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CLASSIC SOUL MUSIC FORM THE SOUL LEGEND HIMSELF "JOHNNIE GEE" (Classic Club Songs)

Soul man Johnnie Gee had an professional childhood as the lead singer of the "Step By Step", and the choice gene pool came from his Dad a guitar and vocalist for "Muddy Water's" Delta Blues Band, seemed to kick in at the early age of 11. While still a youngster, Johnnie Gee joined with brother's Dewitt, Jerome and friend Marcus McDonald to form the soul group Step By Step, and after one LP release the group was signed with the famous Brunswick Records in 1976.

Johnnie Gee's voice was and still is professionally distinctive, the rich tenor vocals, and his engaging lead took the group to the top of the Soul charts with "People" and followed the next year with the top five Pop and Soul Brunswick single, “Cash Money,” an infectious Funk tempo tune written for the group by 'Eddie Parnell' that elevated Johnnie Gee and Step By Step to the top of the late 70s Soul music pyramid. Still the same classic professional sound that you heard and will hear all the time on your TOP 40 radio show's for generations to come.

That's why it's so improtant to start your very own collection of the Midwest artist that kept Milwaukee on the map. "Throw Back Muzic", "Step'n", "Hit My Digits On Your Phone", are just a few new songs that you can play at you friends, parties, weddings, and the perfect music that set's the mood whenever your getting your freak on.




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Time After Time special $5.00

Sidetraxx Records and James Kirchstein
bring you this great classic piece of the golden
Midwest musical history from Johnnie Gee,
at age 11.

Special thanks to Cuca Records for maintaining top quality master tapes of this 1972 recording.

James Kirchstein produced LP's and singles from 1959 until the early 1970s. While the company's bread and butter came from its vast catalog of polka and ethnic LP's, Cuca also recorded pop, rock 'n' roll, rhythm & blues, folk, and traditional jazz, with an output of over 1000 45-rpm singles. Because most of the artists were from Wisconsin or adjacent states, the Cuca recordings present a concentrated view of the area's ethnic and popular music.

Johnnie Gee has promoted his career for over 30 years and still has a strong presence among his fans. At age nine, Johnnie recorded his first single with Step By Step; by age 13 he was already earning his own living as an entertainer. After 37 years, Platinum Records, Brunswick Records, Cuca Records and Sidetraxx Records have brought back the classic early sounds of Step By Step and Johnnie Gee.





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Johnnie Gee

Johnnie Gee Myspace Rules:

Hello Friends,

I INVITED MOST OF YOU TO JOIN TO TALK ABOUT JOHNNIE GEE, NOT POST QUIZ'S, TELLING MY FRIENDS TO GO SEE SOMEONE ELSE YOU THINK IS INTRESTING WEB PAGE. THESE DAYS ARE OVER STARTING 11/18/2006.

IF YOU DIDN'T JOIN TO BE A FREIND OF JOHNNIE GEE'S YOU WILL BE REMOVED STARTING 11/18/2006. I WILL BE WATCHING THE BULLETIN'S FOR BAD BEHAVIOR TO MAKE MY CUTS, SO WATCH HOW YOU POST AND WHAT YOU POST, "NO ADVERTISEMENT" WITHOUT MENTIONING JOHNNIE GEE'S NAME!

I'm constantly cleaning up my network on Myspace, here's a few rules to keep in mind:

1). No Bashing - Name calling, threats, SPAMMING or SPAMMING my friends.

2)."No more advertisement's on my network without mentioning my name or giving thanks to me for letting you have the oppertunity to post here", that's called respect!.

3). No Porn, No Child Porn, Links to porn, and no husteling my friends, and the next time someone say's FUCK me, your ass will be removed so fast you will forget you were even here, try me!

4). No postings of phone numbers/addresses (Email OK).

5). Links to only your site, not another friend, Band, buddies, or products. "Video, or music is allowed!"

I'm not a party basher, but the way i was raised was to respect everyone, we never did some of the things I've seen on this network. I'm making a stand today for the rest of my friends as well as myself.

I will be watching very closely to these kind of behaviors on (MY) site, please remember that. I invited most of you to join to become part of my History, that's why I won't tolirate anymore posting violation's.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

Violation of any of these rules will result in your removal from Johnnie Gee's Mysapce page, and i will start cutting the trouble maker's in a heart beat, don't play me you know who you are!

Meanwhile I want everyone to continue to enjoy themselves, any one who has a problem with my set rules "Unsubscribe" i can do without the dis-respectful hardhead behavior.

All I want everyone to do is treat this network like you want someone to treat yours, i haven't and never will violate no one's space without their direct permission, so don't come to my house just to make a mess of things and think it's clever..

Let's have some fun..
All the best,

Johnnie Gee

Full Proof!

Hello Friends,


Welcome to all my new friends!
Welcome to Johnnie Gee’s MySpace..

