Johnny Legend is an American

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musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.von Busack, Richard (June 20, 2012
"He's a Legend,"
''East Bay Express''. Oakland/Berkeley. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.Whiteside, Johnny (August 28, 2003
"The Ghastly World of Johnny Legend,"
''LA Weekly''. Los Angeles. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.

Career

In 1981, Legend and Linda Lautrec saw '' My Dinner With Andre''. The two thought of spoofing the film and in 1982, the couple produced, wrote and, together with Mark Shepard, directed '' My Breakfast with Blassie'', starring comedian

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and wrestling manager

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. Legend's sister Lynne Margulies, who also appeared in the film, subsequently became Kaufman's girlfriend. In 1995, Legend co-founded Incredibly Strange Wrestling, a wrestling promotion active in San Francisco until the early 2000s. In 2000, January 14 to January 20, Legend did a week showing films at the Clinton St. Theater in Portland, Oregon. Among the features he presented were, ''The Sadist'', '' The T.A.M.I Show'', '' My Breakfast with Blassie'', ''

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'', and more.

Discography

;Solo 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'' -

(Produced by Johnny Legend) (Rhino, 1985). # ''Rockabilly Rumble'' (Rollin' Rock Switzerland, 1994). # ''Rockabilly Bastard: The Best Of Johnny Legend, Volume None'' (As Johnny Legend & His Rockabilly Bastards) (Hightone, 1997). # ''Bitchin (Dionysus, 1998). # ''I Itch!'' (Bluelight Records, 2014). # ''The Rollin' Rock Recordings'' (Part Records, 2015)Johnny Legend.
Discogs. Retrieved on March 7, 2018. ;Various artists compilations # ''Rollin' The Rock, Vol. 1'' (Rollin' Rock, 1976). # ''Rollin' The Rock, Vol. 2'' (Rollin' Rock, 1977). # ''Teenage Cruisers - The Cream Of California Rockabilly'' riginal Soundtrack(Rhino, 1980). # ''Forever Gene Vincent'' (Rollin' Rock, 1980). # ''Wrestling Rocks'' (Rhino, 1985). # ''Turning The World Blue: A Tribute To Gene Vincent'' (Skizmatic, 1996). # ''Rollin' Rock Got The Sock, Vol. 1'' (Hightone, 1997). # ''Rollin' Rock Got The Sock, Vol. 2'' (Hightone, 1998). # ''The Big Monster Bash, Vol. 1'' (Mouthpiece, 1998). # ''Stock Footage: Music From The Films Of Roger Corman'' (Worry Bird, 2000). # ''If These Walls Could Talk 2'' riginal Soundtrack(Jellybean, 2000).

Filmography

*''The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet'' (1969) *''The Cat Ate The Parakeet'' (AKA ''Pot, Parents And Police'') (1972) (As Martin Margulies) *''Sexual Sensory Perception'' (1975) *''Young, Hot 'N' Nasty Teenage Cruisers'' (1977) *''

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'' (1977) (As Martin Margulies) *'' My Breakfast with Blassie'' (1983) (With

) *''

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'' (1988) *'' Bride of Re-Animator'' (1990) *''

Severed Ties ''Severed Ties'' is the debut studio album by Australian post-hardcore band the Amity Affliction. It was released on 4 October 2008 through Boomtown Records, which debuted at No. 26 on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Albums Chart, and No. 6 on ...

'' (1992) *'' Children of the Corn III'' (1995) *'' Bug Buster'' (1998) *'' Man on the Moon'' (1999) *''Skinwalker - Curse of the Shaman'' (2005)

References

External links

Rockabilly Hall of Fame
* 1948 births Living people American rockabilly musicians American male actors American male singers Professional wrestling managers and valets {{US-singer-stub