Syl Johnson was an American soul singer and producer.

Johnson launched a solo career after recording with blues musician Jimmy Reed  in the mid-1960s.

Johnson quickly created songs such as Come On Stock it to Me (1967), Different Strokes (1967), and Because I’m Black (1967).

Johnson went to Hi Records at the beginning of the 1970s and proceeded to produce singles such as We Did It and Back for the Taste of Your Love.

Take Me to the River, his best success, peaked at number 7 on the R&B chart in 1975.

In 1982, he had a hit with Ms Fine Brown Frame.

Johnson before his death had launched a fast food business and has made sporadic appearances on television.

He was 85 years of age.

Syl Johnson net worth at the time of his death

Syl Johnson was 6 million richer at the time of his death.

Johnson’s worth stems from a long musical career that produced a succession of songs in the 1960s and 1970s.

Before going solo, Mississippi-born Johnson worked with blues legends like as Magic Sam (who Johnson and his family lived next door to when they relocated to Chicago), Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells, and Howlin Wolf.

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