General Johnson From ‘Chairmen Of The Board’ Dead at 67

General Johnson dead at 67

Today is a sad day for fans of soul music. General Norman Johnson, who was the lead singer for “Chairmen of the Board” passed away yesterday at the young age of 67.

General Johnson seemed as though he knew how to sing the day he was born. He began singing in his church choir at the age of 6, and then recorded his debut album when he was only 12 years old.

The Chairmen of the Board was a band that was formed in 1967 and continued until 1976. Johnson was their front man, and song writer. They are known for a famous single “Give Me Just a Little More Time” which was released towards the end of 1969. It reached #3 on the Billboard hot 100 chart, and sold well over a million copies.

The music group was also known for other popular singles such as “Pay to the Piper”, “Everything’s Tuesday”, “Finders Keepers”, “Elmo James”, and “You’ve Got Me Dangling on a String”.

There is no official word on what the cause of death was, but long time Chairmen of the Board band member Ken Knox, will speak along with General Johnson’s son, Red tomorrow. They are scheduled to appear on a radio show at noon EST tomorrow.

Rest in Peace General Johnson.

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I knew Norman in the Showmen days (Mid 60’s) when our band the Impacts traveled with them as their back up band for a while. I can tell you the Showmen brought the house down and blew the doors off a club and if you did not see Norman (General) in those days he was something to watch work a crowd on stage. I left the music biz in the early 70’s but not before Mike Branch became a friend, he booked our band (Cannonball). Mike did the major Beach Music festivals before his plane crash and death left us all missing a very important part of the New beach music movement that was bringing new and younger people into it in the 70’s that are still around today. When Mike and Norman teamed up and started the record label it was the best thing that ever happened to Beach Music in my opinion. Mike left us over 30 years ago and now it seems Norman “General” Johnson has left us but he has also left us with his Songs…and as he once said something like “I can’t do anything else…I can write a song”, and I might add some real GOOD ONES! http://ODShag.com
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A memorial site was created for “General” Norman Johnson! Honor his memory by contributing to his memorial site http://generalnormanjohnson.people2remember.com/

General Johnson From ‘Chairmen Of The Board’ Dead at 67

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