Sylvester Johnson (born Sylvester Thompson; July 1, 1936 – February 6, 2022) was an American blues and soul singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. His most successful records included "Different Strokes" (1967), "Is It Because I'm Black" (1969) and "Take Me to the River" (1975). More about Syl Johnson
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Born near Holly Springs, Mississippi, the sixth child of a harmonica-playing farmer, he moved with his family in about 1950 to Chicago, where blues guitarist Magic Sam was his next-door neighbor. Johnson sang and played with Magic Sam and other blues artists, such as Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf, in the 1950s. He recorded with Jimmy Reed for Vee-Jay in 1959, and – after label owner Syd Nathan suggested he change his name from Thompson to Johnson – made his solo debut that same year with "Teardrops" on Federal, a subsidiary of King Records of Cincinnati, backed by Freddie King on guitar. However, Johnson's recordings for King and Federal met with little success, and he also kept a day job as a truck driver.In total, we tracked 52 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Syl Johnson (Syl Johnson Autographed 1933 Who's Who in BB Page) was sold in May 2008 for $60.99 while the cheapest item (Syl Johnson - Signed 3x5 Card - Deceased 1985 - Debut 1922 - Tigers) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2017. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2010 with an average selling price of $4.99 for an autographed item of Syl Johnson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2008 with $60.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was October 2017. In average, an autographed item from Syl Johnson is worth $9.95.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Syl Johnson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1922 TIGERS: Syl Johnson, SIGNED 3x5, D.1985 | $2.99 | ||
1972 TCMA The 1930's Syl Johnson Philadelphia Phillies 415 Signed/Auto XA3183 | $11.99 | ||
Syl Johnson (1900-1985) signed 3x5 | $3.49 | ||
Syl Johnson (1900-1985) signed 3x5 | $2.49 | ||
SYL JOHNSON (D.1985) 1931 ST LOUIS CARDINALS AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED | $4.25 | ||
Syl Johnson - Signed 3x5 Card - Deceased 1985 - Debut 1922 - Tigers | $0.99 | ||
Syl Johnson 3x5 card signed 1931 St. Louis Cardinals WSC, Detroit Tigers D:1985 | $10.00 | ||
Syl Johnson autographed Philadelphia Phillies vintage Rowe Postcard | $9.95 | ||
SYL JOHNSON Autographed Signed GPC Cardinals 1931 World Champions Died-1985 | $14.99 | ||
SYL JOHNSON, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, SIGNED INDEX CARD | $4.99 |