He set a million feet shuffling on the dance floor with his "Carolina Girls" and countless others rocking to his R&B breakthrough anthem "Give Me Just a Little More Time."
General Johnson, Grammy-winning songwriter and gravelly tenor who led Chairmen of the Board, died this week after a long musical career that left his indelible footprint on the world of rhythm and blues and on that Carolinas mainstay, beach music.
"He told me at times the difference between beach music and a national hit is that a national hit will be out there five or six weeks and gone," said longtime friend Chris Beachley, who operates the oldies record shop Wax Museum on Monroe Road. "He said you write a 'Carolina Girls,' and it's there forever. He was the king of Carolina beach music."
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It Will Stand
Carolina Girls
Give Me Just A Little More Time
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