Johnny Vincent
Record Producer
1927 – 2000
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Who was Johnny Vincent?
Johnny Vincent was an American record producer for Art Rupe at Specialty Records, founded Ace Records in 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi, 165 miles away from New Orleans. Although Vincent started out recording local blues musicians, in 1956 he branched out into New Orleans rhythm and blues and rock and roll. He signed up Huey "Piano" Smith and his group who was able to develop a New Orleans shuffle style distinctive from the Fats Domino jumping boogie rhythm.
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- Born
- Oct 3, 1927
Mississippi - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 4, 2000
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on July 23, 2013
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