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'''Johnny Legend''' is an American rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.<ref name=ebe2012>von Busack, Richard (June 20, 2012) [https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/hes-a-legend/Content?oid=3244873 "He's a Legend,"] ''East Bay Express''. Oakland/Berkeley. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.</ref><ref name=laweekly2003>Whiteside, Johnny (August 28, 2003) [http://www.laweekly.com/music/neil-young-jack-white-and-robert-plant-to-rock-arroyo-seco-2018-9219198 "The Ghastly World of Johnny Legend,"] ''LA Weekly''. Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.</ref>
'''Johnny Legend''' is an American [[rockabilly]] musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.<ref name=ebe2012>von Busack, Richard (June 20, 2012) [https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/hes-a-legend/Content?oid=3244873 "He's a Legend,"] ''East Bay Express''. Oakland/Berkeley. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.</ref><ref name=laweekly2003>Whiteside, Johnny (August 28, 2003) [http://www.laweekly.com/music/neil-young-jack-white-and-robert-plant-to-rock-arroyo-seco-2018-9219198 "The Ghastly World of Johnny Legend,"] ''LA Weekly''. Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.</ref>


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 21:29, 9 October 2021

Not to be confused with John Legend.
Johnny Legend
Performing at Beat Kitchen, Chicago, 2012
Performing at Beat Kitchen, Chicago, 2012
Background information
Birth nameMartin Margulies
BornSan Fernando, California, United States
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active1979 - Present

Johnny Legend is an American rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.[1][2]

Career

In 1981, Legend and Linda Lautrec saw My Dinner With Andre.[3] The two thought of spoofing the film and in 1982, the couple produced, wrote and, together with Mark Shepard, directed My Breakfast with Blassie, starring comedian Andy Kaufman and wrestling manager Freddie Blassie.[1][4] Legend's sister Lynne Margulies, who also appeared in the film, subsequently became Kaufman's girlfriend.[3]

In 1995, Legend co-founded Incredibly Strange Wrestling, a wrestling promotion active in San Francisco until the early 2000s.

In 2000, January 14 to January 20, Legend did a week showing films at the Clinton St. Theater in Portland, Oregon. Among the features he presented were, The Sadist, The T.A.M.I Show, My Breakfast with Blassie, Two Thousand Maniacs!, and more.[5]

Discography

Solo releases
  1. Are You Hep To Me? (Honeymoon Bop, 1979).
  2. Rockabilly Rumble (As Johnny Legend & His Skullcaps) (Rollin' Rock, 1981).
  3. Soakin' The Bone (As Johnny Legend & His Skullcaps) (Rollin' Rock, 1981).
  4. I Bite The Songs - Freddie Blassie (Produced by Johnny Legend) (Rhino, 1985).
  5. Rockabilly Rumble (Rollin' Rock Switzerland, 1994).
  6. Rockabilly Bastard: The Best Of Johnny Legend, Volume None (As Johnny Legend & His Rockabilly Bastards) (Hightone, 1997).
  7. Bitchin' (Dionysus, 1998).
  8. I Itch! (Bluelight Records, 2014).
  9. The Rollin' Rock Recordings (Part Records, 2015)[6]
Various artists compilations
  1. Rollin' The Rock, Vol. 1 (Rollin' Rock, 1976).
  2. Rollin' The Rock, Vol. 2 (Rollin' Rock, 1977).
  3. Teenage Cruisers - The Cream Of California Rockabilly [Original Soundtrack] (Rhino, 1980).
  4. Forever Gene Vincent (Rollin' Rock, 1980).
  5. Wrestling Rocks (Rhino, 1985).
  6. Turning The World Blue: A Tribute To Gene Vincent (Skizmatic, 1996).
  7. Rollin' Rock Got The Sock, Vol. 1 (Hightone, 1997).
  8. Rollin' Rock Got The Sock, Vol. 2 (Hightone, 1998).
  9. The Big Monster Bash, Vol. 1 (Mouthpiece, 1998).
  10. Stock Footage: Music From The Films Of Roger Corman (Worry Bird, 2000).
  11. If These Walls Could Talk 2 [Original Soundtrack] (Jellybean, 2000).

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b von Busack, Richard (June 20, 2012) "He's a Legend," East Bay Express. Oakland/Berkeley. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Whiteside, Johnny (August 28, 2003) "The Ghastly World of Johnny Legend," LA Weekly. Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Hornaday, Ann (December 24, 1999). "Kaufman cohort recalls comedian; Film: Johnny Legend reminisces about his brother in spoofhood, a would-be 'washed-up star' with whom he filmed 'My Breakfast With Blassie.'". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Thomas, Bryan (January 21, 2017). "'My Breakfast with Blassie': Andy Kaufman meets outrageous wrestling legend Freddie Blassie in a downtown L.A. diner". Night Flight. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Archives of Oddities Arriving at Clinton Street, Shawn Levy, The Oregonian, January 14, 2000
  6. ^ Johnny Legend. Discogs. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.


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