Romeo Johnson is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and vocal coach. A Chattanooga, Tennessee native, Johnson attended Brainerd High School, for Music Theory, Conducting/Arranging, and Stage Band. He later attended

The University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

, and studied Theater, Voice, and Dance. Johnson is a

baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

and has five-octave vocal range from

falsetto ''Falsetto'' (, ; Italian diminutive of , "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous ed ...

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

Television

In 2009, Johnson could be seen in two reality TV shows on

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as the Vocal Director and Personal Vocal Coach for Sean P. Diddy Combs in "Making His Band" and the Vocal Coach and background section leader on P. Diddy's "StarMaker". Johnson helped select and vocally train Diddy's 14 aspiring singers over the course of 10 weeks. On October 26, 2009, the day after the winner was chosen, new artist for Bad Boy Records, Liz Davis stated that Johnson "had the best techniques".

Live performances

Johnson began his touring career with Vesta Williams, later Johnson became a background vocalist and dancer for

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. He also played bass guitar and bass synthesizer for Sheena Easton. Johnson also toured with Millie Jackson, Rahsaan Patterson, Rufus, Teddy Riley & GUY (section leader/background vocalist), Blackstreet,

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, and Michael Jackson. In 1993, Johnson sang background vocals with Stacy Campbell and Lisa Taylor for

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for her second worldwide tour. In 2007-2008, Johnson was a vocalist and background section leader for Queen Latifah. His performance was mentioned by the Santa Barbara Review in an article written on November 24, 2007 by Charles Donelan stating "In this setting, early Mary J. Blige counts as a classic, and it was her song "Real Love" that provided the night's high point, an amazing succession of vocal performances by Latifah, her two female backup singers, and a wonderful musician and rip-roaring male vocalist who goes by Romeo." In between touring, Johnson worked as a session vocalist on sound recordings with Kanye West's 808's & Heartbreak "Say You Will", Ice Cube for the CD, ''Essentials'' as a background vocalist, Snoop Dogg "Ego Trippin" and "Can't Say Goodbye", Stevie Wonder "Don't Hurt My Baby", Smashmouth "More Bounce", Nate Dogg (seven tracks on an upcoming album), Xzibit "Symphony in X Major", Macy Gray "Time of My Life", Mack 10 "Hate In Your Eyes", George Howard "I Apologize", James Ingram "Natural Man", Jennifer Holliday "Love Stories" and "Raise The Roof".

Movie soundtracks and TV spots

Johnson has been on movie soundtracks such as ''The Cookout'' soundtrack as lead vocals on "The Closer I Get To You" and the "Radio" movie soundtrack as background vocals for India.Arie. Johnson's career also includes live TV performances, numerous award shows and commercial radio jingles which include Los Angeles' HOT 92 JAMZ. His voice is featured on a national commercial jingle airing for "Outlast" a CoverGirl Product featuring Queen Latifah.

References

P. Diddy's Making His Band Episode 1
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(Dated: Wednesday, November 21, 2007)

External links

Official Romeo Johnson Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Romeo Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male singers American baritones Singers with a five-octave vocal range Songwriters from Tennessee People from Chattanooga, Tennessee American vocal coaches Rufus (band) members American male songwriters