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Johnny Young
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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Johnny Young (January 1, 1918 – April 18, 1974) was an American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist. 2) Johnny Young (born Johnny Benjamin de Jong on 12 March 1947) is a Dutch-born Australian singer, composer, record producer, disc jockey, television producer and host. 1) Johnny Young (January 1, 1918 – April 18, 1974) was an American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist, significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War, and as one of the few mandolin players to have been active in blues music in the post-war era. His nickname, "Man", came from his use of the mandolin. Young was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and played in string bands in Mississippi in the 1930s. He also claimed to have worked with Sleepy John Estes in Tennessee before moving to Chicago in 1940. By 1943 he was working with John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson and Muddy Waters and in the late 1940s he became a regular player on Maxwell Street, often with his cousin, guitarist Johnny Williams, as well as playing in clubs with Williams and Little Walter. His first recording was made in 1947 for the Ora Nelle label and featured Young singing "Money Taking Woman" on the A-side, accompanied by Williams, who sang "Worried Man Blues" on the B-side. A second session in late 1948, with Young and Williams joined by Snooky Pryor on harmonica, resulted in a single being
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Chicago Blues
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15 Piano Blues & Boogie Classics
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15 Piano Blues Boogie Classics
Johnny Young And His Friends
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
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Mandolin Blues
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Disc 1 - Downhome Blues Classics - Chicago
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Hell Of A Night With The Blues
Shed Your Skin
My Own Devices
Drone
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Downtown Rockin' At The Strip Tease Club 500