# 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*

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## 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

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 49.5
- **Momentum:** 7.5

## 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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