Mike Johnson, Country Music's No.1 Black Yodeler, was born in June 1946. Graduating from Catholic Schools he served two Vietnam tours on the USS Constellation CVA-64 (1967 to 1969). In April 1981 he did his 1st Nashville recording session at Jim Maxwell's Globe Studio and in September 1981 he became a long-distance trucker for Newlon's Transfer, which would play a major role in establishing him on the Independent Country Music Circuit.
Writer of over 1200 songs, 114 of his yodeling songs are in the Library of Congress' Recorded Sound Reference Center's permanent music collection. In 2002 the National Traditional Country Music Association inducted him into America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame and in 2016 they honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. James Adelsberger, signed to Mike's label in August 2012, received a CD of the Year Award in 2015 & 2016 and Mike received one in 2017. Since April1981, Mike Johnson has produced two 45-rpms, 11 Cassettes, and 66 CDs.