Discography and Biography of Johnny Bristol. Listen to all their hits.
Johnny Bristol Songs

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John William "Johnny" Bristol (February 3, 1939 - March 21, 2004) was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a native of Morganton, North Carolina, about which he wrote an eponymous song. His composition "Love Me for a Reason" saw global success when covered by The Osmonds including a number 1 in the UK charts in 1974. His most famous solo recording was "Hang On in There Baby" recorded in 1974, which reached the Top Ten in the United States and number 3 in the United Kingdom. Both singles were in the UK top 5 simultaneously.

Below is a list of Johnny Bristol songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: MGM 14715
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #3
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Hang On in There Baby
Johnny Bristol Hang On in There Baby
1974 MGM
2 record label: Atlantic 3360
chart position: RandB #5, US #43
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Bristol's Creme
Johnny Bristol Do It to My Mind
1976 Atlantic
3 record label: Handshake 5300
chart position: RandB #76, UK #39, US #63
written by: William Robinson, Ronald White
Amii Stewart & Johnny Bristol My Guy--My Girl
1980 Handshake
4 record label: MGM 14762
chart position: RandB #20, US #48, US Dance #44
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Hang On In There Baby
Johnny Bristol You and I
1974 MGM
5 record label: Handshake 5304
chart position: RandB #75, US Dance #17
written by: Johnny Bristol and Hense Powell
album: Free To Be Me
comments: [disco dance]
Johnny Bristol Love no Longer Has a Hold on Me
1981 Handshake
6 record label: MGM 14792
chart position: RandB #28, US #104, UK #53
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Hang On In There Baby
Johnny Bristol Leave My World
1975 MGM
7 record label: MGM 2006471(UK)
chart position: UK #52
written by: Johnny Bristol, Jerry Butler, James Dean and John Glover
album: Hang On In There Baby
Johnny Bristol Memories Don't Leave Like People Do
1974 MGM
8 record label: Atlantic 3421
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Strangers
Johnny Bristol Waiting on Love
1978 Atlantic
9 record label: Atlantic 3391
chart position: RandB #36, US #106
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Bristol's Creme
Johnny Bristol You Turned Me On to Love
1977 Atlantic
10 record label: Atlantic 3391
chart position: RandB #47
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Bristol's Creme
Johnny Bristol I Sho Like Groovin' with Ya
1977 Atlantic
11 record label: MGM 14814
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Feeling The Magic
Johnny Bristol Love Takes Tears
1975 MGM
12 record label: Polydor 2050
chart position: RandB #73
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: More Of You (Alton McClain & Destiny)
Johnny Bristol with Alton McClain Hang On In There Baby
1980 Polydor
-- record label: Motorcity 21 (UK)
written by: Barrett Strong, Always
Johnny Bristol Man Up In The Sky
1989 Motorcity
-- record label: Handshake 37666
written by: Jesse C. Robinson, Bill Williams Jr, Marshall McQueen Jr
album: Free To Be Me
comments: [album cut]
Johnny Bristol If I Can't Stop You
1981 Handshake




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