Johnny Otis - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech - 1994
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Johnny's speech after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 1994.
Etta James presented Johnny with his trophy, and she had some wonderful things to say about him.
Johnny Otis one true R&B music legend his sound echoed down the ages and is still there in 2023
I’ve heard these names for years but had no idea Otis and Hampton were so damn GOOD. Their joy equals their virtuosity.
A giant. So we’ll deserved
Long overdue......he also discovered Little Esther (Phillips)
CLASS ACT!!!!
I see another comment from someone who is 78 and had to sneak his radio under covers to listen to Johnny Otis and Hunter Hancock. OMG, this is my experience, too! Johnny Otis had a tv show that I would watch with my dad. Al Jarvis is another great dj who had a tv show that we were lucky enough to watch. I, too, have my brother's 78s of Little Richard as well as numerous 45s. I treasure these memories and moments from my childhood so much. Thank you Johnny Otis for your never ending talent and perseverance for the music that has shaped us. To all of those whose careers you started and the music that you wrote and collaborated on, I remember you with the greatest of my love ❤❤
I grew up in LA, listening to Johnny Otis on the radio with all my friends. We always knew he was the top dog, and we NEVER got tired of hearing Willie & the Hand Jive. It was good to see Johnny being honored in this way.
Ditto! Johnny Otis had the best radio show, played all the great R & B bands. What a great guy, great musician, great producer, and sensational promoter.
Cj Johnny otis' career was remarkable.
Back when it was the hall of fame not the HALL OF SHAME which it has been for years now. This man was the king Johnny Otis
R I P!!
He became known for his choice to live his professional and personal life as a member of the African-American community.[5][6][7] He wrote, "As a kid I decided
that if our society dictated that one had to be black or white, I would be black."[8]
His family were Greek immigrants, I’m proud to be Greek!!
Yes his parents were from Greece. Johnny was born in the San Francisco Bay Area.
@@Frapzoid with a fundamentally Greek soul
@@miastupid7911 My grandfather was Italian/Greek from Italy.
@@Frapzoid calabria?
@@miastupid7911 Campania.
Johnny Otis hombre!
What a lovely humble man................we play a couple of his songs in our Rock'n'Roll band.......God bless him!!
The Johnny Otis show was a favorite of mine. with the Willy & The Hand Jive theme song.
J. Otis, é bom e eletrizante por excelência, possuo dois (2) LP's fo mesmo, ele é bom demais.. maneco - Brasil.
FOr those of you around Orange County and Long Beach in The late 50s, You will remember that there were only a few stations that played our music, Johhny Otis was one, WE called him J.O.. He had a show from a store front in Long beach, and played all music that we liked. Another was Hunter Hancock that was on in early Pm. Huggy Boy was on in the evening . They all played Bad, Bad, Music We were the white boys drawn to this " RHYTHM AND BLUES " MUSIC. It has stuck with me and I'm 78 years old. I gotta say that black artists used to make some very good music. They have lost me now, Sorry!!!!!!
Well said. 👍👍👍
J.O. was instrumental in growing the seeds of R & B into Rock n Roll. Grew up listening to his show, and deeply influenced musically. (Had to sneak my transistor radio under my pillow, but it was worth the risk!)
This is a great clip. His point at 4:06 about the origin of R&B is spot on, R&B became known as rock and roll
All you need is Greece, Johnny Otis the Greek
A lot of soul in traditional Greek music.
The Godfather of Rhythm & Blues
I remember his show and I remember watching Shugge play at about 4 years old. I was 5. I visited Johnny at his home with my dad and uncle Bardu Ali.
Bardu was Red Fox manager years later.
Love
Whoever posted this clip from Johnny Otis's induction into the R&R Hall of Fame, thank you! I had the great pleasure of meeting Johnny when I was in my twenties, almost 50 years ago. His music was played in our house as a kid, because my dad, a jazz pianist, was a big fan. Embarrassingly, I even uttered those words, "I love your music! My dad played it at home when I was a kid." Talk about wishing to take a back a moment in time. smh... That was mine!
