Robert White Johnson
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American musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert White Johnson (born c. 1952)[1] is an American songwriter and musician, based in Nashville, best known for co-writing "Where Does My Heart Beat Now", which was a major hit for Celine Dion.[2]
Robert White Johnson is a native of Moline, Illinois, where he commenced his career as a professional musician, playing drums. He originally went to Nashville at the behest of Dottie West, who was interested in developing Johnson's pop music career. He later became a staff writer for Tree Publishing.[2]
While continuing as a staff writer with Tree Publishing, in 1981, Johnson co-founded, with bass and keyboard player Jimmie Lee Sloas, the rock band RPM, where Johnson was the lead singer.[3] The band released two albums and had a modest AOR hit single, "A Legend Never Dies". The group's albums were produced by Brent Maher and Gary Langan, respectively.[4] After the band folded, Johnson concentrated on his staff songwriting position, before becoming an independent songwriter and producer as of the mid-1990s. He has contributed songs, production or both to such bands as the Beach Boys,[5] Peter Wolf,[6] B.J. Thomas,[7] Lynyrd Skynyrd,[8] 38 Special,[9] Van Zant[10] and Celine Dion. He is also a songwriter and producer of popular Christian music.[2] In 1996, he won a Dove Award as producer of the Inspirational Album of The Year, Unbelievable Love, by Larnelle Harris.[2] Johnson is also a successful writer and performer of jingles.[2]
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