Johnnie Gee, Jackie Wilson has a new compilation and Movie coming soon!

[Johnnie Gee]

JACKIE WILSON WAS THE FIRST TO BECOME A MAJOR STAR IN THE BLACK MUSIC BUSINESS,

BEFORE "MOTOWN RECORDS", "ELVIS PRESLEY" AND ANY OTHER ARTIST OR MAJOR LABEL'S.

HE'S THE CORNER STONE TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND A CREATOR OF

THE BRUNSWICK RECORDS BLACK MUSIC DIVISION.

At age 13, Johnnie Gee earned his own living as a entertainer (Lead Vocalist), after 30 plus years

Brunswick Records Paul Tarnopol, Nat Tarnopol's son, took over the company an re-issued the original LP

"I Always Wanted To Be In The Band" , some songs on the LP were put on compilations, JVC, BMG and

Brunswick Licensed the product to be sold in Japan, USA, Belgum, and other Foreign countries.

After three decades of Brunswick, Decca, Stax, Capitol and many other major record label's Johnnie Gee

did business with, has made it their duty and worked hard keeping our products on the shelves

for the old as well as the new generations. The re-birth of

Soul music has shown once again that the music we all loved so much

has the great potential to make History continue for more decades to come.

For those of you who don't know the History of Soul music, find out more by researching older record labels

form 1955-1985, and if you do your research correctly you will find that a few groups like

"The Dells", "The Temptations" and "Step By Step" Feat., Johnnie Gee has servived this

music profession for over 35 years and continues to keep current music on the shelves today like,

"One More Time", "Thinline", and the new (EP) "Classic Club Songs" these are the latest three releases

by Johnnie Gee.

And through all of Johnnie Gee's and other major artist accomplishments they have become pro's at the top of

our game today. So why don't all of you get your Johnnie Gee classics and current music

now and also give a special shout out to say'

"long lived the pro's of Soul Music".

Soul music made it's way north, east & west via the same train routes that carried rural Black workers from

their homes in the south to the industrial north. As these "Blues people" made

their way north, the music that they brought with them fused with the sophisticated

urban sounds of jazz to create the sound first called "race music" and

then later referred to as "rhythm & blues".

As this music known as R&B began to gain acceptance among whites, it became split artificially and

became known as "rock n roll" (for whites only) and "soul" (for Blacks only).

As far as we are concerned it's ALL Classic Soul !!!

Johnnie Gee has explored the past, present and future of the music that was the "soul" of the greatest freedom

movement in the history of the United States professional music industry.

For those of you who might be wondering who is Johnnie Gee, Johnnie Gee came for the Brunswick Records

camp classics of 1976 where he became a major artist at the young age of 13.

After touring 25 years with groups like: 'The Spinner's', 'Joe Simon',

'The Chilites', 'IKE & Tina Turner', 'The O'Jay's', The Independence', 'James Brown',

'The Jackson 5', 'Aretha Franklin', 'Joe Tex', 'Bohanon', 'The Wispers', 'The Stylistics',

'Ray, Goodman & Brown' just to name a few.

History

A veteran who paid his dues at a young age before getting his shot at solo stardom, Johnnie Gee was persevered talent at the young age 0f 13, to emerge as one of soul music's Midwest great survivors. Able to shine in the spotlight as a singer or behind the scenes as an background singer and songwriter, Gee never got his due from pop and funk audiences, but during the late '60s and much of the '70s, he was a consistent song writer on the R&B charts, with a high standard of quality control. His records were quintessential soul, with a bag of tricks learned from the likes of Jackie Wilson, Wilson Pickett, and The Chilites, all of whom Gee worked closely with at one time. Yet often, they also bore the stamp of Gee’s own idiosyncratic personality, whether through a lengthy spoken philosophical monologue or a radical reinterpretation of a pop and soul standard.

An underrated vocalist, Gee helped pioneer a lean, minimalist approach similar to that of Jackie Wilson, and was under the early influence of the young Michael Jackson. Johnnie Gee songs has been recorded by numerous artists in the realms of both R&B and soul, and the best of them rank as all-time classics. Johnnie Gee was born in Milwaukee on September 29th, 1959. His upbringing was strict and religious, but his father D.W also encouraged his sons to pursue music as he had (he sang and played guitar in a blues group). In the early '70s, while still a child, Johnnie Gee joined his siblings Dewitt, Jerome, and other friends form the neighborhood, to form the hot Midwest Band “Step By Step”.

They were chosen to open a local show for Ray, Goodman & Brown, where Johnnie befriended the lead singer “Al Goodman”; following this break, they toured the country as an opening act for numerous celebrity groups. When Ray, Goodman & Brown formed their own label Platinum Records, he recruited the “Step By Step” band with an eye towards transforming them into a crossover R&B and soul act for the 1 year the group was under their label. Learning that his sons were moving into soul music, D.W Gee contacted Brunswick Records and set a meeting up with the label owner Nat Tarnopol, he liked what he heard and and wanted to sign the group immediately. The Step By Step band made several recordings for Brunswick Records over 1974 and 1976. Gee suddenly found himself a young money making man. After recording with Brunswick Records for 1 year Johnnie Gee befriended Jackie Wilson, Jackie taught Johnnie Gee a few vocal tricks, moves and total showmanship. After finding out Jackie Wilson had a heart attack on September 29th, 1975, on Johnnie Gee's Birthday, Johnnie Gee was sad, Miss Gee asked her son if he wanted to accompany her to New York for the final Mastering on the new LP release, and they could also stop by the Memorial Hospital to see Jackie Wilson. Jackie Wilson’s tragic death in 1975 left gee greatly shaken and the Step By Step band grieved tremendously. This is one of the reason's Johnnie Gee is such a diversive Artist today, and still performs at the young age of 47, please read this page fully to get the full scope on the "King Of Soul" Johnnie Gee.

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