Johnny Legend
Johnny Legend | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Martin Margulies |
Born | 1948 (age 75–76) San Fernando, California, U.S. |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1979–present |
Johnny Legend (born Martin Margulies; 1948) is an American rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.[1][2]
Career
In 1981, Legend and Linda Lautrec saw
In 1995, Legend co-founded Incredibly Strange Wrestling, a wrestling promotion active in San Francisco until the early 2000s.
In 2000, January 14 to 20, Legend did a week showing films at the Clinton St. Theater in Portland, Oregon. Among the features he presented were, The Sadist,
Discography
- Solo releases
- Are You Hep To Me? (Honeymoon Bop, 1979).
- Rockabilly Rumble (As Johnny Legend & His Skullcaps) (Rollin' Rock, 1981).
- Soakin' The Bone (As Johnny Legend & His Skullcaps) (Rollin' Rock, 1981).
- I Bite The Songs – Freddie Blassie (Produced by Johnny Legend) (Rhino, 1985).
- Rockabilly Rumble (Rollin' Rock Switzerland, 1994).
- Rockabilly Bastard: The Best Of Johnny Legend, Volume None (As Johnny Legend & His Rockabilly Bastards) (Hightone, 1997).
- Bitchin' (Dionysus, 1998).
- I Itch! (Bluelight Records, 2014).
- The Rollin' Rock Recordings (Part Records, 2015)[6]
- Various artists compilations
- Rollin' The Rock, Vol. 1 (Rollin' Rock, 1976).
- Rollin' The Rock, Vol. 2 (Rollin' Rock, 1977).
- Teenage Cruisers – The Cream Of California Rockabilly [Original Soundtrack] (Rhino, 1980).
- Forever Gene Vincent (Rollin' Rock, 1980).
- Wrestling Rocks (Rhino, 1985).
- Turning The World Blue: A Tribute To Gene Vincent (Skizmatic, 1996).
- Rollin' Rock Got The Sock, Vol. 1 (Hightone, 1997).
- Rollin' Rock Got The Sock, Vol. 2 (Hightone, 1998).
- The Big Monster Bash, Vol. 1 (Mouthpiece, 1998).
- Stock Footage: Music From The Films Of Roger Corman (Worry Bird, 2000).
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 [Original Soundtrack] (Jellybean, 2000).
Filmography
- The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1969)
- The Cat Ate The Parakeet (AKA Pot, Parents And Police) (1972) (As Martin Margulies)
- Sexual Sensory Perception (1975)
- Young, Hot 'N' Nasty Teenage Cruisers (1977)
- Fantasm Comes Again (1977) (As Martin Margulies)
- My Breakfast with Blassie (1983) (With Andy Kaufman)
- Prison Ship (1988)
- Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
- Severed Ties (1992)
- Children of the Corn III(1995)
- Bug Buster (1998)
- Man on the Moon (1999)
- Skinwalker – Curse of the Shaman (2005)
References
- ^ a b von Busack, Richard (June 20, 2012) "He's a Legend," East Bay Express. Oakland/Berkeley. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.
- ^ Whiteside, Johnny (August 28, 2003) "The Ghastly World of Johnny Legend," LA Weekly. Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.
- ^ Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Archives of Oddities Arriving at Clinton Street, Shawn Levy, The Oregonian, January 14, 2000
- ^ Johnny Legend. Discogs. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.
External links
- Rockabilly Hall of Fame
- Johnny Legend at IMDb