Johnson Family Singers collection, 1943-1997.

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Johnson Family Singers collection, 1943-1997.

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Radio scripts, sound recordings, and video recordings documenting the musical careers of the Johnson Family Singers and Betty Johnson. Radio scripts include 158 scripts from WBT radio shows in Charlotte, N.C., 1943-1965, in which the Johnson Family Singers performed. Sound recordings include non-commercial recordings on acetate and transcription discs, as well as commercial 45s, 78s, LPs, and compact discs. Transcription discs record the Johnsons' appearances on WBT and Larry Walker's performances on the Margaret Ann Show. 45 rpm records, 78 rpm records, and LP records contain original commercial releases by the Johnson Family Singers, Betty Johnson, and the Stumphole Trio. Compact discs include a release of radio performances by the Johnsons that accompanied Kenneth Johnson's "The Johnson Family Singers: We Sang For Our Supper" (1997). Video recordings document several of Betty Johnson's appearances on "Eddy Arnold Time" and the Johnson Family Singers' "Ed Sullivan Show" performances.

250 items (2.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7562711

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Johnson, Kenneth M., 1928-

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Retired United Methodist minister living in Lake Junaluska (Haywood Co.), N.C. From the description of Sermons, 1951-2002. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 84491894 Retired Methodist minister from the Durham, N.C. area. From the description of Sermons, 1951-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 48633463 Retired United Methodist minister. From the guide to the Kenneth M. Johnson Sermons, 1951-2002, (David M. Rubens...

Johnson Family Singers

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Kenneth M. Johnson (1928- ) of Randolph County, N.C., along with his father Jesse ("Pa"), mother Lydia ("Ma"), sister Betty, and twin brothers Bob and Jim, formed the gospel and popular music singing group the Johnson Family Singers. From the description of Johnson Family Singers collection, 1943-1997. WorldCat record id: 46308011 Kenneth Marshall ( Red ) Johnson was born in Randolph County, N.C., on 11 February 1928. Kenneth, along with his father Jesse Deverin...

WBT (Radio station : Charlotte, N.C.)

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Stumphole Trio.

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Walker, Larry (Musician)

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Johnson, Betty, 1929-

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Betty Johnson was born on 16 March 1929 in Guilford County, N.C. As a child, Johnson was a member of the Johnson Family Singers, a gospel and popular music group that included her father Jesse Deverin ( Pa ) Johnson, mother Lydia Florence ( Ma ) Craven, and her three brothers, Kenneth Marshall Johnson and twins Bob and Jim Johnson. The family had a contract with WBT AM radio, a CBS affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., from 1938 to 1951. Betty Johnson embarked on a solo career a...