Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Person

Born

1933-12-16

Died

1997-06-04

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1933-12-16

Active to

1997-06-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

63,016

Total plays

291,069

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

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Key dates

Born

16 December 1933

Died

4 June 1997

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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

musician

Genre

soul jazz

Instrument

organ