While in prison, he formed a gospel quartet with fellow cell mates Johnny Terry, " Hucklebuck " Davis and a person named " Shag ", and made homemade instruments-a comb and paper, a washtub bass, a drum kit made from lard tubs and for Brown, what he called " a sort of mandolin out of a wooden box.

The group, which included alongside Byrd and Brown ; Sylvester Keels, Doyle Oglesby, Fred Pulliam and Johnny Terry, modeled themselves after the R & B groups of the day including The Orioles, The Five Keys, and Billy Ward and His Dominoes.

That year, Brown also launched, under King auspices, Try Me Records, releasing records off singers such as Tammy Montgomery, Johnny & Bill and the Poets, the latter group confirmed to be that of Brown's backing band.

John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to:

* Johnny Mack Brown ( 1904 – 1974 ), American football player

* Johnny Brown ( born 1937 ), American actor and singer

Other leading acts included Billy Fury, Joe Brown, and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, whose 1960 hit song " Shakin ' All Over " became a rock and roll standard.

* 1904 – Johnny Mack Brown, American actor ( d. 1974 )

Rock-n-Roll emerged in the mid-50s as the teen music of choice with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Brenda Lee, Bobby Vee, Connie Frances, Johnny Mathis, Neil Sedaka, Pat Boone and Ricky Nelson being notable exponents.

Among the many piano players he listened to were Doc Perry, Lester Dishman, Louis Brown, Turner Layton, Gertie Wells, Clarence Bowser, Sticky Mack, Blind Johnny, Cliff Jackson, Claude Hopkins, Phil Wurd, Caroline Thornton, Luckey Roberts, Eubie Blake, Joe Rochester, and Harvey Brooks.

He made recordings of smaller groups ( sextets, octets, and nonets ) drawn from his then-15-man orchestra and he composed pieces intended to feature specific instrumentalist, as with " Jeep's Blues " for Johnny Hodges, " Yearning for Love " for Lawrence Brown, " Trumpet in Spades " for Rex Stewart, " Echoes of Harlem " for Cootie Williams and " Clarinet Lament " for Barney Bigard.

In 1951, Ellington suffered a major loss of personnel, with Sonny Greer, Lawrence Brown, and most significantly Johnny Hodges, leaving to pursue other ventures.

In early 1916 a promoter from Chicago approached clarinetist Alcide Nunez and drummer Johnny Stein about bringing a New Orleans-style band to Chicago, where the similar Brown's Band From Dixieland led by trombonist Tom Brown already was enjoying success.

In chronological order others include: " I've Been Everywhere " by Hank Snow ( 1962 ) ( album of the same title ) and Johnny Cash ( 1996 ) Unchained reworked from the original 1959 Geoff Mack Australian-place-names version made popular by the singer Lucky Starr ; " Down on the Corner " ( 1969 ) by Creedence Clearwater Revival on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys covered by a dozen other groups ; " Kalamazoo " ( 1995 ) by Luna on Penthouse ; " Cold Rock a Party " ( 1997 ) by MC Lyte on Bad As I Wanna B ; " Kalamazoo " a song by the rock trio Primus on the 1997 Brown Album ; " Top of the World " by Rascalz ( 1999 ) on Global Warning ; " Kalamazoo ", a song by Ben Folds Five on the 2004 EP Super D ; " 65 Miles from Kalamazoo " ( 2008 ) by R. J. Miller ( a lament for a lost Gibson guitar and a metaphor about " an old girlfriend from Kalamazoo "); and " Kalamazoo " ( 2009 ) by Mike Craver on his album Shining Down.

His artistic influences include Sly & the Family Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Johnny " Guitar " Watson, Miles Davis, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, the Isley Brothers, Duke Ellington, Curtis Mayfield, and Stevie Wonder.

Other important acts include early rockers Lonnie Lee & the Leemen, Dig Richards & The R ' Jays and Johnny Rebb & The Rebels, surf group The Atlantics, beat groups Ray Brown & The Whispers, The Missing Links and The Throb.

Other interviews include Jack Ruby's defense attorney Melvin Belli, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jim Brown, Johnny Carson, and Quincy Jones.

* Dothan was the birthplace and childhood home of Johnny Mack Brown, an All-American football player at the University of Alabama and a Hollywood actor during the 1920s and ' 30's.

* Johnny Mack Brown ( September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974 ) Born and raised in Dothan Alabama, was an All-American college football player and film actor originally billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career.

