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Johnny Shines

American blues singer and guitarist (1915-1992)
Person Human Q708110

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
April 26, 1915
Date of death
April 20, 1992
Place of birth
Frayser
Place of death
Tuscaloosa
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Ethnic group
African Americans[11]
Occupation
street artist, singer, guitarist, musician
Genre
blues[14]
Cause of death
stroke[16]
Described by source
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians[21]
Family name
Shines[17]
Given name
Johnny[18]
Instrument
guitar[20]
Manner of death
natural causes[19]
Member of
The Johnny Shines Blues Band[12]
Place of burial
Cedar Oak Memorial Park[9]
Record label
J.O.B. Records[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Johnny Shines en John Ned Shines cs John Ned Shines cs Johny Shines de Shines de John Ned Shines ja ジョニー・シャインズ ru Джонни Шинес uk Джонні Шайнс
🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
000000006159005X
VIAF cluster ID
42030806
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83153220
GND ID
134699947
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Johnny Shines, Chicago Blues Festival 1991.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13945037h
DDB person (GND) ID
134699947
Deezer artist ID
58316
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134699947
Discogs artist ID
322338
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
johnny-shines
Europeana entity
agent/base/64248
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FAST ID
116418
Film.ru person ID
johnny-shines
Find a Grave memorial ID
80928384
Freebase ID
/m/01jxnmy
GTAA ID
269092
Genius artist ID
Johnny-shines
Genius artist numeric ID
354681
HAND ID
0CE1-CE99-6916-82E5-52DD
Harper's tag
johnny-shines
IMDb ID
nm0793919
Kinobox person ID
1273927
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000070160
NL CR AUT ID
xx0097988
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX942163
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073756261
Obálky knih ID
xx0097988
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100502107
Rock's Backpages artist ID
johnny-shines
SBN author ID
MODV332616
SNAC ARK ID
w69p5f6g
Songfacts artist ID
johnny-shines
Songkick artist ID
26918
TMDB person ID
3222911
Universal Music France artist ID
20000001184
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/afa12845-d68e-4e88-9062-9d0fbb56c7ef
Yandex Music artist ID
204611

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
singer, guitarist, street artist
Mb:performer of 2
Too Wet to Plow, Sittin' on Top of the World
Cause of death 1
stroke
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Ethnic group 1
African Americans
Genre 1
blues
Given name 1
Johnny
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
guitar
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of death 1
Tuscaloosa
Record label 1
J.O.B. Records
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Johnny Shines was born on April 26, 1915[1], in Frayser[2]. He died on April 20, 1992[3], in Tuscaloosa[4]. He worked as a street artist[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], and musician[8].

FAQs

Where was Johnny Shines born?

Johnny Shines was born in Frayser[2].

Where did Johnny Shines die?

Johnny Shines passed away in Tuscaloosa[4].

What did Johnny Shines do for work?

Johnny Shines worked as a street artist[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], and musician[8].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 58316
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 22d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60914: add P1810 to P396"
  3. 4w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → MODV332616
    "Created claim: SBN author ID: MODV332616, batch #289737"
  4. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → johnny-shines
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: johnny-shines, Matched to johnny shines (#289946134) in Harper's ta…"
  5. 10w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 0CE1-CE99-6916-82E5-52DD
    "Changed the item: Added mzn:جانی شاینز"
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