Lonnie Johnson
- Type: Musician
- Born: February 8, 1899 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Died: June 16, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Lonnie Johnson was a New Orleans blues and jazz singer and guitarist who pioneered single-note guitar soloing in the 1920s. His #Okeh Records# sides, duets with *Eddie Lang* and sessions with *Louis Armstrong* and *Duke Ellington* shaped generations of guitarists. He scored a million-selling hit with 'Tomorrow Night' in 1948 and died in Toronto in 1970. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1990.
Genres
Lonnie Johnson Discography
- Blues (1947) - Album - rated 3.35/5
- Tomorrow Night / What a Woman (1948) - Single - rated 3.71/5
- Blues & Ballads (1960) - Album - rated 3.79/5
- Blues by Lonnie Johnson (1960) - Album - rated 3.67/5
- Losing Game (1961) - Album - rated 3.94/5
- Steppin' on the Blues (1990) - Compilation - rated 4.05/5