{"id":7080,"date":"2014-03-10T20:37:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T00:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gospelflava.com\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2014-03-10T20:37:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T00:37:54","slug":"mighty-brooklyn-skyways-founder-willie-connell-johnson-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/mighty-brooklyn-skyways-founder-willie-connell-johnson-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Brooklyn Skyways Founder Willie Connell Johnson Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts and prayers go<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gospelflava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Skyways.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7081 alignleft\" alt=\"Skyways\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.gospelflava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Skyways.jpg?resize=257%2C257\" width=\"257\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a> out to Malaco Music Group Gospel Division Director D. A. Johnson in the passing of his father, Willie Connell Johnson last week in Jamaica, New York.\u00a0 The elder Johnson founded the Mighty Brooklyn Skyways quartet recording for Peacock Records and later for Savoy Records.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, March 14th at the Holy Nazarene Deliverance Ministry, 237 Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts and prayers go out to Malaco Music Group Gospel Division Director D. A. Johnson in the passing of his father, Willie Connell Johnson last week in Jamaica, New York.\u00a0 The elder Johnson founded the Mighty Brooklyn Skyways quartet recording for Peacock Records and later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,31],"tags":[2038,346,2039,2040,372,2041],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-news-and-updates","category-life-status-births-and-obituaries","tag-da-johnson","tag-malaco-music-group","tag-mighty-brooklyn-skylarks","tag-peacock","tag-savoy","tag-willie-connell-johnson"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":773,"url":"https:\/\/gospelflava.com\/v2\/warryn-campbells-my-block-records-signs-distribution-deal-with-malaco-music-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":7080,"position":0},"title":"Warryn Campbell&#039;s My Block Records Signs Distribution Deal with Malaco Music Group","author":"Gregory Gay","date":"October 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Super Producer Warryn Campbell announced today that his My Block Records imprint has signed a distribution deal with Malaco Music Group, with the first release being the new (and much anticipated second release0 from the Soul Seekers, aptly named Soul Seekers II. 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