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Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Robert Smith, Johnny Hammond, Johnny Hammond Smith
American organist
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933
- Active to
- 1997
soul jazz
Discography
- All Soul1959
- That Good Feelin'1959
- Talk That Talk1960
- Gettin’ the Message1961
- Stimulation1961
- Johnny "Hammond" Smith Cooks With Gator Tail1962
- Black Coffee1963
- Look Out1963
- Mr. Wonderful1963
- The Stinger1965
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- Listeners
- 63,016
- Total plays
- 291,069
Tags
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Johnny Hammond was a pseudonym John Robert Smith (b. 16 Dec 1933, Louisville, KY, USA - d. 4 Jun 1997 - aka Johnny "Hammond" Smith), a jazz organist. He was renowned for playing the Hammond B-3 organ, thus earning "Hammond" as a nickname. Smith recorded a series of albums on the well-regarded CTI Records (Creed Taylor) jazz record label. Hammond's song "Shifting Gears" was featured on the breakbeat compilation "Ultimate Breaks and Beats". Sites: Discogs and Wikipedia <a href="https://www.last.f
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johnny
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Louisville
- Place of death
- Louisville
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- soul jazz
- Instrument
- organ
- Record label
- CTI Records
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- date of birth
- 1933-12-16
- date of death
- 1997-06-04
- nickname
- Hammond
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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