Deaths: King of Beach Music Back in 2010-- General Norman Johnson-- Part 2

From the Carolina Beach Music Yahoo Group.

From the Oct. 15, 2010, Fayetteville (NC) Observer.

Lead singer with the Beach Music band Chairmen of the Board died Oct. 13th. Formed the band in Detroit in 1970 and sang lead on "Give Me Just a Little More Time" and "(Youve Got Me) Dangling On a String."

Won a Grammy for writing "Patches" for Clarence Carter and described as very likable and never stuck up.

Harry Rogers, 60, remembers at age 19 in 1970 he was in Vietnam guarding a half dozen Viet Cong prisoners when he noticed one lip-synching "Give Me Just a Little More Time" which was playing on Armed Forces Network at the moment. It turned out that the prisoner had been attending a U.S. university when his family made him return to Vietnam where he had been unwillingly conscripted by the Viet Cong.

Johnson began singing as a youth in churches around his native Norfolk, Virginia. He moved to Atlanta in 1979 and quickly got into the Beach Music scene. He lived in East Point, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta and constantly toured.

He'll Be Missed, But the Chairmen Carry On With Danny Woods. --RoadDog