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The Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of the musicians George Johnson (‘Lightnin’ Licks’) and Louis Johnson (‘Thunder Thumbs’). After touring with various artists like Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, Quincy Jones hired them for a tour in Japan and produced their debut LP Look out for Number 1, released in March 1976 (#9 US). Their Right On Time album was released in May 1977 and reached number 13 on the Billboard 200. Blam!! came out in August 1978 and reached number 7 on the Billboard 200.

Their popular album Light Up the Night was released in March 1980 and got as high as number 5 on the Billboard 200. It was number 46 on the “Top 100 LP’s of 1980” list in Rolling Stone Magazine. The subsequent album, Winners, was self-produced by the brothers and released in July 1981, but was less successful, going only as high as number 48 on the Billboard 200.

Among their most popular songs are “I’ll Be Good to You” (Hot 100 #3 in 1976), “Strawberry Letter 23” (Hot 100 # 5 in 1977), “Ain’t We Funkin’ Now” (1978), and “Stomp!” (Hot 100 #7 and Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1 in 1980). Their styles include funk, disco, and R&B ballads. The duo split up in 1982.

Guitarist/vocalist George Johnson and bassist/vocalist Louis Johnson formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in Los Angeles. When they became professionals, the band backed such touring R&B acts as Bobby Womack and the Supremes. George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Preston’s band, and wrote “Music in My Life” and “The Kids and Me” for him before leaving his group in 1973.

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  • CDPETE01

    sorry misread that comment it says funk.

    18 May 7:27am Reply
  • Irlandese64

    THE tastiest funk.

    13 May 9:35pm Reply
  • JeanetteWall

    Love the Brothers Johnson? Check more info on the legendary artist who wrote their hit, "Strawberry Letter 23": http://smarturl.it/Inspiration_Wings

    24 Apr 4:37pm Reply
  • ashrafoe

    the vinyl insert booklet in Right On Time is so great

    23 Feb 3:50pm Reply
  • UnfortunatelyGr

    People need to suggest corrections to Stomp! and Strawberry Letter 23 to cut down on those duplicates.

    12 Nov 2012 Reply
  • jellian

    The Brothers Johnson* [2] Every album has the words 'The Brothers Johnson' on it, not 'Brothers Johnson'. I would really appreciate the 'The' being added to their name. On a side note, BAD ASS group.

    2 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Siffie91

    Free and Single! yeah these Guys rule!

    9 Jun 2012 Reply
  • UnfortunatelyGr

    How did we end up with Brothers Johnson in block capitals? It's making my Top Artists page look ridiculous. (No, you're not allowed to do the obvious joke)

    2 Jun 2012 Reply
  • sl8221958

    Get The Funk Out Ma Face. One of my favorite chorus's from the 70's. Yeah!

    16 Mar 2012 Reply
  • DamitaJo1814

    ↑ Everybody take it to the top, we're gonna STOMP!

    15 Dec 2011 Reply
  • ST_MARTIN_

    yeah Stomp! is with the exclamation point and Strawberry Letter 23 is without the #

    6 Dec 2011 Reply
  • Mr_Pooter

    I like how the top two songs are the same song with one minor difference in the name. You'd think auto-correct would prevent this. then again with "Stomp!" I'm fairly certain the exclamation point belongs in the name.

    30 Sep 2011 Reply
  • panflower

    The Brothers Johnson*

    22 Sep 2011 Reply
  • YoVultures

    Le Brother's Johnson

    21 Sep 2011 Reply
  • UnfortunatelyGr

    Forget the runaway 'the' in the band name, where are the unsung Winners and Blast! albums in the album listing? Oh, and somebody please reissue Blam!! on CD.

    7 Sep 2011 Reply
  • Apollofury

    Tomorrow >

    26 Aug 2011 Reply
  • SoulJazzsterInc

    THE Brothers Johnson

    15 Jul 2011 Reply
  • ilyAK84

    The Brothers Johnson

    22 Jun 2011 Reply
  • ccadavi1

    AMAZING!

    28 Apr 2011 Reply
  • cinnamondearie

    LOVE!

    23 Apr 2011 Reply
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