Marv Johnson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Marv Earl Johnson, Marvin Earl Johnson, Marvin Earl Johnson, Sr.
American R&B and soul singer
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Within Vinony's link graph, Marv Johnson is referenced by 90 other articles, and connects out to Motown, Berry Gordy and London.
It is catalogued under topics including 1938 births, 1993 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Optimal fiscal behavior under general revenue sharing
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1938-10-15
- Active to
- 1993-05-16
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 53,653
- Total plays
- 220,670
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Marvin Earl Johnson (October 15, 1938 – May 16, 1993) was an American R&B and soul singer most notable for performing on the first record to ever come from Motown. Between 1959 and 1961, Johnson would issue nine Hot 100 singles including two top ten singles, "You Got What It Takes" and "I Love The Way You Love". He scored his final top 40 single in 1960 with "(You've Got To) Move Two Mountains" Johnson's early Motown-issued singles would be the precedent to the future sound and success of the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Columbia
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- United Artists Records
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- date of death
- 1993-05-16
- date of birth
- 1938-10-15
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- name in native language
- Marv Johnson
- birth name
- Marvin Earl Johnson
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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