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Brian Johnson

English singer, songwriter and television show host of car shows

Person · Open Library

Born: 1947-10-05
Works: 196

Top works

Journey of Jealousy to Becoming Whole
Active Listening
Walking the Corbetts Vol 1 South of the Great Glen
Ways to action
Environmental performance of consulting organizations in development aid

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Film & TV

Acting · Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Brian Francis Johnson (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. He and the rest of the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. In March 2016, he stepped down from touring on the Rock or Bust World Tour due to hearing problems. He stated in an interview…

Known for

A Carpool Karaoke Christmas — Self2024
Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends — Self - Host2024
AC/DC : Forever Young — Self (archive footage)2023
Rock: the origin — Self (archive footage)2023
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert — Self2022
What Drives Us — Self2021
AC/DC: The Story of Back in Black — Self2020
Brian Johnson's A Life on the Road — Self2017
The Grand Tour — Self2016
Blood + Thunder: The Sound of Alberts — Self2015

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1911-05-08
Active to: 1938-08-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 63,946
Total plays: 813,320

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

DADA2: High-resolution sample inference from Illumina amplicon data
· 2016 · cited 31,374x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
· 1991 · cited 26,448x
Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,850x
Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,129x

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Key facts

Born: ( 1947-10-05 ) 5 October 1947 (age 78) , Dunston , County Durham, England
Genres: Hard rock rock and roll blues rock glam rock
Occupations: Singer songwriter
Years active: 1962–present
Member of: AC/DC
Formerly of: Geordie
Website: brianjohnsonracing .com

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Key dates

Born: 5 October 1947

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Francis
Family name: Johnson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Dunston
Occupation: musician
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Genre: punk rock

Article

Brian Johnson (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. He is the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC, taking over the role in 1980 after the death of Bon Scott.

Johnson is one of the founding members of the rock band Geordie, which was formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1971. After several hit singles, including the UK Top 10 hit "All Because of You" (1973), the band split in 1978. Following the death of Bon Scott on 19 February 1980, Johnson was asked to audition for AC/DC, whose guitarists and founders Angus and Malcolm Young remembered when Scott had been impressed with Johnson as Geordie's frontman. Johnson's first album with AC/DC, Back in Black, became the second-best-selling album of all time, according to most estimates. The Guardian ranked the successful transition to Johnson at No. 36 on their list of 50 key events in rock-music history.