I rise i fall johnny tillotson biography
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Johnny Tillotson was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 20th, 1939. By the time he was nine, Johnny had already shown an interest and talent for music and began to perform at local functions and on the radio. By the time he entered Palatka Sr. High School, he had quite a reputation as a talented singer throughout the state of Florida. His first television appearance was as a guest on The Toby Dowdy Show, where his performances produced a steady stream of fan mail and resulted in a three year contract as a regular on the Country oriented show. When the program went off the air, Johnny was given his own show, while still attending the University of Florida.
During his teens, Johnny began writing songs and in 1957, a local DJ submitted a tape of Johnny's singing to the National Pet Milk Talent Contest. Johnny was chosen as one of the six national winners from this tape, which gave him the opportunity to perform on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee,
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Johnny Tillotson
American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
This article is about the 1950s and 1960s singer. For the former Archbishop, see John Tillotson.
Musical artist
Johnny Tillotson (born April 20, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter.[1] He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine top-tenhits on the pop, country, and adult contemporary Billboard charts, including "Poetry in Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" and "Without You".
Biography
[edit]Tillotson is the son of Doris and Jack Tillotson, who owned a small service station on the corner of 6th and Pearl in Jacksonville, Florida and acted as the station's mechanic. At the age of nine, Johnny was sent to Palatka, Florida,[2] 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 w