He was so gracious, and never flinched at my careless comment. lol
I really was such a stone-cold fan! Meeting Johnny Otis was pure happenstance, and something I never dreamt would happen. I am now the proud 'keeper' of my dad's 78s & LPs of Johnny's music, and I added my own of his later years. Many people don't know that Johnny Otis was a great soul food cook too. He cooked for everyone in his show the night we met! Delmar Evans, Marie & the Three Tons Of Joy and the rest of his band, all tucked into chicken in gravy with dirty rice. It was some good I can tell you! He authored a few cookbooks of which I am a proud owner, and which he signed for me. Though we went a few years of not seeing one another, I followed his radio show on KPFA Radio, Saturday mornings. Happily, we reacquainted in Sebastopol CA in 2001, at the Powerhouse Brewing Company, from where Johnny did his regular 'Classic R&B' radio broadcast with co-host George, for KPFA in Berkeley.
Johnny's passing in 2012 was a dark day for the history of many of the great artists who found themselves being promoted by Johnny Otis. He had a great ear for talent, and the desire to help fledgling singers & musicians. I can't believe it's been five years since he passed, but I am grateful to have seen him get his R&R Hall of Fame Induction. The video of that moment deserves to be shared with others who perhaps didn't see it at the time, but share an admiration for Johnny Otis. He was a kind man. A musical powerhouse. An advocate for racial equality. And I'm so grateful to count him as someone I knew personally. He enriched my musical life, and the lives of so many others over a long and storied career.
You're welcome Kingscrib. Long live Johnny's wonderful music and spirit.
@@c.j.mcrasch6598 Thank you indeed!!
The Irony is Etta James & Johnny Otis died within 3 days of one another.
Etta passed on Jan 17, 2012 and Johnny Otis on Jan 20, 2012.
Very cool.
Very, very cool.
The Johnny Otis Show (on TV, on Record, Live when it could be Live):
Grad School.
Cj 👍👍👍👍
Listen to his album. Snatch and the Poontangs, way ahead of it's time
Poontangs. Snatch and the Poontangs.
@@CrazyMcRasch I know , damn autocorrect
Thanks for adjusting the tracking.
Shame that the rock and roll hall of fame turned into such a joke, people like Johnny Otis are the ones who deserve this award now we have people like jay z and all the other mass produced soulless garbage being entered.
Rest in peace mr. Otis you might have left us but your memory will never die
R&B. In Bo Diddleys mind it stood for Rip Off and Bullshit. I just call it great.
I thought the thumbnail photo was Ringo Starr while scrolling past it.
😂😂
Johnny was Ringo before Richard Starkey figured out who he was…
Rock n roll was a term coined by Allan Freed to umbrella all black music in the early 50s , which was becoming popular to white people , which was nothing new of course , but was held back by racist established America
Right on. His loose definition included R&B, Rock-a-Billy and Vocal Group Harmony. Too bad the HallOfShame is void of most of these classic artists.
yea, jazz within r n b , but rockabilly or hillbilly bop or even cat music was enveloped later, but Freed got the term right, means sex music
Otis was born in Vallejo, California, to Greek immigrant parents, Alexander J. Veliotes, a Mare Island longshoreman and grocery store owner, and his wife, the former Irene Kiskakes, a painter.[1][4] He had a younger sister, Dorothy, and a younger brother, Nicholas A. Veliotes, who became the U.S. Ambassador to Jordan (1978-1981) and Egypt (1984-1986). Johnny grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood in Berkeley, California,
where his father owned a neighborhood grocery store. He became known
for his choice to live his professional and personal life as a member of
the African-American community.[5][6][7] He wrote, "As a kid I decided that if our society dictated that one had to be black or white, I would be black."[8]
Your right, the term rockabilly only became known in the late 70's and 80's.
Got to go there, huh. Rascist Piano Guitar and trumpet, no one said they had to use euriopean fashioned instruments. Wonder how the music was ever recoreded. Were not too many studios out there, I guess no one was ever able to appreciate anything in the pre 1900 era. You have something in your eye. Look at who is on the field in sports. You are even using the two colors that no one is. Things were always so much more easy in Africa, I suppose. If the world was as you see it. Extinction is your answer I guess. Works so well in Syria and I do not see anyone happy and safe there.
He kinda looks like fEminem if he was dressed in drag as razor Ramon
Who was the male presenter prior to Extra James?