John Kongos

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Aliases: IMPI
Johnny Kongos & The G-Men
Real name: John Theodore Kongos
Born: August 6, 1945
Country: South Africa
IPI: 00016543204 22 works
Affiliation: PRS
Comments: Singer, record producer, sound engineer, TV jingle and theme music composer, and songwriter
Family: Johnny Kongos Son
Jesse Kongos Son
Dylan Kongos Son
Daniel Kongos Son

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Coming Back to You	John Kongos	1969	(2 artists)
		He's Gonna Step on You Again	John Kongos	1971	(10 artists)
		I'm Dreaming (Any Moment I May Wake Up Screaming)	John Kongos	1981	Patrick Juvet
	i	Impi	IMPI	1982	Lio
		I Would Have Had a Good Time	John Kongos	1971	Yvonne Elliman
		Jubilee Cloud	John Kongos	1971	(2 artists)
		Ride the Lightning	John Kongos	April 11, 1975	(7 artists)
		Tokoloshe Man	John Kongos	1971	(5 artists)

Covers by John Kongos

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		900 Miles	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	Fiddlin' John Carson
		And I Love Her	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	The Beatles
		C'mon Everybody	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	Eddie Cochran
		Crying in the Rain	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	The Everly Brothers
		It's All Over Now	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	The Valentinos [US]
		Love Potion No. 9	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	The Clovers
		Oh, Boy!	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	The Crickets [US] REL, Sonny West REC
		Over the Mountain	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	Johnnie & Joe
		Someone, Someone	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	The Crickets [US]
		Swinging on a Star	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
		The Little Bird	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	John D. Loudermilk
		Tobacco Road	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	John D. Loudermilk
		Would You Follow Me	John Kongos	June 29, 1973	(unknown)
		You'll Never Walk Alone	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
		You've Got What I Like	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	Gerry and The Pacemakers

Songs written by John Kongos

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Coming Back to You	John Kongos, Chris Demetriou	John Kongos	1969	Covered by (2 artists)
He's Gonna Step on You Again	John Kongos, Chris Demetriou	John Kongos	1971	Covered by (10 artists)
I'm Dreaming	John Kongos, Peter LeRoy	John Kongos	1981	Covered by Patrick Juvet
Impi	John Kongos	IMPI	1982	Covered by Lio
I Would Have Had a Good Time	John Kongos	John Kongos	1971	Covered by Yvonne Elliman
Jubilee Cloud	John Kongos, Peter LeRoy	John Kongos	1971	Covered by (2 artists)
Just A Dance With Time	John Kongos	Petula Clark	1978	Unverified
Midnight Dog	John Kongos, Peter LeRoy	The Dealers	October 15, 1976	Covered by Sven-Eric Mörtsjö
Ride the Lightning	John Kongos, Peter LeRoy	John Kongos	April 11, 1975	Covered by (7 artists)
Sunday 16	John Kongos	Waterloo & Robinson	1976	Covered by Graham Bonnet
Tokoloshe Man	John Kongos	John Kongos	1971	Covered by (5 artists)
Without Love	John Kongos	Clout	1978	Covered by (2 artists)
Won't You Join Me?	John Kongos	Emil Dean Zoghby	June 1970	Covered by (7 artists)
Would You Follow Me	John Kongos			Covered by (6 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Confusions About a Goldfish	John Kongos	1969	Dawn
	Kongos	John Kongos	1971	Fly [GB]
	Oh Boy!	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	RCA Victor

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Higher Than God's Hat	John Kongos	June 29, 1973	Cube Records
	I'm Dreaming (Any Moment I May Wake Up Screaming)	John Kongos	1981	Sunshine Records [ZA]
	Impi	IMPI	1982	Jive
	Ride the Lightning	John Kongos	April 11, 1975	Cube Records
	Tobacco Road	Johnny Kongos & The G-Men	1964	RCA Victor

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#38739	Isa	2009-02-22 12:17:39 UTC	processed	2011-02-13 13:04:49 UTC by Bastien