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Wie man seine Eltern erzieht (Eltern 1...

509.6K streams

509,628

Wie man 13 wird und überlebt (Wie man...

498.5K streams

498,478

Wie man seine peinlichen Eltern erträ...

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437,881

Wie man mit seinen verrückten Eltern ...

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Wie man 13 wird und die Welt rettet (W...

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For You

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325,619

Wie man seinen Eltern das Internet erk...

324.2K streams

324,183

Wie man 13 wird, ohne zum Tier zu werd...

323.9K streams

323,851

Pete Johnson Selected Hits Vol. 3

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314,165

Wie man 13 wird und zum Superhelden mu...

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Biography

Pete Johnson was one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists (along with Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis) whose sudden prominence in the late '30s helped make the style very popular. Originally a drummer, Johnson switched to piano in 1922. He was part of the Kansas City scene in the 1920s and '30s, often accompanying singer Big Joe Turner. Producer John Hammond discovered him in 1936 and got him to play at the Famous Door in New York. After taking part in Hammond's 1938 Spirituals to Swing Carnegie Hall concert in 1938, Johnson started recording regularly and appeared on an occasional basis with Ammons and Lewis as the Boogie Woogie Trio. He also backed Turner on some classic records. Johnson recorded often in the 1940s and spent much of 1947-1949 based in Los Angeles. He moved to Buffalo in 1950 and, other than an appearance at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, he was in obscurity for much of the decade. A stroke later in 1958 left him partly paralyzed. Johnson made one final appearance at John Hammond's January 1967 Spirituals to Swing concert, playing the right hand on a version of "Roll 'Em Pete" two months before his death. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi