About: The Brothers Johnson   Goto Sponge  NotDistinct  Permalink

An Entity of Type : wsb:Artist_Group, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
type
label
  • The Brothers Johnson
sameAs
name
  • The Brothers Johnson
dbo:genre
dbo:associatedMusicalArtist
  • Billy_Preston
  • Quincy_Jones
Subject
  • American boy bands
  • African-American musical groups
  • Grammy Award winners
  • American soul musical groups
  • Disco groups
  • American dance music groups
  • American funk musical groups
  • Musical groups from Los Angeles, California
  • Sibling duos
abstract
  • American soul/funk/jazz/disco band. Formed in 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA, led by brothers George Johnson and Louis Johnson. Initially their line-up also included their cousin Alex Weir. They both started they careers as backing musicians of Bobby Womack, Billy Preston, et al., before later going it alone under the guidance of producer Quincy Jones, who brought them to prominence using them on his own album %22[m=101778]%22 (1975). They recorded eight albums between 1976 and 1988, and are most famous for their disco smash %22[m=162779]%22 (1980), and their cover of the Shuggie Otis classic %22[m=16857]%22 (1977).
dbo:abstract
  • Arthur Arnold (guitarThe Brothers Johnson was an American funk and R&B band consisting of American musicians and brothers George (%22Lightnin' Licks%22) and Louis E. Johnson (%22Thunder Thumbs%22). They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early '80s, with three singles topping the R&B charts (%22I'll Be Good to You%22, %22Strawberry Letter 23%22, and %22Stomp!%22).
schema:alternateName
  • Johnson
  • The Brothers Johnson
  • Bros. Johnson
  • Brothers J
  • Brothers Jackson
  • Brothers Johnson, The
  • Johnson Brothers
  • Johnston Brothers, The
  • The Brother Johnson
  • The Brothers J
  • The Brothers Johson
  • The J Brothers
  • ブラザーズ·ジョンソン
schema:disambiguatingDescription
  • 70s disco
discogs
musicbrainz
Musicbrainz GUID
  • cfb830a4-66ca-4d81-a099-033883b39ad8
universally unique identifier
  • 56d97bfbcc2ddd0c0f6bca2d
wikipedia
schema:foundingDate
  • 1975
schema:members
wsb:allMusic_page
wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 16517
wsb:deezer_fans
wsb:deezer_page
wsb:discogs_id
  • 88606
wsb:iTunes_page
wsb:location
wsb:name_without_accent
  • The Brothers Johnson
wsb:rateYourMusic_page
wsb:spotify_page
wsb:wikia_page
wsb:wikidata_page
is mo:performer of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.13.91 as of Mar 24 2020


Alternative Linked Data Documents: Sponger | ODE     Content Formats:       RDF       ODATA       Microdata      About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data]
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3229 as of Jul 10 2020, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Single-Server Edition (94 GB total memory)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software