Hanley Johnson

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Hanley Johnson ( aka Tye-Tongue Hanley), was an obscure good time R & B singer from Detroit MI and GM Fisher Body Division line worker with a penchant for energetic delivery of lyrics with a distinctive stutter. As Tye-Tongue Hanley, he released two sides on a 45-rpm 7-inch via the small Detroit R&B indie JVB label (started by record store owner Joe Von Battle) with "I'll Try To Understand" and "You Got My Nose Wide Open" in 1955. An indie released album called Merry-Go-Round-Of-Life followed in the 1970's that has been popularized digitally via since free uploads of mp3 tracks appeared on WFMU's website in 2007. http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/03/365_days_73_han.html User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.