Osie Johnson

Aliases: Osie Johnson and His Orchestra
Real name: James Johnson
Born: January 11, 1923
Died: February 10, 1966
Country: United States
Comments: Jazz drummer, sometime singer and arranger. Johnson was a much in demand drummer on the New York jazz scene until his untimely death at age 43 from kidney failure.

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Half Loved	Osie Johnson and His Orchestra	June 1956	(4 artists)

Covers by Osie Johnson

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Blue Lou	Al Cohn - Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Frank Rehak	February 1957	Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i	Cubano Chant	The Australian Jazz Quintet with Osie Johnson	1957	Ray Bryant Trio
i	Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)	Dave McKenna with Osie Johnson and John Drew	1959	Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
i	Idaho	Al Cohn - Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Frank Rehak	February 1957	Alvino Rey and His Orchestra
i	I'll Be Around	The Australian Jazz Quintet with Osie Johnson	1957	Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i	In a Sentimental Mood	The Australian Jazz Quintet with Osie Johnson	1957	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
	In the Name of Love	J.J. Johnson - Vocal Osie Johnson	November 1965	Peggy Lee
i	I Should Care	Dave McKenna with Osie Johnson and John Drew	1959	Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i	Lazy	Dave McKenna with Osie Johnson and John Drew	1959	The Brox Sisters
	No Particular Place to Go	J.J. Johnson - Vocal Osie Johnson	November 1965	Chuck Berry
i	Secret Love	Dave McKenna with Osie Johnson and John Drew	1959	Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i	Silk Stockings	Dave McKenna with Osie Johnson and John Drew	1959	Don Ameche
i	Singing the Blues	Al Cohn - Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Frank Rehak	February 1957	Nora Bayes
i	Softly as in a Morning Sunrise	Al Cohn - Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Frank Rehak	February 1957	William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i	Star Eyes	The Australian Jazz Quintet with Osie Johnson	1957	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	The Desert Song	Osie Johnson	1955	Edith Day & Harry Welchman - With Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck REL, Robert Halliday, Vivienne Segal PRF
	The Seventh Son	J.J. Johnson - Vocal Osie Johnson	November 1965	Willie Mabon
i	The Things I Love	Al Cohn - Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Frank Rehak	February 1957	(unknown), Jan Savitt and His Top Hatters - Vocal Refrain by Allan DeWitt
i	'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans	Dave McKenna with Osie Johnson and John Drew	1959	Margaret Young
i	We Three	Al Cohn - Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Frank Rehak	February 1957	Ink Spots
i	When Day Is Done	Al Cohn - Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Frank Rehak	February 1957	Kammersänger C. Richard Tauber
i	You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To	The Australian Jazz Quintet with Osie Johnson	1957	Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Bit of the Blues	Osie Johnson and His Orchestra	January 1957	RCA Victor
Cohn on the Saxophone	Al Cohn - Osie Johnson, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Frank Rehak	February 1957	Dawn Records
In Osie's Oasis	Osie Johnson	1955	Period Records
The Australian Jazz Quintet +1	The Australian Jazz Quintet with Osie Johnson	1957	Bethlehem Records
The Piano Scene of Dave McKenna	Dave McKenna with Osie Johnson and John Drew	1959	Epic