Judy Johnson

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Aliases: Betty Jane Bonney
Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra
Real name: Betty Bonney
Born: March 8, 1928
Country: United States
Comments: Singer, who recorded under the name "Betty Bonney" with Les Brown in the early 1940s. She was a regular on the popular television show "Your Show of Shows" often in a duet with Bill Hayes.
Family: Mort Lindsey Spouse (1954-2012)

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		How Little We Know REL	Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra	May 1945	(43 artists) Originally by Lauren Bacall - Hoagy Carmichael BRD
		Memphis in June REL	Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra	May 1945	(47 artists) Originally by Hoagy Carmichael PRF
		That Solid Old Man (Is Here Again)	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonney	October 1941	(2 artists)

Covers by Judy Johnson

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		All That Meat and No Potatoes	Les Brown and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonney	1941	Fats Waller and His Rhythm
		As Time Goes By	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Chorus by Judy Johnson	November 1950	Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
		Baby Mine	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonney	1941	Betty Noyes
		Don't Send Me Home	Bill Hayes and Judy Johnson - Orchestra conducted by Clay Warnick	April 1952	Harry James - Toni Harper
		Do You Care?	Les Brown and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonney	June 1941	Unverified
		He's 1-A in the Army and He's A-1 in My Heart	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonney	1941	(unknown)
		Honey	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Chorus by Tony Alamo & Judy Johnson	November 1950	(unknown)
		I Can Make You Love Me	Betty Jane Bonney	1945	Unverified
		I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonney	1941	Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
		Lament to love	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonney	June 1941	(unknown)
		They Can't Take That Away from Me	Betty Jane Bonney	June 1945	Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
		You Oughta Be in Pictures	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Chorus by Tony Alamo and Judy Johnson	November 1950	Little Jack Little & His Orchestra

Releases

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	He's 1-A in the Army and He's A-1 in My Heart	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Betty Bonney	1941	OKeh
	How Little We Know	Betty Jane Bonney with Orchestra	May 1945	RCA Victor
	They Can't Take That Away from Me	Betty Jane Bonney	June 1945	RCA Victor
	When I Dream (I Always Dream of You)	Bill Hayes and Judy Johnson	April 1952	MGM

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	As if You Didn't Know	Les Brown and His Orch.	1941	OKeh
	Lament to Love	Les Brown and His Orchestra	June 1941	OKeh
	Nothin'	Les Brown and His Orchestra	1941	OKeh
	Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	November 1950	Columbia [US]
	'Tis Autumn	Les Brown and His Orchestra	October 1941	OKeh