# George W. Johnson

> George Washington Johnson was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. He is known for being the first African American recording star of the phonograph. His most popular songs were "The Whistling Coon" and "The Laughing Song".

*American singer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/george-w-johnson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1846
- **Died:** 1914-01-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/847638)
- [جورج دبليو. جونسون (موسيقي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A))
- [جورج جونسون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [George W. Johnson (cantant)](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(cantant))
- [جۆرج، دەبلیو، جۆنسن (گۆرانیبێژ)](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%8C_%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86_(%DA%AF%DB%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8E%DA%98))
- [George W. Johnson](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson)
- [George W. Johnson (singer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(singer))
- [George W. Johnson](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson)
- [George W. Johnson](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson)
- [조지 W. 존슨](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_W._%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A8)
- [George W. Johnson (cantor)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(cantor))
- [George W. Johnson](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson)
- [喬治·W·約翰遜 (歌手)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%96%AC%E6%B2%BB%C2%B7W%C2%B7%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%E9%81%9C_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4ff572ad-0fe8-4eaa-929f-e8a6a1622d43)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1372290)

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