General Norman Johnson (born 23 May 1943, in the Huntersville region of the seaside city of Norfolk, Virginia) was the leader of Chairmen of the Board and a top R&B songwriter / producer. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... An old neighborhood in Norfolk Virginia. ... Rugged coast of the West Coast of New Zealand The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky The main square of the Catalan city of Sabadell during a popular celebration. ... Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Chairmen of the Board was a 1970s, Detroit based soul group. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...

Career

General Johnson has enjoyed a long career, stretching from his debut during the mid 1950s glory days of R&B to his status as an end-of-the-century beach music icon. // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Beach music, also known as Carolina beach music, is a regional genre which developed from various musical styles of the forties, fifties and sixties. ... Christ the Redeemer (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek , eikon, image) is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it, or by analogy, as in semiotics; in computers an icon is a symbol on the...

Johnson began singing gospel with his father in public at the age of six. It is said that, like Solomon Burke up in Philadelphia, he was billed locally as the 'Boy Wonder'. He made his recording debut at 12 when his group the Humdingers recorded a few unreleased sides for Atlantic Records. Several years later, after a change of name to The Showmen, Johnson and the group moved to the New Orleans' hit factory Minit Records for the 1961 rock & roll anthem "It Will Stand." The single charted both in 1961 and 1964, but the Showmen only recorded a dozen sides for Minit and Swan Records before breaking up in 1968. Gospel music may refer to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the first quarter of the twentieth century or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by predominately white Southern Gospel artists. ... Solomon Burke (born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a soul and country music pioneer and member of the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Cradle of Liberty, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701  - Mayor... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... The Showmen were a New Orleans-based pop group formed in 1961. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Minit Records was a record label originally based in New Orleans and founded by Joe Banashak. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Label of Swan record by Phil Napoleons jazz band Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States based record label based in Philadelphia. ...

General Johnson briefly attempted a solo career, but wound up in Detroit attached to the fledgling Invictus record label helmed by Motown hitmakers Holland-Dozier-Holland. With Danny Woods (from the Showmen), Harrison Kennedy, and Eddie Curtis, Johnson formed Chairmen of the Board. Their first single, "Give Me Just a Little More Time," became a big pop hit in 1970, closely followed by "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" and "Everything's Tuesday." Johnson wrote another of the group's moderate hits, "Pay to the Piper," and several of his songs became hits for other artists. Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... Holland-Dozier-Holland is a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. ... Chairmen of the Board was a 1970s, Detroit based soul group. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... See also: other events of 1970 list of years in music 1970s in music // Charles Wuorinen, aged 32, becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. ...

"Patches" made the Top Ten for Clarence Carter (Jerry Reed also recorded a country version of the hit), and fellow Invictus Records recording artists, Honey Cone, hit the charts with his "Want Ads," "Stick Up," and "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show." A piece of fabric. ... Top Ten is a generic term used to indicate the ten items that are best, worst, or otherwise notable according to some criteria. ... Clarence Carter (born 14 January 1936, Montgomery, Alabama) is a singer and musician. ... Jerry Reed Hubbard (born March 20, 1937) is an American country music singer, country guitarist, songwriter, and actor. ... Invictus Records was a record label created by Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... Honey Cone was an American R&B and soul singing girl group who was most famous for the #1 hit, Want Ads, and were the premier female group for the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland writing and producing team in the early-1970s after the team departed from Motown Records. ...

Chairmen of the Board are still currently recording and performing for huge crowds in the South. General Johnson, Danny Woods and Ken Knox. See website: www.chairmenoftheboard.com