Birthday remembrance to Marv Johnson (October 15, 1938 – May 16, 1993). He was an American #RNB and #Soul singer, most notable for performing on the first record to be issued from what became #Motown. He was discovered by Berry Gordy while Johnson performed at a carnival. Gordy had already decided to form his first record label, Tamla, and Johnsons recording of their song Come to Me became the labels first single in May 1959. Between 1959 and 1961, Johnson would issue nine Billboard Hot 100 singles including two Top 10s. The first of them was You Got What It Takes, which reached #10 in the US and #7 in the UK Singles Chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Other hits included, I Love The Way You Love, Happy Days. He also had a top 10 UK only hit with, Ill Pick a Rose for My Rose & a follow up hit with, I Miss You Baby. Marv Johnson died of a stroke on 16 May 1993, in Columbia, South Carolina, at the age of 54. youtu.be/mFfT2hpOQLw
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:48:43 +0000
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