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Hall Johnson

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Also known as Francis Hall Johnson

American composer and arranger (1888–1970)

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • THE GREEN PASTURES SPIRITUALS. Arranged for Voice and Piano.
  • Ain't Got Time to Die
  • Thiry Spirituals
  • The Hall Johnson Collection
  • Thirty Spirituals

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Film & TV

Known for

  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Detective Stone1985
  • The Peanut Man1947
  • Heart of the Golden West — Choir Leader1942
  • Tales of Manhattan — Hall Johnson1942
  • Dumbo — Deacon Crow (voice) (uncredited)1941
  • My Old Kentucky Home — Leader, Hall Johnson Choir1938
  • St. Louis Blues — Choir Leader (uncredited)1929

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1911-05-08
Active to
1938-08-16
27 clubacoustic bluesamericanbluescountry bluesdelta blues

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
86,171
Total plays
608,224

Tags

indiepower popindie popindie rockUSA

Hall Johnson is based out of Austin, TX. They are named after farmer Hall and farmer Johnson. The band has never met them. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hall+Johnson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Johnson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Athens
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Portrait of Hall Johnson LCCN2004663096.jpg
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date of birth
1888-03-12
date of death
1970-04-30
Commons category
Hall Johnson
ethnic group
African Americans
writing language
English language
Sources (4)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Hall Johnson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Available in 7 languages

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