 re

Albums

  • 1990: Let It Rock (SunJay)
  • 1993: A New Spark (For An Old Flame) (City Hall)
  • 1997: Rockabilly Blast! Live (Rollercoaster)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Eric Allen: Johnny Powers. In: RealDetroit. RealDetroitWeekly.com, December 26, 2007, archived from the original on February 1, 2013 ; Retrieved October 14, 2018 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b Johnny Powers official biography
  3. ↑ Discography on Rockin 'Country Style , accessed May 19, 2020
  4. ^ American Routes - Motor City Music of Detroit
  5. ^ Rockabilly Hall of Fame list of inductees
personal data
SURNAME Powers, Johnny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pavlik, John Leon Joseph (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rockabilly singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan