Latest Release
- MAR 26, 2024
- 1 Song
- Willie and the Hand Jive (2011 Remastered Version) - Single · 1958
- The Capitol Years · 1989
- 20th Century Rocks: 50's Rock 'n Roll - Whole Lot of Shakin' (Rerecorded Version) · 2001
- The Original Johnny Otis Show · 1978
- The New Johnny Otis Show (With Shuggie Otis) · 1981
- Pioneers of Rhythm & Blues Volume 4 (feat. Shuggie Otis) · 2008
- The Roots of Jeff Healey · 2004
- Pioneers of Rhythm & Blues, Vol. 2 (feat. Shuggie Otis) · 2008
- The Original Johnny Otis Show · 1978
- The Capitol Years · 1970
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About Johnny Otis
One of the granddaddies of rhythm & blues, Johnny Otis led a West Coast big band that launched numerous careers (including those of Etta James and Esther Phillips). Otis's band wasn't just a launchpad for others, however; Otis scored big with "Harlem Nocturne" in 1945, then left his indelible imprint on the world of bar bands by writing "Willie and the Hand Jive."
- FROM
- Vallejo, CA, United States
- BORN
- December 28, 1921
- GENRE
- Blues