Mike Johnson is Country Music's No. 1 Black Yodeler. Born in 1946, he graduated from Catholic Grade and High schools and served two Vietnam tours attached to the USS Constellation, CVA-64 from 1967 to 1969. After several jobs he became a long-distance trucker in September 1981, and this would play a major role in establishing him on the Independent Country Music circuit.
On 1 September 2002 Mike Johnson was inducted into America's Old Time Country Music Hall Of Fame by The National Traditional Country Music Association in Avoca, Iowa.
Mike did his 1st Nashville recording session in April 1981, and two 45-rpms, 8 cassettes, and 40 CDs later, 114 of his yodeling songs are part of the Library of Congress' Recorded Sound Reference Center and 16 Special Edition DVDs of his performances are part of the Library's Motion Picture & Television Broadcasting Collection.
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Mike Johnson is Country Music's No. 1 Black Yodeler. Born in 1946, he graduated from Catholic Grade and High schools and served two Vietnam tours attached to the USS Constellation, CVA-64 from 1967 to 1969. After several jobs he became a long-dist...
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