At Johnnie Gee's Myspace site, you are among friends who enjoy Johnnie Gee's history in Soul music as well as his new music.

We are a group of mature friends that login daily to meet new friends and share our experiences in the music industry. Networking
everyday with Musician's, Promoter's, Artist, Fan's and Listner's.

We ask that you try and keep your bulletin's you might post related to music, Johnnie Gee's history and your personal experiences. What and where something is happening in your area or town post are OK, Please do not promote other artist on this site unless you are a license promoter or club owner.

Last but not least!
Please watch for all bulletin post from Johnnie Gee, these post contain some very important information about our site, events, free CD giveaway's, promotional free giveaway's and more. As soon as we get everyone to do this they will enjoy this site more than any music site on the net.

Please tell afriend about us!

What's Going On with Johnnie Gee, and where did he come from?

Johnnie Gee's full proof background..

After seeing so many bands across the net advertising what they did, and how many CD they sold, i must intervene at this time and say:

After carefully investigating these alligations i found that:

1). No copyright checks are being paid to these artist?

2). Non of these groups has any "Working Publishing"/Payments coming to them for hit records or distribution/distributing deals?

3). No "Charted" product catalog?

4). They sell beats, not license them (That's how you retain your copyright)?

5). Non of these groups respect the History behind what their doing?

Case and point!
If you type "Johnnie Gee" into any search engine you will find over 15,000 links or sites with the real BIO, History and my real contact information.

You also will find out that every search engine you type Johnnie Gee into you will get up to 50 pages before you start to hear about anything else relating to "Johnnie Gee", we haven't seen these many pages on any current major artist!.

Johnnie Gee doesn't want to be mixed up with the faker's, he spent the majority of his life as a professional Artist and entertainer, going to Conservatory of music to get the right skills, and he was the only kid at age 13 to be signed with a major record label in 1975 and still signed to th famous Brunswick Records now!

Current and "REAL" Documents's on Johnnie Gee!

Here's a "REAL" Copyright Check that i receive every 3 months!



Remember i was making records since age 11, also our first (LP) sold 770,000 and un-countable compliation LP's.




Here's a "REAL", "CURRENT" contract, and yes they are still the first that started all record labels and has the most calssic hits catalog music.


Visit Brunswick online@
http://www.brunswickrecords.com
You will find "Step By Step" LP and Catalog music there, this was the group i started my career with.















I've been a member of ASCAP since 1971, I control my Publishing and Catalog music!


It may seem that I'm blowing off steam or bragging but you must admit, after giving 37 years with the majors, and 12 charted hits songs by the RIAA, and also royalties for the rest of my life.

"I think it's time i stood up and said something"

I love each and every one of you, so please if your reading this feel free to post a comment!

Your friend,

Johnnie Gee

JOHNNIE GEE'S PRESS:

Milwaukee music veteran Johnnie Gee seeks respect

By Tyler Casey
Onmilwaukee.com Reporter

Published Aug. 22, 2006 at 5:06 a.m.

He's one of Milwaukee's true musical legends, and now Johnnie Gee is out for respect.

Gee, who has been playing and performing music since the age of 9 and has been recording since the '70s, has been imparting what he's learned on aspiring musicians.

"The industry is lost. People don't understand that great music is something that can be enjoyed by everyone," he says.

He uses his own music as an example.

"I make music that you can get married to. You can have babies to it, have parties to it and play it for church-going folks. It's music about love, life and experience. My music has no borders."

Gee has recorded with a wide range of artists through the years. From soul groups to pop acts to modern R&B singers to rappers, he's seen them all. And though he admires the drive of current musicians, he's not always thrilled with what he sees.

"There are no more original artists in Milwaukee. Kids aren't learning to play music anymore, they just recreate it."

As a solution, he supports initiatives like VH1's "Save The Music," which provides funding for music programs in public schools, and urges kids to take music classes while in school. He would also like to see more outreach by his alma mater, The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.

While he doesn't live a lavish life, Gee says he lives comfortably, with homes in Milwaukee and Cudahy.

"I live very good. Everything's paid for, I don't have any debt and I still get copyright checks from Brunswick Records."

Brunswick Records was a haven for soul artists like The Chi-Lites, Jackie Wilson and Barbara Acklin in the '60s and '70s. It was also the first label to give a teenaged Johnnie Gee a chance when it inked The Step By Step Band, a group consisting of Gee and some neighborhood friends and relatives. The band released its first album "We Always Wanted To Be In The Band" in 1976. After finding out that Brunswick was still putting Step By Step songs on compilations, he reached a settlement with the label and was offered a distribution contract.

Now Gee runs his own Sidetraxx Records imprint. He says he controls every aspect of the music he puts out on Sidetraxx, from the playing and producing to the marketing and packaging of albums. This dedication is something Gee thinks is missing from younger artists, who he says just want to get paid as quickly as possible.

