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Johnny Tillotson hails from Jacksonville, Florida and also Palatka, Florida. He was in the Army, served at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in the 60's, then the reserves in Jacksonville. He loved the service and the guys he served with. Johnny has had a long career in music but his most recent song "Not Enough" is one close to his heart, because thanking our Troops for their service and sacrifice is one of the most important things we can do. Johnny’s recording career spans 5 decades. He has 6 #1 international hits and hundreds of charted records worldwide. He has 9 top 10 hits and 15 top 40 Hits on the Billboard charts in the USA alone. His records have charted 48 times on Billboard’s Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Album charts. This accomplishment makes Johnny one of the top 100 recording artists of the Rock Era. Some of his biggest records include “Poetry In Motion”, “Without You”, “Talk Back Trembling Lips,” “It Keeps Right On A Hurtin,” “Send Me The Pillow You Dream On,” “You Can Never Stop Me Loving You,” “She Understands Me,” “Worry,” “Dreamy Eyes,” “Heartaches By The Number,” and many more. Johnny is a 2 Time Grammy Nominee: Best Country and Western Recording - “It Keeps Right On A Hurtin” Best Contemporary Vocal Performance Male - “Heartaches By The Number” Johnny is also credited as being one of the forerunners in making Country Music popular in the Pop field and was one of the first cross over artists. His composition “It Keeps Right On A Hurtin” has been recorded by over 110 artists, including Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Conway Twitty, Eddy Arnold, Billy Joe Royal, Hank Locklin, Sonny James, Boots Randolph and many more to numerous to mention here. Johnny Tillotson has had hits in many countries including, England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Israel, Chile, Argentina, Barbados, and others. As mentioned earlier, Johnny has had hits and #1 records distinguished from his US releases. “Judy, Judy, Judy,” “Why Do I Love You So”, “Cutie Pie,” just to name a few and in Japan he had several #1 hits “Namida Kun Sayonara”, “You and Me” among others, in both the English and Japanese language. He recorded in 5 Languages: English - Spanish - Italian - German - Japanese. He is the recipient of the prestigious Mt. Fuji award for outstanding sales. Johnny recorded the theme song to the popular TV Series “Gidget” starring Sally Field. He recorded the song “Angel” for the Disney movie “Those Calloways” starring Brian Keith and Linda Evans. His song of “Dreamy Eyes” appeared in the Australian film “Tunnel Vision.” His recording “You’ve Got the Touch” appeared in the movie “Tough Enough” starring Dennis Quaid. Johnny’s songs “Poetry In Motion,” “Cutie Pie,” “One Red Rose” and his version of “All I Have To Do Is Dream” have appeared on various TV programs, in commercials and in movie fare around the world. His recording of “Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On” was featured in the 2006 TV series “Daybreak”. And in 2010 Johnny is proud of his new release “Not Enough” which is a tribute to our Military, Police, Fire and all our uniform services.