John William Bristol was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
14 Facts About Johnny Bristol
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Johnny Bristol was a native of Morganton, North Carolina, about which he wrote an eponymous song.
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Johnny Bristol flourished at Motown working with some of the label's best-selling acts.
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Johnny Bristol is the male voice on the Supremes' version of "Someday We'll Be Together", singing response to Diana Ross' lead vocal.
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Johnny Bristol left Motown in 1973 to join CBS as a producer.
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Johnny Bristol worked with a number of emerging singers that included Randy Crawford, for whom Bristol wrote "Caught in Love's Triangle", as well as producing and writing for established performers such as: Tom Jones, Marlena Shaw, Johnny Mathis, Jerry Butler and Boz Scaggs.
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Johnny Bristol recorded the original version of "Love Me for a Reason", later a major hit for The Osmonds.
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Johnny Bristol was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1975 for Best New Artist, ultimately losing out to Marvin Hamlisch.
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Johnny Bristol then recorded two albums for Atlantic, Johnny Bristol's Creme and Strangers.
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Johnny Bristol maintained a parallel role as a producer during this period, working mainly for artists signed to Columbia Records, including Boz Scaggs.
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Johnny Bristol can be credited with creating Scaggs' blue-eyed soul sound for the Slow Dancer album.
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Johnny Bristol produced Tom Jones' 1975 album, Memories Don't Leave Like People Do, which included five covers of Johnny Bristol's songs, including the title track.
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Johnny Bristol died in his Brighton Township, Michigan, home on 21 March 2004, of natural causes, at the age of 65.
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Johnny Bristol was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009.