- (This page is about the soul singer. For the American DJ of the same name, see Paul Johnson. For the surf guitarist of the same name, see Paul Johnson(3)).
Paul Johnson was a UK soul vocalist, producer and songwriter. He began singing in school and church while living in New York during the 1970's and later worked with one of the UK’s pioneering contemporary Gospel bands, Paradise and also sang with the London Community Gospel Choir. One turning point in Johnson's career was in meeting Junior Giscombe with whom he sang background vocals for on the Red Wedge Tour where he met Billy Bragg, Paul Weller, The Smiths, Blow Monkeys, Communards and many other pop artists. Soon after that tour, he signed an album deal as singer and songwriter to CBS Records in the late 1980's in which he recorded two albums, Paul Johnson and Personal. His first singles were When Love Comes Calling, written and produced Junior Giscombe and Half a World Away.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel was impressed with Paul Johnson's voice so much that he invited him to do a session for his show in 1987: on the 22 December 1987 repeat, Peel mused, "How we've managed to get to the end of 1987 without Paul Johnson being a serious star I don't know."' However, Peel subsequently seemed to have lost interest in the singer and never played any further material from him.
Sessions[]
1. Recorded: 1987-07-28. First Broadcast: 05 August 1987. Repeated: 24 August 1987, 20 October 1987, 22 December 1987
- Fear Of Falling / Burning / Every Kinda People / A Song For You
Other Shows Played[]
- 01 July 1987: Fear Of Falling (7") CBS (JP: 'That certainly is a wonderful voice')
- 19 October 1987: That Was Yesterday (7" - Fear Of Falling) CBS