"You have to put something in to get something out. This industry isn't free."

The main thing Gee always emphasizes is the need to control publishing. He says that mix tapes, which hip-hop artists have been making and distributing for a long time, are a false path to success in the music business.

"Those mix tapes are a waste of time because you don't own anything. You don't have to get any label clearances (from samples or other artists making guest appearances) but there's no publishing. Owning your publishing is the only way to truly own your music."

For now, he's got a recently released EP titled "It's A Thinline," which features new material as well as older songs and was just released as a follow up to last year's "One More Time." What he's most proud of after 37 years of playing music is the ability to touch fans young and old.

"Older people remember us, and they're telling their kids, 'This is real music."

Get the original story@ http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/johnniegee.html

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Brunswick Records to Release Classic Soul Recordings Used to Launch Platinum Albums by Beyonce, Joss Stone and Paul Wall


Top 40 R&B Singles 1966–1975 double disc remastered collection.


New York, NY (PRWEB) August 9, 2006


-- Brunswick Records today announced that on July 11, soul music fans will be able to purchase the long-awaited “Brunswick Top 40 R&B Singles 1966-1975” collection. Brunswick, along with sister label Dakar, was home to some of the greatest R&B artists from the mid 60’s to the mid 70’s, including Tyrone Davis, the Chi-Lites, Barbara Acklin The Young-Holt Unlimited, and The Step By Step Band just to name a few.

From Jackie Wilson’s “Higher & Higher” to Willie Henderson’s “Funky Chicken,” the “Brunswick Top 40 R&B Singles 1966-1975” collection is a treasure trove of very popular and hard to find genuine soul classics. Younger consumers will instantly recognize many of the tracks from recent recordings by Joss Stone, Paul Wall and Beyonce, who sampled the Chi-Lites’ 1970 hit “Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)” to create her Grammy-nominated “Crazy in Love.”

Under the leadership of Nat Tarnopol and Carl Davis, Brunswick rose to become one of the most important R&B labels of the classic soul era. This collection of 40 hit songs is a great representation of the hundreds of gems produced by Brunswick from 1966 to 1975. With over 20 top 10 recordings, six number one smashes and very rare photographs, this double CD set is an automatic staple in every soul music fan’s collection.

Retail giants Wal-Mart and Circuit City will be featuring “Brunswick Top 40 R&B Singles 1966-1975” on sale the day of its release.

Step By Step Band Featuring; Johnnie Gee.

He’s the man in the band who made the Midwest the legendary Northern Soul spot that it is, and he has scored 14 chart songs during his long career, but Johnnie Gee remains something of a “Legend” to many R&B and Soul fans who know his songs by heart but often don’t know the man singing them.

From 1975 – 1981 Johnnie Gee recorded and started his career at the famous Brunswick Records, who at that time had stars like, Barbra Acklin, The Chilites, Bonannon, Tyrone Davis, and many more.

Brunswick Records is set to release their Soul compilation of all the hits from the 70’s
With many songs recorded by, Jackie Wilson, Eugene Records, The Chilites, Step By Step Band, Willie Henderson’s “Funky Chicken,” and many more.

Though his recording career, Johnnie Gee has continued to be one of the most influential soul artists of the last quarter century. The longevity of and increase in his popularity is due in large part to the rare combination of gifts he possessed.

Johnnie Gee started at the young age of 13, with a Brunswick Records, a major record label with top 20 hit records back in the early 70’s and today!

As a producer, song writer, music agent and professional entertainer, Johnnie Gee has kept his chops up for 37 years, and the new EP release is another bar to put on the shoulders of ‘The General of Soul’.

Johnnie Gee is a talented songwriter with the ability to write songs that’s provided, in a secular format, the depth of the most heartfelt Soul music; and he was a remarkable song stylist who defined (or redefined) nearly every song he touched in his career.

At their peak, Johnnie Gee & The Step By Step Band were perhaps the most consistent song writers in Soul Music out of the Midwest. They had the best producer in the business Eddie Parnell, some of the most infectious material of the early 70s and perhaps the smoothest falsetto lead vocalist in Johnnie Gee.

“Cash Money,” “So very near you,” “Roses” and “People” all rocketed up the Pop and Soul charts, and immediately made the Step By Step Band the most sought after Northern Soul & Pop artists around the country in the Mid 70’s.

The group’s seamless harmonies and Johnnie Gee falsetto blended magically with Step By Step's lush production and their smooth style..

By any measurement, Step By Step Band must be considered one of the most important Soul Music groups of the past 30 years. Originally a regionally popular group in the Midwest the group was together for a three years before getting a contract with Brunswick Records.
Their first album on Brunswick Records was titled, 'I Always Wanted To Be In The Band', the LP was a masterpiece highlighted by Eddie Parnell & Benny Clark’s master composition, “Cash Money.”

