Johnny Bristol (born John William Bristol on 3 February 1939 in Morganton, … Read Full Bio ↴Johnny Bristol (born John William Bristol on 3 February 1939 in Morganton, North Carolina, USA - 21 March 2004), was an African American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for Motown Records in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Bristol and singing partner Jackey Beavers recorded two singles in 1959 for Anna Records, a label owned by Gwen Gordy (Berry Gordy's sister) and Billy Davis and four 45s for Gwen Gordy and Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi label, none of which was a success beyond the Midwestern United States.
Recorded in the early 1960s for Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi label in Detroit, Michigan as "Johnny & Jackey". When Tri-Phi was absorbed by Motown in the mid-1960s, Bristol became Fuqua's songwriting and production partner, working on material for Motown artists such as Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ("If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"), Edwin Starr ("Twenty-Five Miles"), David Ruffin ("My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me"), and others. On his own, Bristol produced hits such as "Someday We'll Be Together" for Diana Ross and the Supremes and "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" and "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" for Gladys Knight and the Pips.
When Motown left Detroit for Los Angeles in 1972, Bristol moved over to MGM Records, where he resumed his career as a recording artist. He released several successful R&B hits, among them "You and I" (1974), and "Leave My World" (1975), as well as the top ten pop hit "Hang In There Baby" (1974). Bristol continued his career a a solo artist and an independent producer into the early 1990s. Bristol's last releases were a 12" single in 1991 for Whichway Records, "Come to Me", and an album, Life & Love, released for the Japanese market in 1993. The latter included Earth, Wind & Fire's "That's The Way I Feel About You" as a duet with his daughter, Shanna J. Bristol. The album received a US release three years later under the title Come To Me.
He died at the age of 65 in his home in Michigan in 2004.
Bristol and singing partner Jackey Beavers recorded two singles in 1959 for Anna Records, a label owned by Gwen Gordy (Berry Gordy's sister) and Billy Davis and four 45s for Gwen Gordy and Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi label, none of which was a success beyond the Midwestern United States.
Recorded in the early 1960s for Harvey Fuqua's Tri-Phi label in Detroit, Michigan as "Johnny & Jackey". When Tri-Phi was absorbed by Motown in the mid-1960s, Bristol became Fuqua's songwriting and production partner, working on material for Motown artists such as Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ("If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"), Edwin Starr ("Twenty-Five Miles"), David Ruffin ("My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me"), and others. On his own, Bristol produced hits such as "Someday We'll Be Together" for Diana Ross and the Supremes and "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" and "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" for Gladys Knight and the Pips.
When Motown left Detroit for Los Angeles in 1972, Bristol moved over to MGM Records, where he resumed his career as a recording artist. He released several successful R&B hits, among them "You and I" (1974), and "Leave My World" (1975), as well as the top ten pop hit "Hang In There Baby" (1974). Bristol continued his career a a solo artist and an independent producer into the early 1990s. Bristol's last releases were a 12" single in 1991 for Whichway Records, "Come to Me", and an album, Life & Love, released for the Japanese market in 1993. The latter included Earth, Wind & Fire's "That's The Way I Feel About You" as a duet with his daughter, Shanna J. Bristol. The album received a US release three years later under the title Come To Me.
He died at the age of 65 in his home in Michigan in 2004.
