Johnny Otis, singer of the 1958 hit "Willie and the Hand Jive", has died in California at the age of 90. Johnny Otis, singer of the 1958 hit "Willie and the Hand Jive", has died in California at the ...

Johnny Otis, a white guy whose love for black music led him to leave a giant footprint on rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll, died Tuesday in the Los Angeles area. He had turned 90 in late December.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Otis, the "godfather of rhythm and blues" who wrote and recorded the R&B classic "Willie and the Hand Jive" and for decades evangelized black music to white audiences as a ...

Bandleader and impresario Johnny Otis produced the original version of "Hound Dog" and wrote and performed the 1958 hit "Willie and the Hand Jive." Sometimes billed as the "Godfather of Rhythm and ...

Mr. Otis reflects: Johnny Otis, the rock 'n' roll and R&B legend with deep ties to the Bay Area, and to radio, is the subject of a new book, "Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story," by ...

LOS ANGELES — Johnny Otis, who made the R&B classic “Willie and the Hand Jive” and evangelized black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died in California at 90. His manager, ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Johnny Otis, singer of the 1958 hit "Willie and the Hand Jive", has died in California at the age of 90. Otis died on Tuesday in the Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, his friend ...

Johnny Otis' best-known song was 1958's Willie and the Hand Jive, but the bandleader and disc jockey had a far more reaching influence on the development of R&B. Otis, who died Tuesday at his home in ...

Johnny Otis, singer of the 1958 hit Willie And The Hand Jive, has died in California at the age of 90. Otis died on Tuesday in the Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, his friend and music historian Tom ...

LOS ANGELES -- Johnny Otis, the "godfather of rhythm and blues" who wrote and recorded the R&B classic "Willie and the Hand Jive" and for decades evangelized black music to white audiences as a ...