Johnny Tillotson

Johnny Tillotson (born April 20, 1939 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American singer and songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop, country and adult contemporary Billboard charts including "Poetry In Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'". He also sang "Yellow Bird", an adaptation of the Haitian song.

Biography

Johnny is the son of Doris and Jack Tillotson, who owned a small service station on the corner of 6th and Pearl in Jacksonville, and acted as the station's mechanic. At the age of nine, Johnny was sent to Palatka, Florida to take care of his grandmother. He returned to Jacksonville each summer to be with his parents when his brother Dan would go to his grandmother. Johnny began to perform at local functions as a child, and by the time he was at Palatka Senior High School he had developed a reputation as a talented singer. He became a regular on the Toby Dowdy regional TV show in Jacksonville, and then had his own TV show on WFGA-TV. In 1957, while Tillotson was studying at the University of Florida, local disc jockey Bob Norris sent a tape of Johnny's singing to the Pet Milk talent contest, and was chosen as one of six National finalists. This gave Johnny the opportunity to perform in Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM the Grand Ole Opry, which led Lee Rosenberg, a Nashville publisher, to take a tape to Archie Bleyer, owner of the independent Cadence Records. Bleyer signed Tillotson to a three-year contract, and issued his first single, "Dreamy Eyes" / "Well I'm Your Man" in September 1958. Both songs were written by Tillotson, and both made the Billboard Hot 100, "Dreamy Eyes" peaking at # 63. After graduating in 1959 with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Communications, Tillotson moved to New York City to pursue his music career.

In Motion

In Motion may refer to:

In Motion (Copeland album)

In Motion is the second full-length album released by the Lakeland, Florida band Copeland. The album includes a bonus disc of the Sony Connect Sessions with acoustic versions of "Don't Slow Down", "Pin Your Wings", "Take Care" and "Coffee", the latter two of which are taken from Beneath Medicine Tree.

This album has a somewhat unusual drumming technique: the drums were retuned after each track take. This was done to give each track a "stand-alone" feel.

Track listing

All music written and arranged by Copeland except "Choose the One Who Loves You More" written by Copeland and Stephen Nichols.

ATB discography

The discography of the German trance DJ/producer ATB consists of 9 studio albums, 1 compilation album, 35 singles, six video albums and 28 music videos. While, ATB is mostly known in the world for his hit singles "9pm (Till I Come)" and "Don't Stop!", both of which were released from his first 1999 studio album Movin' Melodies, he still remains quite popular both at home and central Europe including Poland where his studio albums Trilogy and Future Memories have gone Platinum.

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

ATB The DJ - In The Mix

ATB Sunset Beach DJ Sessions

Singles

Videography

Home Videos

Music Videos

(from "Movin' Melodies")

Poetry in Motion

The term Poetry in Motion may refer to:

Poetry in Motion (film)

Poetry in Motion is a 1982 documentary directed by Ron Mann featuring contemporary North American poetry and music. Featured are some of the Black Mountain poets, Beats, minimalist poets, and avant-garde poets.

Featured artists

External links

Poetry in Motion (song)

"Poetry in Motion" is a UK number-one hit single in 1961, recorded amongst others by Johnny Tillotson.

Background

The song was written by Paul Kaufman (1930–1999) and Mike Anthony (born 1930), who said that the inspiration for it came from looking up from their work and seeing a procession of young ladies from a nearby school pass by on the sidewalk outside each afternoon.Bill Porter supervised the recording session in Nashville, Tennessee, which featured saxophonist Boots Randolph and pianist Floyd Cramer. An alternative version, with King Curtis on saxophone, was recorded some weeks earlier and published by Bear Family Records in 2011. In the US Billboard Hot 100, "Poetry in Motion" peaked at number 2 in November 1960; in the UK Singles Chart it hit No. 1 in January 1961, and also made the charts on reissue in 1979.

The song "Love Potion No. 9" is referenced in this song. ("No Number Nine Love Potion/ Could make me love her more" )

Cover versions

"Poetry in Motion" was also recorded by Bobby Vee as track No. 8 on his 1961 album, Bobby Vee and was also recorded by Chilean singer Pat Henry. There was another cover version made titled "Pejskové se koušou" ("Dogs Bite Each Other") by the Czech singer Marie Pojkarová.