Johnnie Gee’s Walk Down Memory Lane
Hello MySpace friends, Fans & Listener's,
The fast rising record label owned by Johnnie Gee has it's roster of famous people who worked, recorded and were shopped by his label.
Lala Brown from Milwaukee, WI, (SEX) Feat. Lyfe Jennings)..
Johnnie Gee met Lala Brown in 2002 after managing the hit group Jersey Ave., Lala was looking to sharpen her skill's and wanted a producer who could write songs that fits her style.
After hours upon hours of teaching Vocals, Production and recording look at what she went on to do, big thing's, with big major's in the industry. If you are an artist, band or solo artist and want to become known as a hit maker, contact Johnnie Gee he will sharpen anyone who's serious about their music skills.
Visit Sidetraxx Records
Johnnie Gee & Willie Morrision (Formally Of The Platter's)
Want to know how Johnnie Gee sharpened his skills and chops? Answer: (Willie Morrison).
Decade (1) 1973 - 1974
In 1973 Johnnie Gee had a chance to meet a group called the Viceroy's an R&B group that did well in the Midwest in the early seventies, their lead singer Willie Morrison who later went on to sing with the famous group "The Platters" who made hits like "The Great Pretender" just to name a few.
Willie Morrison was hired by Step By Step management to help develop lil Johnnie Gee who at time was only 11 years old, and rising fast among record labels and fan's, Willie taught Johnnie Gee the correct way to become a major recording artist and entertainer so that he could sell out audiances worldwide and make hit records.
Johnnie Gee was taught stage presence, controling his vocal ranges, excicution of movements while delivering a song to the audiances, and also being a respectful mature recording artist as a whole. This was a must back then before you could approach a major labels talking about any kind of deal.
After 50 years of music Willie Morrison still has very good vocals, catch him on Johnnie Gee's 2005 release "Baby, Baby" he has that "Smokey Robinson" high false settle voice.
More about Willie Morrison at Sidetraxx Records, visit us online..
(Platinum Records Contract (5) years with Sylvia & Joe Robinson
By the time Lil Johnnie Gee reached Newark, NJ in the summer of 1973 he was ready for the world, after arriving to "Platinum Records" Johnnie Gee was quickly introduced to "Micheal Burton" who wrote hits like 'In The Bottom' just to name a few, took Johnnie Gee and came up with song's like "Monster Boogie", 'True Love Comes Along', 'Love Is Strange' and many other great classic songs. The whole Platinum Records thing was by way of the famous group "The Moments" better known as the popular group "Ray, Goodman & Brown, Al Goodman was insturmental in getting Step By Step Feat., Johnnie Gee signed to All Platinum Records.
Ever since 1969's "Not On The Outside But Inside Strong", they have charted consistently with classics like "Look At Me I'm In Love", "Love On A Two Way Street", (covered by Stacy Latisaw), "With You", "Happy Anniversary", and "Special Lady", one of B.M.I.'s most performed songs of 1980. This is why Johnnie Gee is such the great artist that he is, and still can perform any show with perfessional skills and showmanship.
Al Goodman personally took charge of the developement of Johnnie Gee while operating under 'Platinum Records' more history coming soon at Sidetraxx Records web site.
Then came King Floyd who made hits like "Groove Me"
All it takes is one spin of King Floyd's classic 1970 hit “Groove Me” to appreciate that the New Orleans soul singer was a great talent, with some of the same qualities as obvious influences such as Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson and James Brown. Yet today, he is all but forgotten by the public at large. He came onto the scene a little late to have the impact of the big Stax (and Motown) singers, and his sound was perhaps a tad dated for a black music scene that was rushing headlong toward social and political relevance at the dawn of the '70s. Still, he made his small mark, and to this day, he is revered by rabid fans of southern soul music. And he's certainly not the first New Orleans artist to achieve greater regional than national success; in fact, Johnnie Gee and King Floyd recorded songs that we're never released but will be soon around the world and will Feat., the KING on some of the hooks this seems to be the new endemic to soon take the Midwest region by surprise.
