Johnny Legend

Johnny Legend
Background information
Birth name	Martin Margulies
Born	(1948-10-03)October 3, 1948 San Fernando, California
Genres	Rock and Roll
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1979 - 2000

Johnny Legend is an American Rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.

Biography

Johnny Legend was born Martin Margulies on October 3, 1948, in San Fernando, CA. Inducted into the "Rockabilly Hall of Fame" He lives in Northern California. He is married to Linda Lautrec-filmmaker, writer, co-director of "My Breakfast with Blassie." They have one daughter, Daniele.

Discography

Main Releases

1. Are You Hep To Me? (Honeymoon Bop, 1979).
2. Rockabilly Rumble (As Johnny Legend & His Skullcaps) (Rollin' Rock, 1981).
3. Soakin' the Bone (As Johnny Legend & His Skullcaps) (Rollin' Rock, 1981).
4. I Bite the Songs (Freddie Blassie, Produced by Johnny Legend) (Rhino, 1985).
5. Rockabilly Rumble (Rollin' Rock Switzerland, 1994).
6. Rockabilly Bastard: The Best of Johnny Legend, Volume None (Johnny Legend & His Rockabilly Bastards) (Hightone, 1997).
7. Bitchin' (Dionysus, 1998).

Compilations

1. (Various Artists) Rollin' the Rock, Vol.1 (Rollin' Rock, 1976).
2. (Various Artists) Rollin' the Rock, Vol. 2 (Rollin' Rock, 1977).
3. (Original Soundtrack) Teenage Cruisers---The Cream of California Rockabilly (Rhino, 1980).
4. (Various Artists) Forever Gene Vincent (Rollin' Rock, 1980).
5. (Various Artists) Wrestling Rocks (Rhino, 1985).
6. (Various Artists) Turning the World Blue: A Tribute to Gene Vincent (Skizmatic, 1996).
7. (Various Artists) Rollin' Rock Got the Sock, Vol. 1 (Hightone, 1997).
8. (Various Artists) Rollin' Rock Got the Sock, Vol. 2 (Hightone, 1998).
9. (Various Artists) Big Monster Bash, Vol. 1 (Mouthpiece, 1998).
10. (Various Artists) Stock Footage: Music From the Films of Roger Corman (Worry Bird, 1997).
11. (Various Artists) Original Soundtrack---If These Walls Could Talk 2 (Jellybean, 2000).

Filmography

• Man on the Moon (1999)
• Bug Buster (1998)
• Children of the Corn III (1995)
• Severed Ties (1992)
• Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
• Prison Ship (1988)
• Breakfast with Blassie (with Andy Kaufman (1983)
• Fantasm Comes Again (1977) (as Martin Margulies)
• Young, Hot 'N' Nasty Teenage Cruisers (1977)
• Sexual Sensory Perception (1975)
• The Cat Ate the Parakeet (AKA Pot, Parents and Police, 1972) (as Martin Margulies)
• The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1969)

See also

• Andy Kaufman
• Incredibly strange wrestling
• Freddie Blassie

External links

• Rockabilly Hall of Fame
• Johnny Legend at the Internet Movie Database