Johnny Sayles

Johnny Sayles Johnny Sayles Add article description John Earl Sayles Jr. (February 9, 1937 – August 17, 1993),[1] known as Johnny Sayles, was an American R&B and soul singer. Sayles was born in Winnsboro, Texas, United States.[2] Around 1955, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he sang with Eugene Neal’s Rocking Kings, and with Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm.[2] In 1959, he formed the Johnny Sayles Band, who played at Chuck Berry's Paradise Club.[2] He left music for a time to study in Houston,[2] returning in 1963 to tour with the Five Du-Tones Revue, in which he imitated Little Johnny Taylor.[3][4] When the tour reached Chicago, Sayles settled there and signed a recording deal with the Mar-V-Lus…

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