THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD.
416-Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson-I Need It.
1975-Number 36 single.
Best Bit-At 2.25.He wasn’t christened ‘Guitar,’ but he should have been.
In fact Watson took his stage name from the Joan Crawford 1954 film ‘Johnny Guitar.’
Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson was born on February 3,1935 and died on May 17th,1996 in Yokohama,Japan of a heart attack,he collapsed while performing on stage.
Watson was a flamboyant showman with a taste for flashy clothes and wild showmanship on stage.
His teenage years were spent playing in Blues bands and he recorded his first single in 1952 as ‘Young John Watson.’As music tastes changed he turned his hand to Soul in the 60’s and Funk in the 70’s.
In a 1994 interview Watson was asked if his 1980 song ‘Telephone Bil’ anticipated Rap Music,Watson replied ‘I damn well invented it!’
Basically Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson was blessed with so much natural talent he could turn his hand to anything.
‘Something you got weakens me,I give in like 1-2-3.’
PLEASE SHARE TO REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE.
The countdown continues tomorrow at 1.0.pm.