Formed in the late 60s in Milwaukee , the Step By Step Band first achieved some regional attention in 1971 with the popular song “She's Gone,” most notable for its contrast to the luscious work that they would record a year later with Brunswick Records. Their Brunswick Records eponymous debut was a playful fun song performed by the whole band and vocals by Jerome Gee, Greg Emmerson, Greg McDonald and Johnnie Gee titled: "I Always Wanted To Be In The Band", containing a basket of marvelous compositions by Johnnie Gee, Step By Step and co-writer Benny Clark, that would become soul standards covered by other artists for the next 30 years.

That's why it's important to possess the 1976 10-track Classic Soul LP that spans Johnnie Gee's entire career in bringing you his Brunswick Records hits and best songs for your private collection. This classic LP sell in Japan for $22.00, Dustygrooves.com $14.00, but by acting now you can save $4.00 by purchasing this collector's LP, to pass on thru generations for $12.97.


Get the original story here@ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/8/prweb421883.html


More Press!


WHO'S SPINNING WHAT?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,


Aug 25, 2006 by DAVE TIANEN


As frontman for Milwaukee soul band Step By Step, Johnnie Gee recorded for Brunswick Records back in the '70s the same label that brought soul fans the Chi-Lites and Jackie Wilson. Gee remains active in the business today and has a new EP titled "One More Time" available at www.cdbaby.com.

Although he still enjoys listening to his own old records, Gee says he has also been enjoying young R&B diva Joss Stone and hip- hop artist Paul Wall.

MORE PRESS

Dave Tianen: Writer/Columist for The Milwaukee Journal (Milwaukee)

Copyright 2006, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)

I just wanted to show everyone that "Johnnie Gee's" classic history is still being talked about at home and worldwide.

Thanks soo much!


God Bless everyone..

Johnnie Gee

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Johnnie Gee’s Award Nomination

About Johnnie Gee


Soul man Johnnie Gee had an professional childhood as the lead singer of the "Step By Step", and the choice gene pool came from his Dad a guitar and vocalist for "Muddy Water's" Delta Blues Band, seemed to kick in at the early age of 11. While still a youngster, Johnnie Gee joined with brother's Dewitt, Jerome and friend Marcus McDonald to form the soul group Step By Step, and after one LP release the group was signed with the famous Brunswick Records in 1976.

Johnnie Gee's voice was and still is professionally distinctive, the rich tenor vocals, and his engaging lead took the group to the top of the Soul charts with "People" and followed the next year with the top five Pop and Soul Brunswick single, “Cash Money,” an infectious Funk tempo tune written for the group by 'Eddie Parnell' that elevated Johnnie Gee and Step By Step to the top of the late 70s Soul music pyramid. Still the same classic professional sound that you heard and will hear all the time on your TOP 40 radio show's for generations to come.

Under the leadership of Nat Tarnopol and Carl Davis, Brunswick rose to become one of the most important R&B labels of the classic soul era. This collection of 40 hit songs is a great representation of the hundreds of gems produced by Brunswick from 1966 to 1975. With over 20 top 10 recordings, six number one smashes and very rare photographs, this double CD set is an automatic staple in every soul music fan’s collection.

He’s the man in the band who made the Midwest the legendary Northern Soul spot that it is, and he has scored 14 chart songs during his long career, but Johnnie Gee remains something of a “Legend” to many R&B and Soul fans who know his songs by heart but often don’t know the man singing them.

From 1975 – 1981 Johnnie Gee recorded and started his career at the famous Brunswick Records, who at that time had stars like, Barbra Acklin, The Chilites, Bonannon, Tyrone Davis, and many more.

Brunswick Records is set to release their Soul compilation of all the hits from the 70’s
With many songs recorded by, Jackie Wilson, Eugene Records, The Chilites, Step By Step Band, Willie Henderson’s “Funky Chicken,” and many more.

Though his recording career, Johnnie Gee has continued to be one of the most influential soul artists of the last quarter century. The longevity of and increase in his popularity is due in large part to the rare combination of gifts he possessed.

Johnnie Gee started at the young age of 13, with a Brunswick Records, a major record label with top 20 hit records back in the early 70’s and today!

This is why I think I should be nominated for some kind of an award, I've worked hard for it and sold a lots of records in my time. I also own The Miltown Source Magazine online, that's one of the ways I found to give back to my community by giving upfront exposure to all rising businesses across the Midwest.

All of my MySpace friends I need your votes, your friends votes and support, make an impact on my site by casting you vote now!

(Please click the image above to be routed to the nomination booth to cast your vote for "Best Original Artist".

Thanks a million to all my friends who support me..

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Now cast your vote!

God Bless All Of You,

Johnnie Gee
Milwaukee, WI