GWEN JOHNSON & THE QUINTON BATISTE ORCHESTRA

Realmente se sabe muy poco de GWEN JOHNSON, que aparece en el compilatorio de la fotografía con un único tema A TRUMPET BLOWS AWAY THE BLUES , que grabó en single , seguramente el más conocido de la artista nacida en nacida en 1933 en New Orleans , nos dejó un 31 de Agosto de 2007 . 

Gwen "Gypsy Brick" Johnson, a retired jazz and blues studio singer, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, in Runnemede, NJ, at age 74. She was a resident of Runnemede and native of New Orleans.

                             



Composed by R. Richards

Gwen Johnson:Vocals

Quenton Batiste:Piano

Other musicians unknown

Recorded in Houston, TX. c. March, 1953

Originally issued on the 1953 single (Peacock 1641) (78 & 45 RPM)

This recording taken from the 1988 album "Peacock Chicks & Duchesses Sing The Blues" (Ace CHD 233) (LP) (U.K.)


                              
                      
Gwendolyn Johnson began singing at the age of four and was part of a musical family that performed at various venues in New Orleans. Don Robey, the owner of Peacock Records heard her when she was seventeen and recorded her in two sessions in Houston, TX. in 1952. Two years later she moved to the West Coast and recorded as a backup singer behind artists such as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. In 1963 she signed with RCA under the name of Gwen Richard. She is the sister of Plas and Ray Johnson. Plas was one of the top tenor saxophonists on the West Coast and Ray, a pianist, made several recordings for labels such as Aladdin, DeLuxe and Mercury.

Gwen Johnson:Vocals

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