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Willie Neal Johnson & The Gospel Keynotes
Willie Neal Johnson (August 25, 1935 – January 10, 2001) was an American gospel singer, who became known as "Country Boy" for his rootsy blues-driven style and his down-to-earth, friendly personality.^[1] Growing up in a musical family, he was recruited as a teenager to sing with a gospel group. He later achieved recording and national fame with groups of musicians.
In 1964 he started his own group, "Willie Neal Johnson and the Gospel Keynotes." They toured in the Southwest and also produced records for Nashboro Records. They later signed with Malaco Records in Mississippi and changed their name in 1985 to "Willie Neal Johnson and the New Keynotes".
In 1999 the New Keynotes were inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in Detroit and the American Gospel Quartet Hall of Fame in [[Birmingham, Alabama].
Biography
Willie Johnson was born in Tyler, Texas, in the northeast area of the state. He was the oldest of six children in a musical family.^[2] His mother Luretia immersed her children in music by
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Willie Neal Johnson and The New Gospel Keynotes
From their debut recording in 1964 until the passing 37 years later of leader Willie Neal Johnson, the Gospel Keynotes of Tyler, Texas, were one of the dominant quartets on the gospel highway. Few contenders to the quartet crown could match the sanctified spirit of Johnson’s low tenor pipes or the excitement generated by his highly animated stage presence. And during two periods in the Keynotes’ history (1964–1979 and 1996–2000), Johnson’s leads were frequently seconded by the astonishing high falsetto voice of Paul Beasley.
Johnson was a true “country boy,” as he was frequently billed during his singing career. Although he was born in Tyler on August 25, 1935, he spent his formative years in Galilee, a rural community six miles outside of the city. The oldest of six siblings, he, his two brothers, three sisters and their parents grew up singing together at a local Church of God in Christ. When he was 14, the family moved to Tyler, widely known as the Rose Capital of the World. His father died a year later, causing Willie to drop