The Brothers Johnson

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R&B band funk band musical duo musician

The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B duo of brothers George and Louis Johnson, known for their smooth bass-driven grooves and collaborations with producer Quincy Jones in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Label Occurrences
The Brothers Johnson canonical 6

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf R&B band ⓘ
funk band ⓘ
musical duo ⓘ
musician ⓘ
musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1980s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
associatedAct Billy Preston ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
Quincy Jones ⓘ
award Grammy-nominated act ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedIn Los Angeles ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
disco ⓘ
funk ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasInfluenced contemporary R&B artists ⓘ
funk bass players ⓘ
hasMember George Johnson ⓘ
Louis Johnson ⓘ
instrument bass guitar ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
musicalStyle bass-driven grooves ⓘ
nickname Thunder Thumbs ⓘ
notableAlbum Blam! ⓘ
Light Up the Night ⓘ
Look Out for #1 ⓘ
Right on Time ⓘ
notableCollaboration Quincy Jones-produced recordings ⓘ
notableSongFeature prominent slap bass ⓘ
notableWork Ain't We Funkin' Now ⓘ
Get the Funk Out Ma Face ⓘ
I'll Be Good to You ⓘ
Stomp! ⓘ
Strawberry Letter 23 ⓘ
occupation bassist ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
partOf 1970s funk movement ⓘ
1980s R&B scene ⓘ
producer Quincy Jones ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ

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I’ll Be Good to You with Quincy Jones and Ray Charles → originalArtist → The Brothers Johnson ⓘ
subject surface form: I'll Be Good to You
I'll Be Good to You (Brothers Johnson song) → performer → The Brothers Johnson ⓘ
I'll Be Good to You (Brothers Johnson song) → artist → The Brothers Johnson ⓘ
I'll Be Good to You (Brothers Johnson song) → isSignatureSongOf → The Brothers Johnson ⓘ
I'll Be Good to You → performer → The Brothers Johnson ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'll Be Good to You"
I'll Be Good to You → originallyPerformedBy → The Brothers Johnson ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'll Be Good to You"