Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr's lyrics & chords

Virgil Johnson, Al Dawson, Willie Tatum, and Norris Durr were a group of neighborhood kids billing themselves as the Revelations when Bill Moss' Capsoul label was in its infancy. Prompted by a friend, Moss decided to give the group an audition. What they sang that day was anything but a revelation, but those voices were right on. Liking the ring that Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young had coming off the tongue, Moss re-christened the group Johnson, Dawson, Tatum & Durr. A few weeks later he would absent-mindedly swap “Dawson” for “Hawkins” wh...read more