![]() ![]() The brothers self-produced the subsequent album, Winners released in July 1981, it only reached #48 on the Billboard 200. It was number 46 on the "Top 100 LPs of 1980" list in Rolling Stone. Their popular album Light Up the Night was released in March 1980 and rose to #5 on the Billboard 200. "Get the Funk Out Ma Face" was cowritten with Quincy Jones. The instrumental track "Thunder Thumbs and Lightnin' Licks" refers to the brothers' nicknames. Two of the band's songs were featured on the soundtrack of the 1976 film Mother, Jugs & Speed and one on the 1997 film Jackie Brown. Blam!! came out in August 1978 and reached number 7 on the Billboard 200. Their Right on Time album was released in May 1977 and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 200. Īfter touring with various artists including Bobby Womack and Billy Preston, they were hired by Quincy Jones for a tour in Japan and produced their debut album Look Out for #1, released in March 1976, which went to number 9 on the U.S. Quincy Jones hired them to play on his LP Mellow Madness, and recorded four of their songs, including "Is It Love That We're Missing?" and "Just a Taste of Me". In 1976, the Brothers covered the Beatles' song, " Hey Jude", for the musical documentary All This and World War II. George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Preston's band and wrote selections for his albums Music Is My Life and The Kids & Me before leaving his group in 1973. When they became professionals, the band backed such touring R&B acts as Bobby Womack and the Supremes. Guitarist/vocalist George and bassist/vocalist Louis formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in Los Angeles, California. They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, with three singles topping the R&B charts (" I'll Be Good to You", " Strawberry Letter 23", and " Stomp!"). The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of the American brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. ![]()
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