Johnny Legend
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Johnny Legend is an American Rockabilly
musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.
Inducted into the "Rockabilly Hall of Fame"
He lives in Northern California. He is married to Linda Lautrec-filmmaker, writer, co-director of "My Breakfast with Blassie." They have one daughter, Daniele.
Compilations
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.
Biography
Johnny Legend was born Martin Margulies on October 3, 1948, in San Fernando, CA.Inducted into the "Rockabilly Hall of Fame"
He lives in Northern California. He is married to Linda Lautrec-filmmaker, writer, co-director of "My Breakfast with Blassie." They have one daughter, Daniele.
Discography
Main Releases- Are You Hep To Me? (Honeymoon Bop, 1979).
- Rockabilly Rumble (As Johnny Legend & His Skullcaps) (Rollin' Rock, 1981).
- Soakin' the Bone (As Johnny Legend & His Skullcaps) (Rollin' Rock, 1981).
- I Bite the Songs (Freddie Blassie, Produced by Johnny Legend) (Rhino, 1985).
- Rockabilly Rumble (Rollin' Rock, 1994).
- Rockabilly Bastard: The Best of Johnny Legend, Volume None (Johnny Legend & His Rockabilly Bastards) (Hightone, 1997).
- Bitchin' (Dionysus, 1998).
Compilations
- (Various Artists) Rollin' the Rock, Vol.1 (Rollin' Rock, 1976).
- (Various Artists) Rollin' the Rock, Vol. 2 (Rollin' Rock, 1977).
- (Original Soundtrack) Teenage Cruisers---The Cream of California Rockabilly (Rhino, 1980).
- (Various Artists) Forever Gene Vincent (Rollin' Rock, 1980).
- (Various Artists) Wrestling Rocks (Rhino, 1985).
- (Various Artists) Turning the World Blue: A Tribute to Gene Vincent (Skizmatic, 1996).
- (Various Artists) Rollin' Rock Got the Sock, Vol. 1 (Hightone, 1997).
- (Various Artists) Rollin' Rock Got the Sock, Vol. 2 (Hightone, 1998).
- (Various Artists) Big Monster Bash, Vol. 1 (Mouthpiece, 1998).
- (Various Artists) Stock Footage: Music From the Films of Roger Corman (Worry Bird, 1997).
- (Various Artists) Original Soundtrack---If These Walls Could Talk 2 (Jellybean, 2000).
Filmography
- Man on the Moon (1999)
- Bug BusterBug BusterBug Buster is a 1998 American comedy horror film directed by Lorenzo Doumani. It is the only known film to be written by Malick Khoury. In the United Kingdom, this film was released under the title Some Things Never Die....
(1998) - Children of the Corn III (1995)
- Severed TiesSevered TiesSevered Ties is the debut album by Brisbane band, The Amity Affliction. It was released on 4 October 2008 through Boomtown Records. Severed Ties debuted at #26 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart, and #6 on the Australian Artists Albums Chart....
(1992) - Bride of Re-AnimatorBride of Re-AnimatorBride of Re-Animator is an American horror film released in 1990. It was directed by Brian Yuzna and was written by Yuzna, Rick Fry and Woody Keith. H. P. Lovecraft wrote the original series of stories, titled Herbert West–Reanimator, from which the characters were derived. The plot roughly...
(1990) - Prison ShipPrison shipA prison ship, historically sometimes called a prison hulk, is a vessel used as a prison, often to hold convicts awaiting transportation to penal colonies. This practice was popular with the British government in the 18th and 19th centuries....
(1988) - Breakfast with BlassieMy Breakfast with BlassieMy Breakfast with Blassie is a movie starring Andy Kaufman and professional wrestler "Classy" Freddie Blassie.It is a mostly improvised parody of the art film My Dinner with Andre and is set in a restaurant where Kaufman and Blassie have a discussion over breakfast. Also featured is Kaufman's...
(with Andy Kaufman (1983) - Fantasm Comes Again (1977) (as Martin Margulies)
- Young, Hot 'N' Nasty Teenage Cruisers (1977)
- Sexual Sensory Perception (1975)
- The Cat Ate the Parakeet (AKA Pot, Parents and Police, 1972) (as Martin Margulies)
- The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and JulietThe Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and JulietThe Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet is a 1969 sexploitation film written by Jim Schumacher based very loosely on the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Produced by Harry Novak and directed by Bethel Buckalew...
(1969)