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Johnny Otis

Johnny Otis, Rhythm And Blues Pioneer, Has Died

Elizabeth Blair

The bandleader, radio and TV host and composer who wrote "Willie And The Hand Jive" also discovered many of R&B's greatest voices. Otis died Tuesday in his Los Angeles home.