JOHNNY HOLIDAY

Johnny Holiday started out to be a jazz singer in the late 1940s, following years of classical voice training as a boy. Unfortunately, for quite a few years, he didn't get much past plugging songs and working on the periphery of the recording industry, interspersed with the occasional performance, and had an abortive start on a recording career at Capitol Records. His break, such as it was, came at Pacific Jazz Records, where he caught the ear of producer/songwriter Dick Bock and ended up recording a 10" LP in 1954. Although the latter didn't break any sales records, it allowed Holiday to survive in the business long enough to do a second, pop-style LP for the Kapp label. His recording career faltered in the second half of the 1950s, despite a growing reputation and following for the singer, who was getting much steadier work. By the end of the decade, read more...