Robert White Johnson (born c. 1952) is an American songwriter and musician, based in Nashville, best known for co-writing "Where Does My Heart Beat Now", which was a major hit for Celine Dion.Rick Moore, Nashville Songwriter Series: Robert White Johnson. American Songwriter, January 3, 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
History Robert White Johnson is a native of Moline, Illinois, where he commenced his career as a professional musician, playing drums. He originally went to Nashville at the behest of Dottie West, who was interested in developing Johnson's pop music career. He later became a staff writer for Tree Publishing.
While continuing as a staff writer with Tree Publishing, in 1981, Johnson co-founded, with bass and keyboard player Jimmie Lee Sloas, the rock band RPM, where Johnson was the lead singer.Uncredited, Review of RPM CD reissue, 2004; Rock Report. Retrieved 2016-04-21. The band released two albums and had a modest AOR hit single, "A Legend Never Dies". The group's albums were produced by Brent Maher and Gary Langan, respectively.Uncredited, Profile of RPM; robertwhitejohnson.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21. After the band folded, Johnson concentrated on his staff songwriting position, before becoming an independent songwriter and producer as of the mid-1990s. He has contributed songs, production or both to such bands as the Beach Boys,"It's Gettin' Late" (1985), co-written with Carl Wilson and Myrna Smith Schilling. Peter Wolf,Co-writing and co-producing, with Taylor Rhodes and Peter Wolf, Wolf's 1990 album Up To No Good. B.J. Thomas,Christmas is Coming Home (1997) Lynyrd Skynyrd,Co-writer of several of the songs on The Last Rebel (1993). 38 Special,Co-writer, "Chattahoochie", on Rock & Roll Strategy (1988). AllMusic, Particulars of Rock & Roll Strategy. Retrieved 2016-05-11. Others credit him with contributing to several other of the album's songs. Van ZantProducing a co-writing songs on Brother to Brother (1998) and Van Zant II (2001). and Celine Dion. He is also a songwriter and producer of popular Christian music. In 1996, he won a Dove Award as producer of the Inspirational Album of The Year, Unbelievable Love, by Larnelle Harris. Johnson is also a successful writer and performer of jingles.
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External links https://www.robertwhitejohnson.com/