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Brian Johnson is an English singer and songwriter. He is the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC, taking over the role in 1980 after the death of Bon Scott.
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entertainment · English singer (born 1947) · singer · television presenter · songwriter · singer-songwriter · composer · musician · also Brian Johnson, Brian Francis Johnson, Johnson
Born 5 October 1947 · Q295948
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2021· 2 entries
Released album “Whole Lotta Rosie (Live)”.
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Released album “You Shook Me All Night Long (Live)”.
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2019· 1 entry
Featuring Dolly Parton, Billy Joel, Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac), Joe Walsh (James Gang, The Eagles), and Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company)
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2014· 8 entries
Published video “Jaguar's 'Perfect Ten': most important and iconic Jaguar cars”.
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Published video “Cars That Rock with Brian Johnson - Lola”.
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Published video “Cars That Rock with Brian Johnson - Ferrari”.
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Published video “Cars That Rock with Brian Johnson - Bentley”.
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Published video “Cars That Rock with Brian Johnson - Rolls-Royce”.
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Published video “Cars That Rock with Brian Johnson - Promo”.
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Published video “Billy Joel / Brian Johnson - You Shook Me All Night Long (Live at Madison Square Garden 21/03/2014)”.
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Published video “Cars That Rock with Brian Johnson”.
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2013· 3 entries
Published video “Pre 66 Mini Race From Brands Hatch June 2013 (Part 2)”.
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Published video “Pre 66 Mini Race From Brands Hatch June 2013 (Part 1)”.
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Johnson appeared as a guest singer on two songs on Sting's album The Last Ship which features artists with roots in the northeast of England
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2007· 1 entry
Johnson and AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams took part in the Classic Rock Cares tour to raise funds for the John Entwistle Foundation, which is run by Entwistle's long-time friend and drummer Steve Luongo
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2006· 1 entry
Took part in car racing reality television series The Race, broadcast on Sky One in the UK
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2004· 1 entry
Johnson travelled to Greece to film an episode of the television series Goddess Odyssey in which he researched the Helen of Troy myth
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1997· 1 entry
Johnson recorded with the band Jackyl on their song "Locked and Loaded", and in 2002, wrote lyrics on the track "Kill the Sunshine" from their album Relentless
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “Rockin’ With The Boys 1972-76”.
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1990· 1 entry
Guitarists Angus and Malcolm Young have written all of AC/DC's material
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “Keep On Rocking!”.
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1986· 1 entry
Johnson returned to Tyneside and appeared in the music video for "You Shook Me All Night Long", and the video received significant airplay on MTV
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1982· 2 entries
A compilation including ten of Geordie's 1973–1976 songs, was issued as Brian Johnson's solo album Strange Man on the MCA label
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Released album “Strange Man”.
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1968· 1 entry
Johnson married his first wife, Carol, in 1968, and they have two daughters.
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1947· 4 entries
Born 1947-10-05.
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“BBC News (30 January 2023) Account of a phone call in February 2022 shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a BBC documentary series (Putin vs the West) on President Putin”
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“The Telegraph (7 January 2014) ==== 2015 ==== Putin”
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“, The Times (8 October 2024) Defending the refurbishment of the flat, controversial at time because of the cost and (originally) opaque funding, which was formerly occupied by Johnson”
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