Johnny Powers (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American rockabilly guitar player, singer, writer and producer
Date of Birth: 25-May-1938
Place of Birth: Eastpointe, Michigan, United States
Profession: artist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Johnny Powers (musician)
- Johnny Powers (born John Leon Joseph Pavlik; May 25, 1938 in East Detroit, Michigan) is an American guitar player, singer, writer and producer specializing in rockabilly.
- Powers is best known for his 1957 recording on the now-defunct Fox Records label entitled “Long Blond Hair”. Powers (as Pavlik) began his professional career in 1953 at age 15, when he joined a local Detroit country band known as Jimmy Williams and the Drifters.
- Later, having become a fan of Carl Perkins and the young Elvis Presley, Powers began to include rock & roll elements in his music.Until 1955, Powers performed and recorded under his birth name but, following a studio session for Fortune Records in Detroit, co-owner Devora Brown – seeing Pavlik eating a PowerHouse candy bar – gave him the stage name of Johnny Powers.Powers released a pair of singles on the Fox Records label (not to be confused with today’s 20th Century Fox Records), including “Long Blond Hair”.
- Fox went out of business soon thereafter and in 1959 Powers signed with Sun Records, which released one single under his name.
- In 1960, Powers met with Berry Gordy and signed on with Motown Records, becoming the first white male musician to do so; he is also thought to be the only recording artist to have ever been under contract to both Sun and Motown Records.
- In his five year relationship with Motown, Powers devoted most of his energies to producing and writing rather than recording.Powers has been inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
- Today, he continues to tour and perform throughout the United States and Europe.
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