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Johnny Smith

Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)

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Born
June 25, 1922
Died
June 11, 2013
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1922

About Johnny Smith

Johnny Henry Smith II was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He wrote "Walk, Don't Run" in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. One of his students bought a new guitar and gave him his old guitar, which became the first guitar Smith owned. The single was the second most popular jazz record in DownBeat's readers' poll for 1952. Smith's most critically acclaimed recording was of the song "Moonlight in Vermont", and featured tenor saxophonist Stan Getz.

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Johnny Smith timeline

  1. The single was the second most popular jazz record in DownBeat's readers' poll for 1952.
  2. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.

The world when Johnny Smith was born

Johnny Smith was born in 1922. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1922

  • #1 song"Chicago" – Fred Fisher
  • Top movieNosferatu
  • Best-selling bookUlysses – James Joyce

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open at age 20
  • Top headlineMussolini marches on Rome and seizes power in Italy
  • Technology milestoneBBC begins radio broadcasts
  • Defining fadCrossword puzzles
  • Notable inventionWater skiing invented in Minnesota
  • World population1.90 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population110.0M

1922 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Johnny Smith's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19222026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,270$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population110.0M341 million

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