Betty Johnson
Betty Johnson, born on March 16, 1929, in Guilford County, North Carolina, was
an American singer. She started her career as part of the Johnson Family
Singers, a group that included her parents and three brothers, performing
religious material. The family won a singing contest in Charlotte, leading to a
contract with WBT (AM), where they broadcast from 1938 to 1951. Betty also did
solo work on the station starting in 1943. Johnson's professional breakthrough
came when she signed with Bell Records in 1954, releasing her debut album My
Restless Lover / The Man Upstairs. She then m...
