Thread: Robert Leroy Johnson

Robert Leroy Johnson


Robert Johnson's studio portrait, circa 1935—one of only three verified known published photographs

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Uploaded on 25 Sep 2006
two of the only known photos of Robert Johnson..two of the disputed grave sites...and scan of Robert Johnson' Death Certificate

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The Complete Recordings is a compilation album by American blues musician Robert Johnson, released August 28, 1990 on Columbia Records. The album's recordings were recorded in two sessions in Dallas and San Antonio, Texas for the American Record Company (ARC) during 1936 and 1937. Most of the songs were first released on 78rpm records in 1937. The Complete Recordings contains every recording Johnson is known to have made, with the exception of an alternate take of "Travelling Riverside Blues".

The Complete Recordings peaked at number 80 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album has sold more than a million copies, and won a Grammy Award in 1991 for "Best Historical Album." In 1992, the Blues Foundation inducted the album into the Blues Hall of Fame. It also was included by the National Recording Preservation Board in the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2003.The board selects recordings in an annual basis that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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