Like so many African American vocalists, Shirley Johnson started out singing in church and then went on to embrace secular music. The Chicago resident, whose influences range from Mahalia Jackson to Koko Taylor, Etta James, and Ruth Brown, is a gritty, big-voiced blues singer who can also handle soul and gospel. Although Johnson has spent much of her adult life in ...more
- Various Artists
- 55 Years of Blues
- Vocals
- George Mitchell
- George Mitchell Collection, Vols. 1-45
- Vocals (Background)
- Michael Ray Little
- Flying Boy
- Choir, Chorus
- GMWA
- GMWA 2005: Live in Milwaukee
- Choir, Chorus






























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