KING FLOYD 1970
THEN CAME BRUNSWICK RECORDS
Nat Tarnopol CEO Of Brunswick Records
In the spring of 1956, Nat Tarnopol left his job at Union Tire in Detroit at the age of 25 to try his hand in the music business. Determined to manage and only publish R&B music, Tarnopol began working with an older and established artist manager by the name of Al Green. Green managed Atlantic recording artists LaVern Baker and Johnny Ray. In addition to being a manager, Green was associated with the Flame Show Bar, which was the main hangout for all the R&B artists in Detroit's Black Bottom section.
At around this time, a 22-year-old Jackie Wilson had just broken his contract with Billy Ward & The Dominos in hopes of starting a solo career. Green and Tarnopol agreed to manage Wilson and began recording Wilson's demos while in Detroit, with music written by two unknown songwriters by the names of Billy Davis and Berry Gordy Jr. Wilson's demos were being shopped to New York labels such as Atlantic Records, where Green had an existing relationship.
While waiting for Atlantic to make up their mind about Wilson, Decca Records A&R chief, Bob Theile, made an offer to sign Wilson to Decca. By the time the contracts were ready for signature, Green had suffered a massive heart attack and died, leaving the entire job of management to Tarnopol. Tarnopol had no formal education, but growing up in the streets of Detroit gave him a keen understanding of business and how to stand his ground. Everything else had to be either learned or invented as he went along.
Wilson's first single "Reet Petite", which was recorded at New York's Pythian Temple Studio, entered the Billboard pop chart in November of 1957. However, instead of showing up on the prestigious Decca label, the executives at Decca decided to release Wilson on their lesser-known Brunswick label.
The Brunswick trademark went all the way back to the twenties and had been passed around from Warner Brothers Records to Columbia Records and then to Decca in the 50's. Decca decided to release Wilson's recordings on Brunswick so as not to blemish the pristine image of the Decca label with the association of an R&B artist. In the late fifties, R&B records were still referred to as "Race Records."
Over the next four years, Tarnopol scored eleven Top Ten singles with Wilson, and had helped put the Brunswick trademark back on the map as an active and successful record label, while making Jackie Wilson one of the first black artists to cross over into popular music. Hits like LONELY TEARDROPS, I'LL BE SATISFIED, TO BE LOVED, YOU BETTER KNOW IT, DOGGIN' AROUND and NIGHT made Wilson one of the biggest stars of his day and a regular on American Bandstand, The Ed Sullivan Show and even at New York's Copacabana.
Right off the bat, Brunswick had a steady stream of national hits from artists such as THE ARTISTICS, THE YOUNG HOLT UNLIMITED, GENE CHANDLER, BARBARA ACKLIN and JACKIE WILSON.
Step By Step arrived to the famous Brunswick Records in the summer of 1975, By 1975, Decca Records was part of MCA, and once again tensions between Tarnopol and the company's top executives reached a boiling point. When Tarnopol ordered an audit of MCA's record sales, it was discovered that MCA had underpaid Tarnopol over a million dollars from underreported record sales. Fed up with the entire relationship, Tarnopol used the million-dollar difference to buy out MCA once and for all. Now, completely independent, Brunswick began its greatest period of success ever.
After releasing Step By Step LP, Brunswick Records distributed their music worldwide that toped sales and sold 777,00 pices and still you can find Step By Step's LP on the net and in stores today.
This legancy has ony been recorded once in history, and if you want a true Midwest music Legend's classic catalog collection in you music
rac, start buying Johnnie Gee's classic music now, it's been named a true collectors piece by the RIAA and now you can buy it directly from "Johnnie Gee's distributing store online@
FOR MORE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON JOHNNIE GEE, VISIT BRUNSWICK RECORDS ON LINE@
Brunswick Records
Click here to vist Brunswick Records
There's so much history behind Johnnie Gee it's impossible to post it all at once, please take the time if you have children or your an artist in the industry, to learn about the roots where your music came from, and if you want to be a pro, hire a pro to get the results you need. If you need Johnnie Gee's unique services, please make contact thru http://www.myspace.com/johnniegee
It's been a blast letting you see the core of one of the greatest Midwest Legends ever lived, take part in Johnnie Gee's return now, not when he's gone.....
Johnnie Gee
GC Media Agency
Milwaukee, WI
</form>
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="paypal">
</form>
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="paypal">
