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{{Short description|American conductor (1928–2014)}}
{{for|the baseball player|Johnny Mann (baseball)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Johnny Mann
| image = Regis Philbin Joey Bishop Johnny Mann Joey Bishop Show 1969.JPG
| caption = Mann, at right, with [[Regis Philbin]] and [[Joey Bishop]] on ''[[The Joey Bishop Show (talk show)|The Joey Bishop Show]]'' (1969)
| birth_name=John Russell Mann
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|8|30|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S.
| death_date= {{death date and age|2014|6|18|1928|8|30|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Anderson, South Carolina]], U.S.
| occupation = Arranger, composer, conductor, musician, singer
| spouse = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|[[Lori Nelson]]|1960|1973|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|Lynn Marie Dolin|1975|1983|end=divorced}}
*{{marriage|Betty Weinmann|1983}}
}}
| children = 2
}}
'''John Russell Mann''' (August 30, 1928{{spaced ndash}}June 18, 2014) was an American [[arrangement|arranger]], [[composer]], [[Conducting|conductor]], [[entertainer]], [[Singing|singer]], and [[musician|recording artist]].
==Career==
Johnny Mann began his music career in the late 1940s in his hometown of [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]] before serving in the army playing as a member of the [[United States Army Field Band|U.S. Army Field Band]] from 1951 to 1953. After his honorable discharge he moved to [[Los Angeles]] to continue his professional music career.<ref name=Later/>
As [[bandleader]] with The Johnny Mann Singers, he and the group [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] hosted the [[television program|TV series]] titled ''[[Stand Up and Cheer (variety show)|Stand Up and Cheer]]'' (1971–1974), was the [[musical director]] for the 1967-69 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC-TV]] late night talk show, ''[[The Joey Bishop Show (talk show)|The Joey Bishop Show]]'', and performed at the [[White House]] twice.<ref name=Later/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0061268/|title=''The Joey Bishop Show''|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=2012-12-16}}</ref> He was also musical director of ''[[The Alvin Show]]'' and was the singing voice of [[Theodore Seville|Theodore]]. Mann was also choral director for ''[[The NBC Comedy Hour]]''. Mann was credited as "Johnnie Mann" in some of his earlier works. His group's most notable alumna was [[Vicki Lawrence]].
The Johnny Mann Singers performed a strongly patriotic musical presentation at the 1972 [[Emmy Awards]] telecast hosted by [[Johnny Carson]]. Following their performance, Carson returned to the stage and declared "War Bonds are available in the lobby", a sarcastic comment on the group's flag-waving. The remark offended some conservative viewers around the country.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}}
Mann wrote a number of [[radio station|radio]] [[jingle]]s, the most famous being the "Sound of the City" jingle for [[KSFO]] in [[San Francisco]], California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bayarearadio.org/audio/ksfo/ksfo_sound-of-the-city.shtml |title=560 KSFO Radio – The Sound Of The City |publisher=Bayarearadio.org |access-date=2014-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117220824/http://bayarearadio.org/audio/ksfo/ksfo_sound-of-the-city.shtml |archive-date=2014-01-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This jingle became as requested as many of the songs played by KSFO in the era of [[Don Sherwood (disc jockey)|Don Sherwood]], and it was adapted by Mann for other radio stations around the country which included [[KFRC (defunct)|KFRC]] (AM) in San Francisco and [[CKLW]] in [[Windsor, Ontario]]. Mann can be seen on YouTube videos at a Los Angeles recording studio directing his six-voice jingle singers while they sing jingles for radio station [[KRTH-FM]] (K-Earth 101).
In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs, California]], [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars|Walk of Stars]] was dedicated to him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2012-10-13 |title=Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated |publisher=Palmspringswalkofstars.com |access-date=2012-12-16 }}</ref>
In 2005, Mann and his wife, Betty, retired to [[Anderson, South Carolina]], but he continued to produce radio station jingles, guest conduct around the country, and participate in local musical programs.<ref name=Later/>
In April 2014, at the age of 85, he was a guest conductor of The South Carolina School of the Arts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andersonuniversity.edu/sota.aspx?id=6735&ekmensel=c580fa7b_165_0_6735_1/ |title=The South Carolina School of the Arts |publisher=Andersonuniversity.edu |access-date=2014-06-26}}</ref> at [[Anderson University (South Carolina)|Anderson University]]'s spring gala where he led the university choir in performing The Johnny Mann Singers arrangement of "Up, Up and Away". At the song's conclusion, the audience of about 1,000 stood in Mann's honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentmail.com/news/2014/jun/19/his-music-is-going-to-be-with-us/|title=His Music is Going to be with Us|publisher=Independentmail.com|access-date=2014-06-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140621163830/http://www.independentmail.com/news/2014/jun/19/his-music-is-going-to-be-with-us/|archive-date=2014-06-21}}</ref>
===Recordings===
The Johnny Mann Singers [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] 42 [[album]]s, mainly for [[Liberty Records]] from the 1950s to the 1970s. In the mid-1970s the Johnny Mann Singers began recording with [[Light Records]].
