Johnny Tillotson - Discography - 320kbps Bitrate

JOHNNY TILLOTSON 

Pop/rock singer and songwriter Johnny Tillotson enjoyed his greatest success in the early '60s when he scored a series of Top Ten hits including "Poetry in Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin'." In total, he placed 30 singles and LPs in the Billboard charts between 1958 and 1984, most of them in the pop charts, though he also reached the country, R&B, and easy listening charts. His string of hits allowed him to establish a performing career both in the U.S. and around the world that kept him steadily working well into the 21st century.

Tillotson was born April 20, 1938, in Jacksonville, FL, the son of Jack Tillotson, a country music disc jockey, and Doris Tillotson. When Tillotson was nine, he moved 40 miles to the smaller Florida town of Palatka. He got his first exposure as a singer on his father's radio station while he was still a child. His primary interest was country music, although he was inspired when he saw Elvis Presley perform in Jacksonville on May 13, 1955, just after he had turned 14. Meanwhile, his radio work led to a stint on a local TV show and even his own program. But he maintained his studies, and he was attending the University of Florida as a journalism and composition major in 1957 when he entered a national talent contest sponsored by Pet Milk. He was chosen as one of six finalists, resulting in a trip to Nashville, TN, for the final judging. He did not win the contest, but while in Nashville he came to the attention of a song publisher who was impressed by songs he had written and got a tape of them to Archie Bleyer, owner of the independent Cadence Records label, home to the Everly Brothers and Andy Williams. Bleyer signed Tillotson to a three-year contract and, in September 1958, issued his first single, combining two of the singer's own compositions, the ballad "Dreamy Eyes" and the up-tempo "Well I'm Your Man," both of which bore similarities to the sound of Buddy Holly. "Well I'm Your Man" charted first, peaking at number 87 in the Hot 100 in October, but "Dreamy Eyes" followed, topping out at number 63 in January 1959. (The simultaneously released "I'm Never Gonna Kiss You," a duet with Genevieve, a singer on the Jack Parr TV show, did not chart.)

1961 - Without You

1961 - Johnny Tillotson's Best

1962 - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'

1963 - Talk Back Trembling Lips

1963 - You Can Never Stop Me Loving You

1964 - The Tillotson Touch

1965 - Johnny Tillotson Sings Our World

1965 - She Understands Me

1965 - That's My Style

1966 - No Love at All

1966 - The Christmas Touch

1967 - Here I Am

1972 - Johnny Tillotson

1988 - Johnny Tillotson Live From Church Street Station

1998 - Johnny Tillotson Sings the Golden Hits

2000 - The EP Collection

2003 - Johnny Tillotson Sings Love Songs and Standards

2003 - The Early Years

2008 - The One and Only

2011 - Dreamboat

2011 - Teen Idol Best

2014 - Greatest Hits - Original Recordings

2016 - I Fall To Pieces

2016 - Lonely Street

2018 - Johnny Tillotson on Broadway

2018 - The Complete Releases 1958-62
CD01 - CD02

2020 - The Pillow & Other Successes