Pete Johnson

USA, 1926–1967

American pianist (1904-1967) from Kansas City, one of the three masters of boogie-woogie alongside Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis. His 1938 'Roll 'Em Pete' with Big Joe Turner is one of the records that set the boogie craze off and pointed toward rock and roll.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced Pete Johnson and 1 artist Pete Johnson influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

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• The Durutti Column — Pete Johnson completes the boogie-woogie half of Reilly's stated piano ancestry.