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Lou Johnson had a couple of hits in America in ‘63 and ‘64 with ‘Reach Out For Me’ and ‘Always Something There To Remind Me’ but he did not seem to have what it takes to maintain a sufficient level of commercial success or to keep on making records. He could not establish a strong enough identity on which to form a large fan base in the way some of his contemporaries like James Brown, the Isley brothers or Al Green did.|But he did keep on touring regularly in America.|Lou Johnson was born in Brooklyn where he grew up during the late forties and fifties. Like many contemporaries he started singing in choirs and gospel groups at local Pentecostal churches in his early teens. Unlike many others he studied at Brooklyn University in the late 50s where he majored in Music Studies. In the process Johnson became an accomplished musician on keyboards and percussion. He sang lead with the Zionettes who were signed to Simpson Records and cut a few gospel tunes there. ‘Talkin’ About the Man’ created a lot of local interest and Lou went secular with the Coanjos and ‘Dance The Boomerang’. The Boomerang didn’t click and two thirds of the trio Tresia Cleveland and Ann Gissendnner left to form the Soul Sisters, so Johnson began to perfor...
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