In the early 1960s the Singers provided backing for some singers including [[rock 'n' roll]] and [[rockabilly]] singer [[Johnny Burnette]] (including "[[God, Country and My Baby]]") and pop singer [[Bobby Vee]]. The Singers were also involved with the [[Si Zentner|Si Zentner Orchestra]], [[The Crickets]], and [[Eddie Cochran]], who was also signed to [[Liberty Records]] in Hollywood.
The Johnny Mann Singers' instrumental "Cinnamint Shuffle (Mexican Shuffle)" hit the [[Billboard Hot 100]] chart in 1966.<ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2002|edition=1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|___location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-155-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/155 155]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/155}}</ref>
Their next single, a [[cover version]] of "[[Up, Up and Away (song)|Up, Up and Away]]", became the [[hit record|hit]] version of the song on the [[UK Singles Chart]], overtaking the US hit version by [[The 5th Dimension]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| ___location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 347}}</ref> The version also won a [[Grammy Award]] in 1968 in the Best Performance by a Choir of Seven or More Persons category.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd
| ___location= London
| page= 182
| id= CN 5585}}</ref> In total, Mann was nominated for five Grammys, two of which he won.
==Marriages and children==
On December 10, 1960, Mann married actress [[Lori Nelson]], and they had two daughters, Susan Lori and Jennifer Lee, before divorcing in April 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/206/Lori+Nelson/index.html|title=Lori Nelson Profile|publisher=glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com|accessdate=May 27, 2022}}</ref>
Mann married actress Lynn Marie Dolin on July 26, 1975. They occasionally appeared as a couple on the game show, [[Tattletales]]. They had no children together, and divorced on August 3, 1983.
On August 20, 1983, Mann married Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Weinmann. They remained married for over 30 years until Mann's death in 2014.<ref name=Later>{{cite web |title=John Russell "Johnny" Mann |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/independentmail/name/john-mann-obituary?id=12784079 |website=legacy.com |publisher=Legacy.com/[[Anderson Independent-Mail]] |access-date=28 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220528045507/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/independentmail/name/john-mann-obituary?id=12784079|archive-date= 28 May 2022}}</ref> He and Betty were members of St. John's United Methodist Church in Anderson, South Carolina, where they sang in the choir.<ref name=Later/>
==Death==
On June 18, 2014, Johnny Mann died of [[heart failure]] at age 85 at his home in Anderson, South Carolina.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/arts/music/johnny-mann-leader-of-easy-listening-singers-dies-at-85.html?_r=0|title=Johnny Mann, Leader of Easy-Listening Singers, Dies at 85|author=Bruce Weber|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 June 2014 |access-date=2014-06-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Limon |first=Janice |url=http://www.wyff4.com/news/conductor-composer-johnny-mann-dies-in-anderson/26566626#!07m62 |title=Johnny Mann, composer, voice of 'Chipmunk,' dies in Anderson |publisher=Wyff4.com |date=2014-06-18 |access-date=2014-06-22}}</ref>
On June 28, 2014, at his memorial service, Evans Whitaker, president of [[Anderson University (South Carolina)|Anderson University]] announced the creation of the Johnny Mann Center for Commercial Music at Anderson University in his memory.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wspa.com/story/25894701/anderson-u-to-create-johnny-mann-center-for-commercial-music |title=Johnny Mann, composer, voice of 'Chipmunk,' dies in Anderson |publisher=wspa.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222140455/http://www.wspa.com/story/25894701/anderson-u-to-create-johnny-mann-center-for-commercial-music |archive-date=2015-02-22 }}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}} “The Music Mann, My Life Song” By: Johnny Mann, as told to Kathryn Smith. Copyright 2013
==External links==
* [http://www.johnnymannsingers.com/ Johnny Mann Singers]
* [http://www.spaceagepop.com/mann.htm Space Age Pop profile of Johnny Mann]
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p31998|label=Johnny Mann}}
* [http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/lorinelson.html Marriage Lori Nelson]
* {{Discogs artist}}
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[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Musicians from Baltimore]]
[[Category:American conductors (music)]]
[[Category:American male conductors (music)]]
[[Category:American music arrangers]]
[[Category:American rockabilly musicians]]
[[Category:American easy listening musicians]]
[[Category:Apex Records artists]]
[[Category:Liberty Records artists]]
[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]
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