Float On
Johnny Bristol Lyrics
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Ben Lee Backed my car into a cop car the other day Well…
Ben Lee / Pony Up! Backed my car into a cop car the other day Well…
Black Foxxes The water filled your lungs It ties me down The water took…
Blaketheman1000 I took the bus to Philadelphia Gavin picked me up in…
Cali Life Style this is a slow jam from me to you.to tell…
Charli XCX/Danny Brown Backwood of that good to the pain for the brain A…
Cities Aviv Yo, bird's eye over cloud nine Took a day off, guess…
Danny Brown Backwood of that good to the pain for the brain A…
Dream Warriors Luv, Q, Spek, Lu (Float On) Small X, Riddler (They gotta…
E.C.M.E. She say she wanna float Lets float She hopped up in this…
Floaters Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer Ralph, Charles, Paul, Larry Fl…
Goldspot I backed my car into a cop car, the other…
Iron Horse I backed my car into a cop car the other…
Mexican Invasion CLS This is a slow jam from me to you To tell…
Modest Modest I backed my car into a cop car the other…
Moments & Whatnauts I've been thinking lately How I wanna be baby You've got…
Mr. Bloe And I’m Constantly dreaming Do I Really got meaning If I Got…
Mystic Diversions Take my hand Come with me baby To look land Let me show…
N.S.C. Float float float Yea yeah We float float Float Floating …
Nova Sunshine Tonight Lay the questioning, the pondering to rest Remember …
Ordinary Child (Summer) Summers almost over My season is coming soon (Comin…
Stetsasonic Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer Ralph, Charles, Paul, Larry …
T. BLAKE Mr. Small he was four feet tall His wife was five…
Tennessee Shine When life gets tough and trouble gets the best of…
The Floaters Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer Ralph, Charles, Paul, Larry Fl…
The Kidz Bop Kids I backed my car into a cop car the other…
The O.C. Mix 6 Can I hit one time just to take this flight Maybe…
The OC - Modest Mouse I backed my car into a cop car the other…
The Orchard Tell me just one more time That you'll love me till…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Johnny Bristol:
Do It To My Mind Evening's settled down Girl, I'm yours for the taking I've g…
Do you love me You turned me on To love Wife of life Healer of my wounds M…
Hang On In The Baby Hmmm! Hmmm! Yeah! Oh! Baby! Hmmm! Hang on in there baby…
Hang on in There Hmmm! Hmmm! Yeah! Oh! Baby! Hmmm! Hang on in there baby…
Hang on in There Baby Hmmm! Hmmm! Yeah! Oh! Baby! Hmmm! Hang on in there baby…
I Sho Like Groovin' With Ya Sure like groovin' with ya Well those little things you do…
I Wouldn't Change A Thing I wouldn't change a thing If I had to live my…
Leave My World Leave my and world I'll leave it to Leave my world…
Look Into the Eyes of a Fool Everyone seems To think that our love is not for real Oh…
Love Me You turned me on To love Wife of life Healer of my wounds M…
Love Me For A Reason Girl when you hold me, how you control me You bend…
Love Takes Tears What does it take to win your love for me? How…
Man In The Sky Yeah Man up in the sky Oh yeah yeah Man up in the…
Man Up in the Sky Nadas iguales, nadas perfecto Entre tu y yo no existe uno…
No More Heartaches Today I'm so glad that love's come home to me Now my…
Someday We'll Be Together Someday we'll be together Say it, say it again Someday we'll…
What Does It Take What does it take to win your love for me? How…
You And I You and I, you and I Sounds like a whole lotta…
You Turned Me On to Love You turned me on To love Wife of life Healer of my wounds M…
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MIKE DEE
JOHNNY BRISTOL...ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL & UNDERRATED VOICE OF OUR TIME...
misty 48
Still gives me goosebumps after over 40 years. The best song ever.
Eileen
Me toooooooo
Eileen
Me toooooooo
J Eshun
Former Motown songwriter & producer Johnny Bristol really hit the big time when he released this now timeless classic, it became a worldwide smash, from the 1974 album Hang On In There, a track he wrote, sang, arranged & produced
Patricia O'reilly
Thank you for the information. You learn & appreciate something new everyday.
Jason White
“Sweet Virgin of the world”! He sings the most poetic line with that much emotion! A blessing beyond measure!
Antony Clayton
What a great song, I remember this from my youth and it's a song that has everything, great vocals with passion and conviction, top notch orchestration , fab percussion and guitars, hell what's not to like! Some singers just don't get the plaudits they truly deserve and johnny is, along with al wilson, definitely in that category
Patricia O'reilly
Masterpiece of vocal ,& musical arrangements. The smooth sexy build up to explosive heights . Beautiful.
billyralphweeden
CAN BRING YOU RIGHT BACK TO THE 1970S' !!!
Thank God We Had That Decade.