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Blues and soul singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and songwriter Syl Johnson was born Sylvester Thompson in Holy Springs, Mississippi on July 1, 1936. While he didn’t reach the commercial heights that he deserved, he is best remembered for his recordings for the Hi Records label and his early recordings for Twinight Records, which were later sampled by hip hop artists in the 1990s. When he was in his teens, his family – including his brother, blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson - moved from Mississippi to Chicago, Illinois. Syl Johnson began performing with his neighbor Magic Sam as ...