Otis, Johnny

Johnny Otis ( born Johnny Otis , birth name Ioannis Alexandre Veliotis , born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes ) is an American musician, orchestra leader, nicknamed "the godfather of rhythm and blues ." For his achievements as a producer, songwriter and star of many stars, the “talent hunter” was admitted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a “non-executor”. In addition, since the mid-1940s, he has been recording with his rhythm and blues orchestra, having released such now-classic things as “Double Crossing Blues” (9 weeks in the first place on the Billboard’s R&B chart ), “ Mistrusting Blues ”,“ Barrelhouse Boogie ”and“ Rockin 'Blues ” ^[1] .

Johnny otis
Birth name	Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes
Date of Birth	December 28, 1921 ( 1921-12-28 )
Place of Birth	Vallejo , CA
Date of death	January 17, 2012 ( 2012-01-17 ) (90 years old)
Place of death	Los Angeles California
A country	USA
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Years of activity	1940s - 2000s
Instruments	piano, vibraphone , drums, percussion
Genres	rhythm and blues , rock and roll , blues , jazz , big band , swing , gospel , do-woop , soul , funk
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The song “ Willie and the Hand Jive ” performed by Johnny Otis is on the list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll compiled by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ^[2] .

Born in a family of Greek immigrants. He had a brother to diplomat Nick Veliotis .