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The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5
American pop music family group
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Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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Ronnie Dawson
Ronnie Dawson
American musician
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
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Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton
American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, songwriter
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Tommy Blake
Tommy Blake
American singer
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Roy Head
Roy Head
American musician
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Al Casey
Al Casey
American guitarist
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Martha and the Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American rockabilly and country music singer and guitarist
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The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Joe Poovey
Joe Poovey
singer and musician
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Sanford Clark
Sanford Clark
American country-rockabilly singer and guitarist
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Carl Mann
Carl Mann
American singer
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Sylvia Moy
Sylvia Moy
American songwriter and record producer (1938-2017)
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Mary Wells
Mary Wells
American pop/soul singer
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Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
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Jack Clement
Jack Clement
American musician
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Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips
American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
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Grady Martin
Grady Martin
American musician
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Luther Perkins
Luther Perkins
American musician
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Marv Johnson
Marv Johnson
American R&B and soul singer
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The Moonglows
The Moonglows
American R&B group
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Ronald White
Ronald White
American singer, songwriter
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Kim Weston
Kim Weston
singer
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Dorsey Burnette
Dorsey Burnette
American rockabilly musician
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Paul Burlison
Paul Burlison
American rockabilly guitarist
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Four Tops
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
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Sleepy LaBeef
Sleepy LaBeef
American musician
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The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes
1960s all-girl music group
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Jumpin' Gene Simmons
Jumpin' Gene Simmons
American rockabilly singer and songwriter
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Roland Janes
Roland Janes
American musician
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The Supremes
The Supremes
American female singing group
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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
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Buddy Knox
Buddy Knox
American singer and songwriter
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Dennis Edwards
Dennis Edwards
American singer
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Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy
American Music Executive, Record Producer
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Charlie Feathers
Charlie Feathers
American country music and rockabilly musician; songwriter
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Johnny Rodriguez
Johnny Rodriguez
American singer
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The Temptations
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
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Jerry Cole
Jerry Cole
American musician
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Jody Reynolds
Jody Reynolds
American singer
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Fred Foster
Fred Foster
American record producer, songwriter, and music business executive
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Junior Walker
Junior Walker
American saxophonist
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Janis Martin
Janis Martin
American musician
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Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
American recording artist; R&B singer-songwriter and record producer
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Harvey Fuqua
Harvey Fuqua
American musician, record producer
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Jimmie Logsdon
Jimmie Logsdon
American musician and radio host
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Sonny Burgess
Sonny Burgess
American rockabilly guitarist and singer
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Bill Black
Bill Black
American bassist
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Gene Summers
Gene Summers
American singer
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Bob Luman
Bob Luman
American singer
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Johnny Bristol
Johnny Bristol
American musician, songwriter and record producer
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Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich
American country music singer and musician
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Al Downing
Al Downing
American musician
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Billy "Crash" Craddock
Billy "Crash" Craddock
American singer
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Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent
American musician; rock and roll and rockabilly pioneer
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Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey
American guitarist
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Doyle Holly
Doyle Holly
American musician
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Johnny Bond
Johnny Bond
American musician
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José Feliciano
José Feliciano
guitarist, singer and composer from Puerto Rico
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Tammi Terrell
Tammi Terrell
American singer–songwriter
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The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
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Paul Riser
Paul Riser
American musician
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
American orchestra
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Martha Reeves
Martha Reeves
American singer and politician
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Billy Hancock
Billy Hancock
American musician
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Garry Tallent
Garry Tallent
American rock musician
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The Spinners
The Spinners
American soul music vocal group
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Malcolm Yelvington
Malcolm Yelvington
American musician
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Bill Haley & His Comets
Bill Haley & His Comets
American rock and roll band
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Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight
American singer
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and pianist
Johnny Powers
American rockabilly guitar player, singer, writer and producer

Johnny Powers

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Johnny Powers (born John Leon Joseph Pavlik; May 25, 1938 in East Detroit, Michigan) is an American guitar player, singer, writer and producer specializing in rockabilly. Powers is best known for his 1957 recording on the now-defunct Fox Records label entitled “Long Blond Hair”.

Powers (as Pavlik) began his professional career in 1953 at age 15, when he joined a local Detroit country band known as Jimmy Williams and the Drifters. Later, having become a fan of Carl Perkins and the young Elvis Presley, Powers began to include rock & roll elements in his music.

Until 1955, Powers performed and recorded under his birth name but, following a studio session for Fortune Records in Detroit, co-owner Devora Brown – seeing Pavlik eating a PowerHouse candy bar – gave him the stage name of Johnny Powers.

Powers released a pair of singles on the Fox Records label (not to be confused with today’s 20th Century Fox Records), including “Long Blond Hair”. Fox went out of business soon thereafter and in 1959 Powers signed with Sun Records, which released one single under his name. In 1960, Powers met with Berry Gordy and signed on with Motown Records, becoming the first white male musician to do so; he is also thought to be the only recording artist to have ever been under contract to both Sun and Motown Records. In his five year relationship with Motown, Powers devoted most of his energies to producing and writing rather than recording.

Powers has been inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Today, he continues to tour and perform throughout the United States and Europe.