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Johnny Allen (arranger)

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Johnny Allen (September 20, 1917 – January 29, 2014) was an American R&B pianist and arranger who worked for both Motown and Stax Records and received a Grammy Award with Isaac Hayes for his arrangement of the "Theme from Shaft". [1]

28 relations: Alabama, Arrangement, Billie Holiday, Chicago, Detroit, Earl Hines, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, Henry Ford Hospital, Hot Buttered Soul, Isaac Hayes, Jazz, Motown, Nightclub, Pneumonia, Rhythm and blues, Shaft (album), Stax Records, Stevie Wonder, The Dramatics, The Mills Brothers, The Staple Singers, The Supremes, The Temptations, Theme from Shaft, Uchee, Alabama, United States, 14th Annual Grammy Awards.

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Earl Hines

Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement (and its subsequent name changes) has been awarded since 1963.

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Henry Ford Hospital

Henry Ford Hospital (HFH) is an 877-bed tertiary care hospital, education and research complex at the western edge of the New Center area in Detroit, Michigan.

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Hot Buttered Soul

Hot Buttered Soul is the second studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes.

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Isaac Hayes

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and producer.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Shaft (album)

Shaft is a double album by Isaac Hayes, recorded for Stax Records' Enterprise label as the soundtrack LP for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1971 Soul Cinema Classic film Shaft.

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Stax Records

Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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The Dramatics

The Dramatics (formerly The Dynamics) are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1964.

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The Mills Brothers

The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed the Four Mills Brothers, and originally known as the Four Kings of Harmony, were an African-American jazz and pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records.

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The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul and R&B singing group.

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The Supremes

The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Theme from Shaft

"Theme from Shaft", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, Shaft.

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Uchee, Alabama

Uchee, also known as Spains Stand, is an unincorporated community in Russell County, Alabama, United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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14th Annual Grammy Awards

The 14th Annual Grammy Awards were held March 15, 1972, and were broadcast live on television in the United States by ABC; the following year, they would move the telecasts to CBS, where they remain to this date.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Allen_(arranger)

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