{"id":464,"date":"2013-07-02T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrygigs\/2013\/07\/02\/johnny-b-great-johnny-goodison\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T20:09:00","slug":"johnny-b-great-johnny-goodison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/coventrygigs\/2013\/07\/02\/johnny-b-great-johnny-goodison\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny B Great (Johnny Goodison)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post Pete Clemons <\/b>turns his attentions to one of the earliest of Coventry musicians who made a sizable impact on both the Coventry music scene of the 60’s and the music business itself. Johnny Goodison<\/b> – also known as Johnny B Great<\/b>. This is that article from the Coventry Telegraph.<\/i><\/span>
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\nJohnny B Great and the Goodmen – 1st two singles available free download here<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nJohnny Goodison playing If I had a Hammer<\/span>
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One Mistake – Johnny Goodison<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Dean Nelson <\/b>
“Johnny B Great (John Goodison) session singer from Coventry
Johnny B Great’s real name was Johnny Goodisonalso had the songwriting alias Peter Simons. A later group was Johnny B Great and the Quotations, who backed the Walker Brothers, amongst others. Later he was lead singer in an early line up of the Brotherhood of Man, scoring a hit with “United we stand”.
Goodison also worked as a producer and one of the results was the 1968 hit, “Race with the devil” by Gun(Adrian Gurvitz – “We never wanted the laugh on the record at all. We knew it would let us in for a lot of you\u00b9re copying Arthur Brown remarks. Our Producer Johnny Goodison thought it was a good idea so we went along with it.”).<\/span>
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Besides that, he arranged tracks for The Love Affair, Johnny and Russell and Sue & Sunny, toured
for some years with one of the orchestras of James Last. He wrote hit tunes for the Brotherhood of Man and the Bay City Rollers (Give A Little Love), as well as songs for A Song For Europe, in 1968, 1974, 1977 and 1980 respectively.
Johnny Goodison died in 1995. Great man.
Singles
Acapulco\/You’ll never leave him – 1964
School is in\/She’s a much better lover than you – 1964 – Credited to Johnny B Great and the Goodmen
One Mistake\/A Little Understanding – 1970 – Johnny Goodison”<\/p>\n

From Pete Chambers – Godiva Rocked to a Backbeat<\/b><\/p>\n

“Part of the Larry Page stable based at the Orchid Ballroom.”<\/p>\n

” Johnny Goodison was a big man with a big voice. Originally a toolmaker in Coventry, he went under the name of Johnny B Good with his band the Goodmen.<\/p>\n

Don Kerr<\/b> – Guitar
Al King <\/b>– Sax
Ollie Warner<\/b> – bass
Nigel Lomas<\/b> – drums<\/p>\n

First single – School is in – Decca 1963 (Backing vocals The Orchids) This was the first single released by a Coventry group although it wasn’t a hit. They in return played on the Orchids first single – Gonna Make him Mine.<\/p>\n

Johnny performed If I had a Hammer for the film Just for You which featured the Orchids.
They appeared on the B Side of the original Doctor Who Theme.<\/p>\n

For a while they went under the name of Johnny B Great and the Quotations, backing the Walker Bros and Little Richard.<\/span>
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More from them on You Tube
Strong Love – Johnny B Goodman and the Quotations http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tfuz3i6YRAI<\/a><\/p>\n

In the Midnight Hour – http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AQKBHHw4kHU<\/a><\/p>\n

Everythings Gonna Be Alright – http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WjlWBwJQif0<\/a><\/p>\n

Johnny was with the Freemen before going solo – see here https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/bandsfromcoventrypart2\/home\/the-freemen<\/a><\/p>\n

and here http:\/\/www.coventrytelegraph.net\/news\/yourspace\/2011\/10\/31\/your-nostalgia-keresley-rock-fanatic-researching-coventry-s-music-scene-92746-29694188\/2\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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Johnny Goodison with 2nd Tyme Around – Let’s Go (Huggin’ and a Kissin’ in the Moonlight)(UK Glam 75)<\/span><\/div>\n


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Running Away JOHNNY GOODISON<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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