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Biography
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Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra
Effective period / Period of releases: 1945 - 2015
Members: Gil Askey, Ted Donnelly, Ella Johnson, Chauncey Westbrook, Harold Minerve, Buddy Johnson, Rufus Jones, Ed Burke, Willis Nelson, Maxwell Lucas, Frank Henderson, Teddy Conyers, Leon Spann, Steve Pulliam, Clement Tervalon, Donald Cole, Irv Stokes, Haleem Rasheed, Floyd Ryland, Bernie Mackey, David Van Dyke, Purvis Henson, Frank Royal, Julius Watson, Emmanuel Simms, Johnny Burdine, Bill Brown (28), Bernard Archer, Jimmy Jackson (11), Alphonso Nelson, William Crump (2)
The Buddy Johnson Orchestra was a popular R&B based band, primarily active during the immediate post war years.With Buddy's sister Ella serving for decades, as his primary vocalist, pianist Buddy Johnson enjoyed tremendous success during the 1940s and '50s, visiting the R&B charts often.