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| | Johnnie Johnson - The Father of Rock & Roll |
 | | Johnnie’s signature combination of boogie woogie, swing, jazz, blues, gospel, stride piano, and his unique chopping bass, laid the foundation and set the melody for some of the earliest and greatest rock and roll songs. |
 | | Johnny Rivers and Johnnie Johnson are co-writers on "They Call Me Johnnie J." Johnny Rivers has sold over 30 million records and had hits like "Poor Side of Town," "Rockin Pneumonia," "Seventh Son," and "Memphis". |
 | | While Berry lived luxuriously for decades, Johnson toiled in obscurity and abject poverty until he was rediscovered in 1986 by Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards during the making of the documentary, "Hail, Hail Rock 'n Roll." At the time Richards located Johnson, he was driving a bus for the elderly in St. Louis. |
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