Johnny & Jon
1 record in the archive · 1966
About the artist
Johnny & Jon were an American soul duo consisting of John Wilson and John Wessler, who cut a single 45 together. "Christmas in Viet Nam", written by Wilson with F.R. Lewis and Wessler, was issued on Jewel Records 776 in 1966 as the flip of 'Why Did You Leave Me', the lacquers being cut at Ter Mar Studios in Chicago and the publishing held by Su-Ma; Jewel operated from Shreveport, Louisiana, which is label geography rather than any indication of the duo's own origins. Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven calls it 'one of the key works in that fascinating sub-genre, the soul of Vietnam' and 'a…