Taborah Johnson

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Taborah Johnson, also known as Tabby Johnson, is a Canadian singer and actor. She is the sister of actor Clark Johnson and rock and jazz singer Molly Johnson.

She began her career in the Toronto production of Hair as a teenager. She was subsequently a backing vocalist for Rick James from 1979 to 1982, including on James' most famous single, "Super Freak". She subsequently returned to Toronto, where she sang as a jazz performer and as a backing vocalist for her sister Molly's band Infidels, and acted in occasional film and television roles, including appearances on Cagney and Lacey, Airwaves, E.N.G. and Homicide: Life on the Street, and regular roles in the children's series Polka Dot Door, The Big Comfy Couch and Noddy, as well as the film A Holiday Romance.

In February, 2005, Johnson joined Toronto jazz station CJRT as the host of a gospel music show. She left CJRT barely two months later, amid allegations of racism at the station. Johnson herself has alleged that a manager told her she was playing too many black artists, and that the station was paying her significantly less than they paid many other hosts for equivalent duties. [1]

In the summer of 2005, she appeared on Toronto news/talk station CFRB, filling in for Mark Elliot on his late night talk radio shift. In September, the station named her to a permanent shift on Saturdays from 4 to 6 p.m. EST.