Performance · Production
Jesse Johnson
real name Jesse Woods Johnson
United States · b. 1960-05-29
Jesse Johnson is credited on 772 releases across 133 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

772
Credits
133
Albums
5
Decades active
513
In collections
Biography
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US guitarist, born 1960 in Rock Island, IL, after moved to Minneapolis, MN in 1981, he became a major player with the band The Time.
When the band split, Johnson gained both commercial success and critical acclaim fronting his own group, Jesse Johnson's Revue. Although the group only recorded one album as the Revue, Johnson continued recording under his own name and the majority of the members of the Revue contributed to Johnson's subsequent solo albums. Johnson also enjoyed considerable success writing and producing work for artists as diverse as Cheryl Lynn, Ta Mara & The Seen, dáKRASH and Janet Jackson, amongst others.
For other artists named Jesse Johnson, see:
Jesse Johnson keyboardist in Motion City Soundtrack
Jesse Johnson West Coast 1950s-1970s soul/rhythm & blues singer & bassist
Jesse Johnson member of Colorado hardcore band Shogun
Jesse Johnson bassist from Meliah Rage
Jesse Johnson 1960s Soul singer from New York on Old Town Records
Jesse Johnson 2000s audio engineer
Jesse Johnson clarinetist
Jesse Johnson 1920s blues songwriter & vocalist
Jesse Johnson 2000s trumpeter
Jesse Johnson 1950s Doo Wop/rhythm & blues singer from New York on Symbol Records
Jesse Johnson Broadway performer
Jesse Johnson 1980s gospel drummer
Jesse Johnson 2010s management
Jesse Johnson 2010s photographer
Jesse Johnson 1960s Chicago rhythm & blues arranger
Jesse Johnson 2000s Catalyst drummer
Jesse Johnson bassist from Number One Common
Jay Jesse Johnson American blues-rock guitarist 1980s-2020s
Jesse Munro Johnson multi-instrumentalist from Portland, Oregon 2000s-2020s.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
772 releases · 133 albums · active 1982–2025
- Performance · 1,068
- Production · 543
- Engineering · 242
- Other credits · 40
Studios: Jungle Love Studios · Larrabee Sound Studios · Soundcastle · Studio Davout
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

1999
1982

Black Messiah
2014

Pretty In Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1986

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
1989

Ice Cream Castle
1984

Originals
2019

The Breakfast Club (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1985

Forever Your Girl
1988

In The Glamorous Life
1984

What Time Is It?
1982

The Time
1981

Design Of A Decade 1986 / 1996
1995

Rhythm Of The Night
1985

Jesse Johnson's Revue
1985

The Pleasure Principle
1987

Vanity 6
1982

Pandemonium
1990

When I Think Of You
1986

Fruit At The Bottom
1989

Control
1986

Head Over Heels
2018

Dream Street
1984

All True Man
1991

Satisfaction
1989
Frequent collaborators
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