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James P. Johnson (I) (1894–1955)

Soundtrack | Music Department | Composer

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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980. See more trivia »

Born:

James Price Johnson
in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Died:

(age 61) in New York, USA
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2012 Family Guy (TV series)
– Mr. & Mrs. Stewie (2012) (performer: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
2011 Tom Sawyer (writer: "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight")
 
2011 Midnight in Paris (writer: "Charleston")
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Round Four: Results Show (2009) (writer: "Charleston" - uncredited)
– Round Four (2009) (writer: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
2009 Whatever Works (writer: "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight")
 
2008 Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (documentary) (music: "The Joint Is Jumpin'" / lyrics: "The Joint Is Jumpin'")
 
2007 The War (TV mini-series documentary)
– Pride of Our Nation: June 1944 - August 1944 (2007) (music: "If I Could Be with You")
 
2007 The Brothers Warner (documentary) (writer: "Harlem Strut" / as James Price Johnson)
 
2007 Perfect Stranger (writer: "Don't Cry Baby" / as James Johnson)
 
2007 Does Your Soul Have a Cold? (documentary) (writer: "Charleston")
 
2006 Southland Tales (writer: "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" / as Jimmy Johnson)
 
2006 Aquamarine (writer: "Don't Cry Baby" / as Jimmy Johnson)
 
2003 Alex & Emma (writer: "Charleston")
 
2002 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Weekend at Burnsie's (2002) ("Charleston" - uncredited)
 
2001 The Majestic (writer: "Blue Note Boogie")
 
2001 The Cat's Meow (music: "Charleston" 1923)
 
1999 The Green Mile (writer: "Old Fashioned Love")
 
1999 Sweet and Lowdown (music: "Old Fashioned Love" 1923)
 
1997 Rebecca (TV movie) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1994 Cobb (performer: "Bleeding Hearted Blues")
 
1992 The House of Eliott (TV series)
– Episode #2.10 (1992) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1991 Billy Bathgate (music: "The Mule Walk")
 
1991 Rambling Rose (music: "IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT")
 
1990 Tiny Toon Adventures (TV series)
– Mr. Popular's Rules of Cool! (1990) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
– Gang Busters (1990) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1990 Pretty Woman (writer: "You Don't Understand" / as Jimmie Johnson)
 
1983 Sahara (writer: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1983 Zelig (music: "Charleston" 1923)
 
1983 High Road to China (writer: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1982 Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1981 Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1981 American Pop (writer: "Charleston" / as Jimmy Johnson)
 
1979 The Lady in Red (music: "If I Could Be with You")
 
1979 Bugs Bunny's Valentine (TV short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1974 The Great Gatsby (writer: "Charleston" / as Jimmy Johnson)
 
1973 The Brady Bunch (TV series)
– Never Too Young (1973) (writer: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1971 Our American Musical Heritage (TV series)
– Episode dated 25 September 1971 (1971) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1965 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 17 May 1965 (1965) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1963 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
– The Slumber Party (1963) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1963 The Unmentionables (short) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1962 Hazel (TV series)
– Hazel's Day (1962) (music: "The Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1962 Tender Is the Night (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1960 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (writer: "f I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" - uncredited, "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1958 Girl on the Run (writer: "Don't Cry, Baby" - uncredited)
 
1958 The Naked and the Dead (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1958 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 18 January 1958 (1958) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
– Tutti-Frutti Ice Cream (1957) (writer: "Charleston")
 
1957 The Helen Morgan Story (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Joker Is Wild (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Delinquents (writer: "A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid")
 
1957 Three Little Bops (short) (music: "Charleston")
 
1955 Mister Roberts (music: "IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT")
 
1955 Battle Cry (music: "Don't Cry Baby" - uncredited)
 
1953 South Sea Woman (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1953 A Mouse Divided (short) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1953 So You Want to Be a Musician (short) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1952 Fool Coverage (short) (writer: "Keep Cool, Fool" - uncredited)
 
1952 Stop, You're Killing Me (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited, "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1952 I Love Lucy (TV series)
– Ricky Loses His Voice (1952) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1952 Tree for Two (short) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1952 Cracked Quack (short) (music: "Charleston")
 
