Sammy Johns
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The 1982 New World Records single Falling for You came to the attention of Elektra, and the company
Sammy Johns took Johns on board and issued Love Me off the Road and Common Man.
Those who have
johns recorded Johns songs are Waylon Jennings, Sammy Kershaw, and Sammy Johns Conway Twitty. Sammy Johns (born 7 February 1946, Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American country singer-songwriter, best known for his million selling 1975 hit single, Chevy
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When he was nine years old, Johns father presented him with a guitar, and by the time he was a teenager Sammy Johns he had established his own band, the Devilles.
Although he wrote a number of hit songs for other artists, Johns is best remembered for the one he recorded himself, Chevy Van .
In 1985, Jennings serenaded the Statue of Liberty with Johns song America , on Sammy Johns a nationally broadcast event to mark the statue s restoration.
. The single drove up to #5 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
After his eponymous debut album on the GRC record label, which included Chevy Van, the singer signed a deal in 1976 with Warner-Curb, which resulted in Johns Sammy Johns working on the soundtrack to The Van, the first film to feature Danny DeVito.
