Bo Diddley performed a number of shows around the country in 2005 and 2006 with the fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnnie Johnson Band, featuring Johnson on keyboards, Richard Hunt on drums, and Gus Thornton on bass.

* 1924 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter ( d. 2005 )

* March 9 – John Edgar " Johnnie " Johnson, English pilot ( d. 2001 )

' Dutch ' Hugo, C. W. A. Scott ( winner of the MacRobertson Air Race ) who served there with No. 32 Squadron RAF from 1923 to 1926, and the British ace JE " Johnnie " Johnson, later Air Vice-Marshal, who took over the Canadian wing at Kenley in 1943.

Johnnie Johnson ( July 8, 1924 – April 13, 2005 ) was an American pianist and blues musician.

He was born Johnnie Clyde Johnson in Fairmont, West Virginia and began playing piano in 1928.

In 1999, Johnson's biography was released, Father of Rock and Roll: The Story of Johnnie B. Goode Johnson by 23-year-old Travis Fitzpatrick.

In late 2004, Johnson recorded his final project, " Johnnie Be Eighty.

His last band still performs today as The Johnnie Johnson Band.

Johnson was the subject of a Homespun Tapes piano instructional video entitled The Blues / Rock Piano of Johnnie Johnson – Sessions with a Keyboard Legend.

A documentary about Johnson, Johnnie Be Good, by St. Louis newsman and filmmaker, Art Holliday, is currently in production.

* 1999: Father of Rock and Roll ( Father of Rock and Roll Music ) – Accompanying CD with the book Father of Rock and Roll: The Story of Johnnie B. Goode Johnson, featuring all new recordings of Johnson and Berry songs.

* Inductee: Johnnie Johnson from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website

* Johnnie Johnson Blues & Jazz Society in Fairmont, West Virginia

* The 4th Annual Johnnie Johnson Blues & Jazz Festival

* Johnnie Johnson: The Father of Rock & Roll

* Johnnie Johnson, 80, Dies ; Inspired ' Johnny B. Goode ', April 14, 2005.

* Johnnie Johnson on Find-A-Grave

* Johnnie Johnson: The Movie website for documentary Johnnie Be Good

That same year, Paul Rodgers, Jimmie Vaughan, Levon Helm, bluesmen Hubert Sumlin, Johnnie Johnson, James Cotton and others performed a sold out concert in Cleveland as a Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters.

King, Bill Doggett, Golden " Big " Wheeler, Billy Branch, Bo Diddley, Bobby " Blue " Bland, Bobby Rush, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buddy Guy, Calvin Jones, Carey Bell, Carl Perkins, Chicago Blues Museum All Stars, Barrelhouse Chuck, Chuck Berry, Clarence " Gatemouth " Brown, Dave Myers, Dion Payton, Dr. John, Eddie Boyd, Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Vinson, Eddy Clearwater, Etta James, Fenton Robinson, Floyd Jones, Fontella Bass, Hank Ballard, Henry Townsend, Homesick James, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Jerry Portnoy, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Jody Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnnie Taylor, John Brim, Johnny Shines, Johnny Winter, Junior Wells, Keith Richards, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Little Willie Littlefield, Lonnie Brooks, Lowell Fulson, Louisiana Red, Luther Allison, Lurrie Bell, Magic Slim, Matt Murphy, Memphis Slim, Mick Taylor, The Neville Brothers, The Ice Cream Men, Otis Rush, Pee Wee Crayton, Pinetop Perkins, Ray Charles, Robert Cray Band, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Sam Lay, Otis " Big Smokey " Smothers, Snooky Pryor, Son Seals, Lacy Gibson, Staple Singers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sugar Blue, Sunnyland Slim, Taildragger, Taj Mahal, Willie Buck, Willie Dixon, Yank Rachell, Lil ' Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials, and Johnny B. Moore.

Z. Hill's Down Home Blues, and numerous albums by such legends as Bobby " Blue " Bland, Little Milton, and former Stax sensation Johnnie Taylor.

Mack Rice ( born Bonnie Rice, November 10, 1933, Clarksdale, Mississippi ), is an American songwriter, whose compositions have been performed by many well-known artists, including The Staple Singers, Ike and Tina Turner, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Shirley Brown, Rufus Thomas, Etta James, Billy Eckstine, Eddie Floyd, Buddy Guy, The Rascals, Wilson Pickett, Albert Collins, Busta Rhymes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Otis Clay and The Blues Brothers ( in Blues Brothers 2000 ).

He has performed live sessions for BBC Radio 2's Paul Jones and Johnnie Walker shows and, under the name of Bill Boazman, has produced a guitar tutorial DVD, " Jazzin ' The Blues ".

* John Walker ( grocer ) ( 1805 – 1857 ), Scottish founder of John Walker & Sons and namesake of the Johnnie Walker whisky brand

* 1914 – Johnnie Wright, American country singer, half of the Johnnie & Jack duo.

Notable blended Scotch whisky brands include Bells, Dewar's, Johnnie Walker, Whyte and Mackay, Cutty Sark, J & B, The Famous Grouse, Ballantine's and Chivas Regal.

* Glenn Hughes, Johnnie Bolin & Friends-Tommy Bolin: 1997 Tribute ( 1998 )

In the 1960s, as members of the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists such as Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla and Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor.

's ( often, but not always, performing as a unit ) performed as the studio backing band for Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, The Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett, Delaney & Bonnie and many others in the 1960s.

**" Teachme " ( Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie Smith II & Corey Latif Williams )

* Fanny & Johnnie Cradocks ' The Cook Hostess ' Book ( Cookery Book Club, 1970 )

* Fanny & Johnnie Cradock's Freezer Book ( W H Allen, 1978 )

* Terry Stamp – Bootlace Johnnie & The Ninety-Nines ( 2005 )

Among the artists during Okeh's " pop " phase of the 50s and 60s were Johnnie Ray, Little Joe & The Thrillers.

Some examples of blended whiskey include Dewar's, Johnnie Walker, Seagram's Seven Crown, Jameson Whiskey, Chivas Regal, Old St Andrews, and Black & White.

* Johnnie Lee Higgins – wide receiver & special team specialist for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Over the years, Kilmarnock has been the home to many well-known companies, Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., Johnnie Walker and Saxone Shoes.

Andrew Barclay, Son's & Co is now owned by Wabtec ( Wabtec Rail Scotland ) and Johnnie Walker still survives and it currently owned by Diageo, who however decided to announce plans to pull the whisky out of Kilmarnock after 192 years and has been its home sine the 19th century.

* Scotch whisky: Johnnie Walker, Buchanan's, Cardhu, Justerini & Brooks ( J & B ), Bell's, Black & White, White Horse, Logan, Caol Ila, Vat 69, Oban, Talisker, Lagavulin, Glen Ord, Glenkinchie, Dalwhinnie, Cragganmore, Singleton, Haig, Royal Lochnagar, Glen Elgin, Knockando, The Dimple Pinch

Artists like the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, The Swan Silvertones, Clara Ward Singers and Sensational Nightingales became stars across the country ; other early artists like Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Johnnie Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett began their career in gospel quartets during this period, only to achieve even greater fame in the ' 60s as the pioneers of soul music, itself a secularized, R & B-influenced form of gospel.