| 词条 | Johnny Griffith (musician) |
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| name = Johnny Griffith | image = Johnny Griffith musician.jpg | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = John Ellis Griffith Jr. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|07|10}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, United States | origin = | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|11|10|1936|07|10}} | death_place = Detroit, Michigan, United States | genre = | occupation = Session musician | instrument = Keyboards | years_active = | label = Motown | associated_acts = The Funk Brothers | website = }} John Ellis "Johnny" Griffith Jr. (July 10, 1936 – November 10, 2002) was an African-American musician. BiographyBorn in Detroit, Griffith played piano and keyboards for Motown Records' in-house The Funk Brothers studio band. Among Griffith's most notable performances on the hundreds of Motown recordings he played on are the electric piano on "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by The Temptations, the organ on "Stop! In the Name of Love" by The Supremes, and the organ and shotgun effects on "Shotgun" by Junior Walker & the All Stars. Griffith played the Steinway grand piano, the Hammond B-3 organ, the Wurlitzer electric piano, the Fender Rhodes, and the celeste and harpsichord. His musical influences included Bud Powell, Glenn Gould, and Oscar Peterson. Griffith died of a heart attack in a Detroit hospital on November 10, 2002. He was 66 years old.[1] References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/nov/12/local/me-griffith12 |title=Johnny Griffith, 66; Played Keyboard for Motown Greats |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 12, 2002}} External links
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