It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and featured, at various times, Chelsea Brown, Johnny Brown, Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Richard Dawson, Henry Gibson, Arte Johnson, Goldie Hawn, Larry Hovis, Jeremy Lloyd, Dave Madden, Pigmeat Markham, Gary Owens, Pamela Rodgers, Barbara Sharma, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin and Jo Anne Worley.

New faces in the 1970 – 1971 season included tall, sad-eyed Dennis Allen, who alternately played quietly zany characters and straight man for anybody's jokes ; comic actress Ann Elder, who also contributed to scripts, tap dancer Barbara Sharma, who would later appear on Rhoda, and beefy Johnny Brown, who played the superintendent Nathan " Buffalo Butt " Bookman on Good Times.

* 1939 – Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league footballer

* Johnny Williams ( rugby union ) ( born 1982 ), British rugby union player

* Johnny Hunter, Australian rugby league footballer

* Johnny Bliss ( 1922 – 1974 ), Australian rugby league footballer

* Johnny Rhodes ( born 1947 ), Australian rugby league footballer

* Johnny Rogers ( rugby ), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s and ' 20s for Bridgend ( RU ), Cardiff, Great Britain ( RL ), and Huddersfield

* Johnny King ( born 1943 ), Australian rugby league footballer

* Johnny Simpson ( 1922 – 2010 ), New Zealand rugby union player

* Johnny Arr, an English rugby union player

* Johnny Hawke, Australian rugby league footballer

* Johnny Hammond ( rugby union ) ( 1860 – 1907 ), British

James and later Johnny played rugby for Widnes but supported themselves through professional cricket.

In February 2002, he signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox, where at age 43 he became the oldest player to play center field in major league history when he replaced Johnny Damon for three games in April and another in July

In 1967, the Tigers hired former major league pitcher, Johnny Sain, as their pitching coach.

* Fort Wayne TinCaps, a Class A minor league baseball team whose nickname is derived from the legend of Johnny Appleseed's headgear

However a letter from NFL President Joseph Carr, stated that Johnny Nee's Evansville Pros were not members of the NFL and NFL league clubs would only be allowed to play Fausch's Crimson Giants.

After the season and the World Series, the managers, Johnny Keane of the St. Louis Cardinals and Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees, both left their teams and found new jobs in the other league — Keane was hired to manage the Yanks and Berra became a player-coach with the New York Mets.

Cardinals manager Johnny Keane brought in Gary Kolb as a pinch-runner for Musial, bringing his major league career to an end.

* One of only 4 QB's to lead the league in touchdown passes 4 times ( tied w / Johnny Unitas, Brett Favre, and Len Dawson )

He played in his only major league game on September 27, as a substitute for future Hall of Famer Johnny Mize, who had earlier been ejected from the game.

Hemus was replaced as Cardinals manager in July 1961 by Johnny Keane, who had been Gibson's manager on the Omaha minor league affiliate several years prior.

In 1973 and 1974 he surpassed Berra to become the American League's all-time leader in putouts and total chances ; he broke Johnny Roseboro's major league marks in 1975.

In 1967, the Tigers hired former major league pitcher, Johnny Sain, as their pitching coach.

Johnny Leonard Roosevelt " Pepper " Martin ( February 29, 1904 – March 5, 1965 ) was an American professional baseball player and minor league manager.

He also set the major league record for at-bats by a catcher in a single season, with 639, which surpassed Johnny Bench's record of 621 in 1970.

Dutch Leonard, Johnny Niggeling, Roger Wolff, and Mickey Haefner all threw the notoriously difficult to catch knuckleball, making Ferrell the first catcher in major league history to accomplish the feat.

Following the 1972 season, one in which Johnson would hit only. 221 in 118 games, he was traded along with starting pitchers Pat Dobson and Roric Harrison, and catcher Johnny Oates to the Atlanta Braves for minor league infielder Taylor Duncan and former National League Rookie of the Year catcher Earl Williams.

When the A's moved to Oakland in, he had perhaps his finest year, leading the league in hits ( 177 ), steals ( 62 ), and at bats ( 642 ); the last mark was an Oakland record until Johnny Damon broke it in.

Allen managed to fill attacking void, and formed a deadly partnership with Johnny Nicholls, feeding poacher Nicholls many of the 58 league goals he scored between 1951 and 1957.

Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium was a baseball stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, the former home to the annual NCAA Division I College World Series and the minor league Omaha Royals, now known as the Omaha Storm Chasers.