Johnny Knight

Real name John Mangiagli. John is originally from the Bronx, New York City. He came to California in 1954. In 1957, at the age of 19, he started out with Johnny Otis (of Willie and the Hand Jive fame). At that time, he recorded his first record, Snake Shake. He wrote and recorded several songs between 1957 and 1968. In 1965, he wrote, arranged and produced a hit record called “The Gamma Goochee”. He used the title of the song as his stage name for that record, by Gamma Goochee himself.