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Johnny Preston

American rock and roll singer (1939–2011)
Person human Q962128
Johnny Preston
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
August 18, 1939
Date of death
March 4, 2011
Place of birth
Port Arthur
Place of death
Beaumont
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
singer
Field of work
pop rock[7]
Genre
pop music[9]
Cause of death
heart failure[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Family name
Preston[12]
Given name
Johnny[13]
Instrument
voice[15]
Manner of death
natural causes[14]
P14443
107909[18]
P14750
6694-F25C-2FE8-1400-827F[19]
Record label
Mercury Records[10]
Start of work period
1959[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Johnny Preston ar جوني برستون cs John Preston Courville fa جانی پرستون fi John Preston Courville he ג'וני פרסטון ja ジョニー・プレストン pl John Preston Courville sv Preston zh 约翰尼·普雷斯顿
🔖 Identifiers · 31
ISNI
0000000354119982
VIAF cluster ID
14974011
Library of Congress authority ID
n94116249
GND ID
134488458
AZLyrics.com artist ID
j/johnnypreston
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000208198
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
140437753
Billboard artist ID
johnny-preston
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134488458
Discogs artist ID
229192
Europeana entity
agent/base/71572
Find a Grave memorial ID
66482226
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Freebase ID
/m/01k5mq1
Geni.com profile ID
6000000183372984866
Genius artist ID
Johnny-preston
Genius artist numeric ID
370092
Handbook of Texas ID
fpr43
IMDb ID
nm1993785
MusicBrainz artist ID
ac5fc994-05fc-4bf2-ac01-25977bf9e76b
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000097918
NL CR AUT ID
xx0192648
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4938130
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100344135
Prabook ID
2240734
Rate Your Music artist ID
johnny_preston
Rock's Backpages artist ID
johnny-preston
SBN author ID
DDSV016180
Songkick artist ID
371038
WikiTree person ID
Courville-660
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjRXWt3YyvKP9DqkHjKVC
Yandex Music artist ID
226717

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🔗 Connections
Cause of death 1
heart failure
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
pop rock
Genre 1
pop music
Given name 1
Johnny
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Occupation 1
singer
Place of birth 1
Port Arthur
Place of death 1
Beaumont
Record label 1
Mercury Records
Sex or gender 1
male
← Performer 1
Running Bear
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Summary

Born in Port Arthur[1], he… he was born on August 18, 1939[2]. He passed away in Beaumont[3]. He died on March 4, 2011[4]. He worked as a singer[5].

FAQs

Where was Johnny Preston born?

Born in Port Arthur[1].

Where did Johnny Preston die?

Johnny Preston passed away in Beaumont[3].

What did Johnny Preston do for work?

Johnny Preston worked as singer[5].

Related Entities

Mercury Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Shatterdaymorn · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14443 → 107909
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14443: 107909, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289802558|johnny preston (#289802558)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7901|‎Museum of Canadi"
  2. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 6694-F25C-2FE8-1400-827F
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46469|batch #46469]]: HAND ID (8)"
  3. 24w ago · Lesko987a · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Cause of death → heart failure
    Genre → —
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32177|batch #32177]]: P2949 Update Qualifiers"
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