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.

Got to Be There
Johnny Bristol Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Got to Be There' by these artists:

Amerie But don't be unkind It don't mean I'm lyin' When you and…
Black Ivory Got to be there (Got to be there) be there in…
Boyz II Men (Got to be there) got to be there in the…
Chaka Khan Got to be there Be there in the mornin' Got to be…
Diana Ross Got to be there, got to be there In the morning When…
G.C. Cameron If I looked into my life And told you what I’d…
Jackson (Michael) Got to be there, got to be there (got to…
Jackson Michael And The Jackson 5 Got to be there (got to be there) Got to…
Janet Kay Be there in the morning When he says hello to the…

Jennie Lena Got to be there, got to be there In the…
KITCHEN - Michael Jackson Got to be there, got to be there (got to…
Leon Thomas (Got to be there) got to be there in the…
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas All the world over, so easy to see People everywhere just…
Michael & Jackson 5 Got to be there, got to be there (got to…
Michael Jackson & Diana Ross Got to be there, got to be there In the morning When…
Michael Jackson & The Jacksons Got to be there, got to be there in the…
Michael Jackson & The Jacksons Five Got to be there, got to be there (got to…
micheal jackson and the jackson 5 Got to be there, got to be there in the…
Patti And The Lovelites What you find-ah What you feel now What you know-ah To be re…
PMC All-Stars You and I must make a pact We must bring salvation…
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Got to be there, got to be there (got to…
Sygaire & Kaoru Mfaume & The Ladies You and I must make a pact We must bring salvation…
Tay Da Prince It's Tay Da Prince coming to you live Story of My…
The Christians She takes the train home Only to find her fears are…
The Jackson 5 You and I must make a pact We must bring salvation…
The Jackson 5 & Michael Jackson Got to be there, got to be there (got to…
Toots & The Maytals If you've been weeping and wailing, Naughty, naughty. Who kn…
Toots and The Maytals Lord I must know If you've been weeping and wailing Naughty,…

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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木倉谷哲也

Lyrics:

Hmmm, hmmm
Yeah
Oh baby, hmmm
Hang on in there, baby
(Give me love tonight)
Don't be afraid, love will make it alright
Don't hide your fear, gonna hold you tight
Oh, we've almost got it made

Now that we’ve caressed a kiss so warm and tender
I can’t wait till we reach that sweet moment of surrender
Oh, we’ll hear the thunder roar, feel the lightning strike
At a point we’ll both decide to meet at the same time tonight

Hang on in there baby, hang on in there darling
I’m gonna give you more than you ever dreamed possible

Don’t be afraid baby, oooh no
Sweet virgin of the world
You know we can’t help but make it
‘Cause there’s true love between us girl
Hmmm, so let us touch that cloud
That everyone dreams of
Oh! We’re almost there darling, truly making love

Hang on in there baby, please don’t let me down
Please don’t destroy this new joy

What’s that now baby, what’s that you say
Something’s eating at you
And it’s hard to get away
(hard to get away)
Oh, don’t fight it baby, just open up the door
‘Cause that’s the key to the freedom
That we’ve both been working for
Let it go baby, let it go darling, oooh
Right there, right there
Baby, don’t you move it, don’t you dare

(Hang on in there baby, hang on in there darling)
Hang on in there now
(I’m gonna give you more than you ever dreamed possible)
Hang on in there, darling
(Hang on in there baby)
Hang on in there baby
(Please don’t let me down) hold it down
(Please don’t destroy this new joy)
New joy (we’ve found)
New joy we’ve found

All comments from YouTube:

eddiecharlie77

1y↑5

Big hit for him, He also wrote 'Love Me For a Reason' which became a Top 10 hit for the Osmonds, both song were in the Top 40 the same time in the Fall of 74.

Kevin Goins

1y↑3

Legendary songwriter/producer. H.B. Barnum's arrangement borrows much from colleague Gene Page, who scored the charts for Barry White/Love Unlimited. The move worked - Top 10 smash for Mr. Bristol.

木倉谷哲也

Angelique Collins

1y↑7

He sung on Diana Ross and The Supremes' "Someday We'll Be Together".

Richard Dixon

Diana, thank you for the 45. Sorry we lost you too soon.

wmbrown6

1y↑8

Among the musicians who played on this were those who played on the Love Unlimited Orchestra's "Love's Theme." Indeed, I saw some similarities in the tempo and beat to that one.