Johnny Griffith (musician)
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| Birth name | John Ellis Griffith, Jr. |
| Born | July 10, 1936 Detroit, Michigan United States |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Detroit, Michigan United States |
| Occupation(s) | Session musician |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Labels | Motown |
| Associated acts | The Funk Brothers |
John Ellis "Johnny" Griffith, Jr. (July 10, 1936 – November 10, 2002) was an African-American musician.
Biography
Born in Detroit, Griffith played piano and keyboards for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers studio band. Among the hundreds of Motown recordings Griffith played on are "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" by Four Tops, and "Stop! In the Name of Love" by The Supremes.
Griffith played the Steinway grand piano, the Hammond B-3 organ, the Wurlitzer electric piano, the Fender Rhodes, and the celeste and harpsichord. His musical influences included Bud Powell, Glenn Gould, and Oscar Peterson.
Griffith died of a heart attack in a Detroit hospital on November 10, 2002. He was 66 years old.[1]
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Standing in the Shadows of Motown at IMDb
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