Johnson (Orlando)   (USA)

EuroHouse producer
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Orlando Johnson albums

Funky Time

2011

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Orlando Johnson singles

	Il Sole Canta	1980	BUY X
	With Just A Kiss	1984	BUY X
	One Night Pleaser	1985	BUY X
	You	1992	BUY X
	Whatever You Do	1992	BUY X
	Give It Up	1994	BUY X
	Shine On Me	1995	BUY X
	I Say Yeah	2003	BUY X
	Turn The Music On	2019	BUY X
	I Love America	3rd Jun 2022	BUY X

Featurings and collaborations

	House Pleasure - It's Time To Get Together		BUY X
	Stefano Secchi - I Say Yeah	1990	BUY X
	Stefano Secchi - Keep On Jammin'	1991	BUY X
	Massimino L - Take Me Away	1993	BUY X
	The Dog - Come On Let's Go	1995	BUY X
	PM2 - Never Be The Same	1996	BUY X
	Soul Jam - Another Star	1997	BUY X
	Stefano Gamma Presents House Of Jubilee - Reachin'	2001	BUY X
	Infinitude - Let The Rain	2002	BUY X
	Tony Adam - If You Come Back	2004	BUY X
	Tam And Jay - Party People	2005	BUY X
	Gabriele Musta - Set Me Free	2008	BUY X
	Gabriele Musta & Capasso - Body	2009	BUY X
	Skary & Pro - Hands Up	2010	BUY X
	Mastergroove - Orlando Johnson	2014	BUY X
	Den Harrow - Shine On	5th Nov 2021	BUY X

Songwriting

	Sabrina - My Chico	1988	BUY X
	The Dog - Come On Let's Go	1995	BUY X

Aliases - Records released under other names

	Orlando L. Johnson - On The Sunny Side Of The Street	1979	BUY X
	Orlando L. Johnson - Sapore Di Sale	1979	BUY X

Orlando Johnson biography

Singer and producer Orlando Levern Johnson was born in Winston - Salem (USA) on August 30th, 1953. His elder brother Wess Johnson is also a musician, and he is also the uncle of UK R'n'B/Soul/Garage singer Romina Johnson. Orlando started his career at the early age of 16, releasing two singles with his hometown group The Upsetters. End of 70s, he came to Italy to collaborate with Wess. He then recorded his first single, Hang On It, with Italian DJ Marco Trani. In 1980, he signed a recording contract with EMI Italiana, for 2 singles theme songs for the Rai TV channels. The following year, he participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Il Sole Canta and went to final.

Orlando contributed to many italo-disco and house productions during the 80s and 90s. Among others, he wrote Sabrina's hit My Chico, did vocals on Stefano Secchi's 2 first singles and collaborated to The Dog's eurodance single Come On Let's Go. He also released many solo singles.

2011 : he released a solo album entitled Funky Time

He nowadays lives in Treviso and works as a backing singer in Paolo Belli's Big Band in Rai real-TV show Ballando con le Stelle

2021 : he was featured on Den Harrow's single Shine On.

Orlando Johnson biography was last updated Thu, October 28th 2021

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