1952 Belles on Their Toes (music: "Charleston")
 
1951 So You Want to Be a Bachelor (short) (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1951 Storm Warning (music: "Keep Cool, Fool" - uncredited)
 
1950 The Jackpot (music: "Charleston")
 
1950 Tea for Two (music: "Charleston" / as Jimmy Johnson)
 
1950 Young Man with a Horn (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1949 Thieves' Highway (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1949 Slattery's Hurricane (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1949 You're My Everything (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1949 Flamingo Road (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1948 Whiplash (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1948 Hare Splitter (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1948 Nothing But the Tooth (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1948 Winter Meeting (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1947 Doggone Cats (short) (writer: "Keep Cool, Fool" - uncredited)
 
1947 A Pest in the House (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1947 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1947 The Man I Love (music: "If I Could Be with You")
 
1947 Hollywood Bound (music: "Old Fashioned Love")
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life (music: "Charleston" 1923 - uncredited)
 
1945 Roughly Speaking (music: "Charleston" - uncredited)
 
1945 Draftee Daffy (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1944 Stage Door Cartoon (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1943 Stormy Weather (music: "There's No Two Ways About Love" 1943 - uncredited)
 
1943 Cavalcade of Dance (short) (music: "Charleston" 1923 - uncredited)
 
1942 Vaudeville Days (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1942 Casablanca (music: "If I Could Be with You" 1926 - uncredited)
 
1942 A Tale of Two Kitties (short) (writer: "Keep Cool, Fool" - uncredited)
 
1942 Hobby Horse-Laffs (short) (music: "Keep Cool, Fool" - uncredited)
 
1942 Porky's Cafe (short) (music: "Keep Cool, Fool" - uncredited)
 
1941 The Bug Parade (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1941 Snow Time for Comedy (short) (writer: "Keep Cool, Fool" - uncredited)
 
1941 We, the Animals - Squeak! (short) (music: "Keep Cool, Fool" - uncredited)
 
1941 Penny Serenade (music: "Charleston")
 
1941 Goofy Groceries (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1940 Wacky Wildlife (short) (music: "If I Could Be With You)
 
1940 Slap Happy Pappy (short) (music: "If I Could Be With You" - uncredited)
 
1939 The Roaring Twenties (music: "If I Could Be with You" 1926 - uncredited)
 
1938 Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra (short) (music: "I Need Lovin'")
 
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 (music: "CHARLESTON" 1925 - uncredited)
 
1936 Little Jack Little & Orchestra (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1936 Klondike Annie (writer: "Mister Deep Blue Sea")
 
1935 George White's 1935 Scandals (music: "Charleston" 1923 - uncredited)
 
1933 Dancing Lady (writer: "Alabama Swing" - uncredited)
 
1933 Ladies They Talk About (music: "If I Could Be with You" 1926 - uncredited)
 
1933 Mills Blue Rhythm Band (short) (music: "There Goes My Headache" - uncredited)
 
1932 Lawyer Man (music: "If I Could Be with You" 1926 - uncredited)
 
1932 Three on a Match (music: "Charleston" 1923 - uncredited)
 
1932 Goopy Geer (short) (music: "I Need Lovin'" 1926 - uncredited)
 
1932 Taxi! (music: "I Need Lovin'" 1926 - uncredited)
 
1931 Big Business Girl (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1930 One Good Turn (short) ("If I Could Be with You")
 
1930 Henry Santry and His Soldiers of Fortune (short) (music: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1929 The Show of Shows (music: "Your Love Is All I Crave" - uncredited)
 
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1994 Crumb (documentary) (composer: song "Harlem Strut")
 
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1930 Yamekraw (short) (initially - uncredited)
 
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1929 St. Louis Blues (short)
Pianist (uncredited)
 
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1984 Before Stonewall (documentary)
In Speakeasy (uncredited)
 
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Alternate Names:

Jimmy Johnson
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Trivia:

Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980. See more »

Nickname:

The Dean of Stride See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius