Osie Johnson
Drums, Vocal
| Label | Issue | Format | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aamco | ALP303 | |||
| Affinity | AFF97 | LP | Various Artists | I hear Music |
| - | AFF122 | - | Chris Connor | Out of this World |
| Bethlehem | 3054 | single | Jonah Jones | J.J. Special (Jonah Jones special) / European blues / Jonah Jones special / European blues |
| - | 11005 | - | Chris Connor | Come back to Sorrento / Blame it on my youth / Come back to Sorrento / Blame it on my youth |
| - | 11010 | - | Jonah Jones | Stars fell on Alabama / Wrap your troubles in dreams / Wrap your troubles in dreams / Stars fell on Alabama |
| - | 11011 | - | Johnny Hartman | Birth of the blues / I'll follow you / I'll follow you / Birth of the blues |
| - | 11012 | - | Chris Connor | It's alright with me / All this and heaven too / It's ail right with me / All this and heaven too |
| - | 11014 | - | Jonah Jones | You're the cream in my coffee / The Sheik of Araby / You're the cream in my coffee / The Sheik of Araby |
| - | 11043 | - | Oscar Pettiford | Titoro / Scorpio / Scorpio / Titoro |
| - | 11044 | - | - | Another one / Oscalypso / Oscalypso / Another one |
| - | 11081 | - | - | Jack the bear / Tamalpais / Jack the bear / Tamalpais |
| - | BCF6029 | |||
| - | BCP2 | LP | Various Artists | Grab Bag |
| - | BCP4 | - | Jonah Jones | Jazz Kaleidoscope |
| - | BCP7 | - | Aaron Sachs & Hank D'Amico | We brought our "Axes" |
| - | BCP8 | - | Bobby Scott | The Compositions of Bobby Scott |
| - | BCP10 | - | Milt Hinton | East Coast Jazz, Volume 5 |
| - | BCP14 | - | Urbie Green | East Coast Jazz, Volume 6 |
| - | BCP16 | - | Hal McKusick Quartet | East Coast Jazz, Volume 7 |
| - | BCP18 | - | Sam Most Sextet | East Coast Jazz, Volume 8 |
| - | BCP20 | - | Chris Connor | This is Chris |
| - | BCP56 | - | - | Chris |
| - | BCP61 | - | Howard McGhee | Life is just a bowl of Cherries |
| - | BCP66 | - | Osie Johnson | The Happy Jazz of Johnson |
| - | BCP68 | - | Ralph Burns | Bijou |
| - | BCP73 | - | Marilyn Moore | Moody |
| - | BCP82 | - | Various Artists | Bethlehem's Best, Volume 1 |
| - | BCP83 | - | - | Bethlehem's Best, Volume 2 |
| - | BCP85 | - | - | Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz |
| - | BCP86 | - | - | We Cut This Album for Bread |
| - | BCP87 | - | - | Double-Barrel Jazz |
| - | BCP88 | - | - | Jazz Music for People who don't care about Money |
| - | BCP89 | - | - | We've Built a Jazz Album for You |
| - | BCP92 | - | - | No Sour Grapes, just Pure Jazz |
| - | BCP1008 | - | Aaron Sachs Sextet | Aaron Sachs Sextet |
| - | BCP1009 | - | Bobby Scott | Bobby Scott |
| - | BCP1014 | - | Jonah Jones Sextet | Jonah Jones Sextet |
| - | BCP1019 | - | Oscar Pettiford | Basically Duke |
| - | BCP1020 | - | Milt Hinton | Milt Hinton |
| - | BCP1023 | - | Carmen McRae | Carmen McRae |
| - | BCP1039 | - | Joe DeRisi | Joe DeRisi |
| - | BCP6006 | - | Various Artists | Bethlehem's Girl Friends |
| - | BCP6014 | - | Johnny Hartman | The Debonair Mr.Hartman |
| - | BCP6015 | - | The Australian Jazz Quintet Plus One | The Australian Jazz Quintet Plus One |
| - | BCP6034 | - | Various Artists | Smart, Luscious, Beautiful |
| - | BCP6038 | - | - | Bluesville |
| - | BEP111 | EP | Jonah Jones Sextet | |
| - | BEP112 | - | - | - |
| - | BEP119 | - | Milt Hinton | - |
| - | BEP120 | - | Urbie Green | - |
| - | BEP124 | - | Joe DeRisi | - |
| - | BEP126 | - | Chris Connor | - |
| - | BEP127 | - | - | - |
| - | BEP129 | - | - | - |
| - | BEP130 | - | - | - |
| - | EXLP6 | - | ||
| - | LPDX6 | - | - | - |
| Bethlehem New Series | 2BP-1001 | LP | Chris Connor | The Finest of Chris Connor |
| - | BCP6004 | - | Carmen McRae | The Finest of Carmen McRae - You'd be so easy to love |
| Design | DLP113 | |||
| Ember | EMB3335 | LP | Various Artists | Tribute to the Grand Order of Water Rats |
| - | EMB3340 | - | Jonah Jones | Double Exposure |
| - | JBS704 | single | - | Stars fell on Alabama / Down by the riverside |
| - | NR5002 | LP | Various Artists | It's Real Trad, Dad |
| Federal | 12014 | single | Eddie Chamblee | Blues from Eddie / Blue steel |
| - | 12159 | - | Jesse Powell Orchestra | Love to spare / Rear bumper |
| - | 12171 | - | - | Leavin' tonight / Hot box |
| Gala | GLP357 | |||
| Guest Star | GS1473 | - | - | - |
| Jazztone | J1035 | - | - | - |
| - | J1234 | - | - | - |
| - | J1255 | - | - | - |
| King | 4641 | single | Sugar Ray Robinson | I shoulda been on my merry way / Knock him down whiskey |
| - | 4645 | - | Earl Hines | Hot soup / Sleep walking |
| - | 5128 | - | Sugar Ray Robinson | I shoulda been on my merry way / Knock him down whiskey |
| - | EP324 | EP | Earl "Fatha" Hines | |
| - | LP1009 | LP | Osie Johnson | The Happy Jazz of Osie Johnson |
| London | HB-N1074 | - | Chris Connor | |
| - | RE-N1093 | EP | - | London's Girl Friends, No.2 |
| Miracle | M133 | |||
| - | M155 | - | - | - |
| Odeon | 041083 | - | - | - |
| - | 041283 | - | - | - |
| Parlophone | GEP8563 | EP | Earl Hines | - |
| - | GEP8743 | - | Johnny Hartman | The Debonair Mr.Hartman |
| - | GEP8755 | - | Marilyn Moore | Moody Marilyn Moore |
| - | GEP8767 | - | Chris Connor | Chris Connor meets Jay and Kai |
| - | GEP8778 | - | - | This is Chris |
| - | GEP8789 | - | Oscar Pettiford | The Jazz Scene |
| Period | LP113 | |||
| - | SLP302 | - | - | - |
| - | SLP304 | - | - | - |
| - | SLP1105 | - | - | - |
| - | SLP1108 | - | - | - |
| - | SLP1109 | - | - | - |
| - | SLP1112 | - | - | - |
| Rep | LP203 | - | - | - |
| Riverboat | 900267 | - | - | - |
| Rondo | R2018 | - | - | - |
| Saga | ER08034 | - | - | - |
| - | ERO8034 | - | - | - |
| Westside | WESA823 | CD | Various Artists | Groove Station |
James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923 in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966 in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer.
He first worked with Sabby Lewis and then, after service in the United States Navy freelanced for a time in Chicago. From 1951 to 1953 he worked in Earl Hines's band.He can be heard on albums by Paul Gonsalves, Zoot Sims, and Mose Allison and is the drummer on Bobby Darin's Mack the Knife. (Some sources list Don Lamond as the drummer on Mack the Knife). He recorded the album A Bit of the Blues as a singer and had arranged at a "hit" for singer Dinah Washington. His final recordings as a singer were on a J. J. Johnson album, now compiled as a collection called Goodies.
Osie died of kidney failure in 1966, at the age of 43. Wikipedia