Don and Juan
Don and Juan were an American R&B vocal duo from Long Beach, New York, United States, consisting of Roland "Don" Trone (July 2, 1936 – May 1982) and Claude "Juan" (aka "Sonny") Johnson (November 24, 1934 – October 31, 2002). Johnson had previously sung with a doo-wop group called the Genies, who reached No. 71 on the Billboard pop chart in 1959, with "Who's That Knocking" on the Shad record label. Johnson had also co-written "Who's That Knocking". Don and Juan's sole top 40 hit was "What's Your Name" on Big Top Records 45-3079, released in late 1961 which reached No. 7 on the Billboard pop chart in 1962. Later they had a less successful follow-up record with "Magic Wand", Big Top 45-3121. After the death of Roland Trone in May 1982 at age 45, Claude Johnson continued performing with different partners, including Alexander "Buddy" Faison of the Genies, up to the early 1990s. Claude Johnson died on October 31, 2002, at age 67. Their single, "What's Your Name", was featured on the soundtrack of It Came from Hollywood in 1982. This song was nominated to the Doo-Wop Hall of Fame. "What's Your Name" was also mentioned in the film, Flipped, by fictional characters portraying "Don and Juan". In the 1998 film, Slam, there is a brief scene where two police officers are driving while arguing over the lyrics to "What's Your Name". |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1934, Died Ceased 2002
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1970
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 122788 | 4/18/1970 | What's your name | Don and Juan | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 123115 | 8/31/1970 | What about love | Don and Juan | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 123116 | 8/31/1970 | Get up boy | Don and Juan | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 123117 | 8/31/1970 | Walkin', talkin', holdin' hand | Don and Juan | Vocal group | |||
Decca | 123118 | 8/31/1970 | I'm inside | Don and Juan | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Don and Juan," accessed October 7, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/312532.
Don and Juan. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 7, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/312532.
"Don and Juan." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 October 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Don and Juan - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006037887
Wikidata: Claude Johnson - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5293773
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/137572932
MusicBrainz: Claude Johnson - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8cc1f9c4-e864-46f2-8ede-b9481dc3f638
ISNI: 0000 0000 9363 0300 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000093630300
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