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Castin' My Spell 🧙‍♀️
#JohnnyOtis #MarciLee
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October 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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10/16/1935 — b. Umpeleya Marsema Balinton (Sugar Pie DeSanto), American singer, songwriter, dancer, bandleader, record producer. #R&B vocalist, unusual female #soul singer (1950s-60s). Duos w/ Etta James; toured w/JohnnyOtis + JamesBrown (1950s) #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge
Sugar Pie DeSanto holding her "In The Basement" album
October 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Rock Me Baby (The Mercury & Peacock Sides 1851-1955) from ‘07 #johnnyotis #charityshopfinds #cdsky #musicsky
September 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Everyone Was 'Doin' That Crazy Hand Jive' with Johnny Otis - '100 Greatest 50s Rock, Pop & Doo Wop Songs' Book Excerpt #johnnyotis
Everyone Was 'Doin' That Crazy Hand Jive' with Johnny Otis
'100 Greatest 50s Rock, Pop & Doo Wop Songs' Book Excerpt
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August 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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Johnny Otis (1921-2012)

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#artwork #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #myart #illustration #inspiring #creative #caricature #characterdesign #fineart #fun #art #otis #johnnyotis #blues #composer #classicalmusic #history #historical #masters

#traditionalart #originalart #blueskyart #artsky
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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The New Johnny Otis Show with Shuggie Otis - The New Johnny Otis Show with Shuggie Otis (1981)
#nowspinning #vinyl #soul #johnnyotis #shuggieotis
Side view of a black AT-LP120 spinning The New Johnny Otis Show with Shuggie Otis, its jacket propped up against the dust cover in the background
August 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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"Willie and the Hand Jive" is a song written by #JohnnyOtis and originally released as a single in 1958 by Otis, reaching #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #5 on the #BillboardRAndBChart. The song has a #BoDiddleyBeat.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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"Jako dítě jsem se rozhodl, že pokud naše společnost diktuje, že člověk musí být černý nebo bílý, budu černý,“ prohlásil Johnny Otis. Byl bezesporu nadaný. Rozsahem zájmů a širokým uměleckým záběrem šlo o renesančního člověka.
#10YearsOfPuddingRevisited #MusicSky #RhythmNBluesSky #JohnnyOtis
Johnny Otis, kmotr Rhythm'n'Blues
Kapelník a producent Johnny Otis nastartoval a později pečoval o kariéru mnoha nejlepších zpěváků rhythm'n'blues.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Ve stejném roce, kdy The Coasters uspěli s písní o neznámé dívce přezdívané Poison Ivy, tak svoji verzi nahrál i Johnny Otis. Podle textaře Jerryho Leibera je "Poison Ivy prostě a jednoduše metaforou pro sifla."
#DoporučenoPanemPudinkem #VelkýSummitPlaylist #MusicSky #Rhythm'n'BluesSky #JohnnyOtis
Poison Ivy
YouTube video by Johnny Otis - Topic
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February 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Pair this up with Little Richard and you are good to fucking go #JohnnyOtis #MarieAdams #ThreeTonsOfJoy #MarciLee #HandJive #TelephoneBaby #CastinMySpell #RhythmAndBlues #vinylsky #vinyl
A Johnny Otis compilation LP from the 80s with the incredible song ‘Castin’ My Spell’
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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#MusicSky #MusicChallenge
#100songs100years
A song a day for each year 1926 to 2025.

Day 32 of 100 - 1957

#JohnnyOtis Willie and the Hand Jive

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Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive (1958)
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March 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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When Everyone Was 'Doin' That Crazy Hand Jive' - The Deep Roots of the Johnny Otis Dance Craze frankmastropolo.substack.com/p/when-every... #rock #music #dances #johnnyotis
When Everyone Was 'Doin' That Crazy Hand Jive'
The Deep Roots of the Johnny Otis Dance Craze
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December 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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#JCKaelin: The song #JohnnyOtis , #HankBallard & #EttaJames penned -- where "Love Me Do" comes from! -- sung UNCREDITED by #OTD #TDIH #April11, 1935 #HBD #RichardBerry author of #LouieLouie! #InternationalLouieLouieDay #LouieLouieDay #Singers #Songwriters #MusicSky
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The Wallflower (AKA Roll With Me Henry)
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April 11, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #January17, 2012 #DOTD: #RIP #JohnnyOtis. #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Arrangers #Bandleaders #DJs #Impresarios #RighteousMen #CoolDudes #RAndB #RNB #RockAndRoll #RockNRoll #Oldies #OldiesButGoodies #HandJive #RockNRollSky #MusicSky
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Johnny Otis - The Midnite Creeper Part 1 45 rpm!
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January 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #January17, 2012 #DOTD: #RIP #JohnnyOtis. #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Arrangers #Bandleaders #DJs #Impresarios #RighteousMen #CoolDudes #RAndB #RNB #RockAndRoll #RockNRoll #Oldies #OldiesButGoodies #HandJive #RockNRollSky #MusicSky
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Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive (1958)
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January 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #December28, 1921 #BOTD: #HBD #JohnnyOtis! #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Arrangers #Bandleaders #DJs #Impresarios #RighteousMen #CoolDudes #RAndB #RNB #RockAndRoll #RockNRoll #Oldies #OldiesButGoodies #HandJive #MusicSky #RockNRollSky
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Johnny Otis - The Midnite Creeper Part 1 45 rpm!
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December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #December28, 1921 #BOTD: #HBD #JohnnyOtis! #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Arrangers #Bandleaders #DJs #Impresarios #RighteousMen #CoolDudes #RAndB #RNB #RockAndRoll #RockNRoll #Oldies #OldiesButGoodies #HandJive #MusicSky #RockNRollSky
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Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive (1958)
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December 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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#JCKaelin: The song #JohnnyOtis / #HankBallard / #EttaJames penned song where "LoveMeDo" comes from, sung uncredited by #OTD #TDIH #April11, 1935 #HBD #RichardBerry author of #LouieLouie! #InternationalLouieLouieDay #LouieLouieDay #Singers #Songwriters #MusicSky
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The Wallflower (AKA Roll With Me Henry)
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April 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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#OTD #TDIH #January17, 2012 #DOTD: #RIP #JohnnyOtis. #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Arrangers #Bandleaders #DJs #Impresarios #RighteousMen #CoolDudes #RAndB #RNB #RockAndRoll #RockNRoll #Oldies #OldiesButGoodies #HandJive
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Johnny Otis - The Midnite Creeper Part 1 45 rpm!
YouTube video by Cris VanValkenburg
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January 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #January17, 2012 #DOTD: #RIP #JohnnyOtis. #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Arrangers #Bandleaders #DJs #Impresarios #RighteousMen #CoolDudes #RAndB #RNB #RockAndRoll #RockNRoll #Oldies #OldiesButGoodies #HandJive
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Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive (1958)
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January 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #December28, 1921 #BOTD: #HBD #JohnnyOtis! #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Arrangers #Bandleaders #DJs #Impresarios #RighteousMen #CoolDudes #RAndB #RNB #RockAndRoll #RockNRoll #Oldies #OldiesButGoodies #HandJive
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Johnny Otis - The Midnite Creeper Part 1 45 rpm!
YouTube video by Cris VanValkenburg
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December 28, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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#OTD #TDIH #December28, 1921 #BOTD: #HBD #JohnnyOtis! #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Arrangers #Bandleaders #DJs #Impresarios #RighteousMen #CoolDudes #RAndB #RNB #RockAndRoll #RockNRoll #Oldies #OldiesButGoodies #HandJive
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Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive (1958)
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December 28, 2024 at 4:02 AM