Paul Johnson

:(This page is about the American DJ. For the soul singer of the same name, see Paul Johnson(2). For the surf guitarist of the same name, see Paul Johnson(3)).
Paul Leighton Johnson (January 11, 1971 – August 4, 2021) was an American house DJ and producer. He was best known for his self-taught DJ style of house music and his 1999 single "Get Get Down", which became a worldwide hit.
Johnson first began DJing in Chicago in 1984 when he was 13, and started working as a producer in 1987, doing tracks for Chicago house labels Dance Mania, Relief, Cajual, Nite Life, Undaground Therapy, Defected, DJax Up Beats, Peacefrog, and Moody. His song "Get Get Down" became an international hit, sustaining airplay for several years in clubs and was a top 5 hit on the UK Singles Chart and a top 3 hit in Greece. The song reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in December 1999. In 1997, Johnson and his partner Radek started the Chicago house label Dust Traxx, and has worked with Robert Armani under the name Traxmen and with Gant Garrard as Brother 2 Brother. His 2004 track, "Follow This Beat", hit No. 8 on the US Dance chart.
Johnson was a double amputee and DJ'd in a wheelchair which he used after being injured in a shooting in 1987. He lost his second leg in a motor vehicle accident in 2010 after losing his first in 2003. Johnson died on August 4, 2021, at the age of 50 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played tracks from the DJ in the summer of 1996, but didn't play further material beyond that. He is not to be confused with a soul singer who is also called Paul Johnson, who did a session for Peel in 1987.
==Shows Played==
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*20 July 1996: Enanched (album - Second Coming) ACV
*27 July 1996: Elastic Reality (album - Second Coming) ACV
*03 August 1996 (BFBS): 'Elastic Reality (CD-Second Coming)' (ACV)
*04 August 1996: ... And Rewind (album - Second Coming) ACV
*10 August 1996: Strange Buzz (album - Second Coming) ACV
==External Links==
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