DEJIE JOHNSON: Why Try to Change Me Now?

Dejie Johnson

Why Try to Change Me Now?

© 2005 Tapestry Records (783707169002)

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There's no false set in her falsetto. Honey-throated chanteuse Dejie Johnson delivers the real thing when she racks up the standards. -- Rob Walton, Playboy.com.

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Dejie Johnson has performed for audiences of two to 25,000. She has sung with orchestras, big bands, conga-driven retro bands, jazz trios, and solo piano. She has appeared on stage, television, films, and in 3-D. Her hands have been featured on national TV and she has lent her versatile voice to animated characters such as Judy Jetson and Josie of the Pussycats.

In Atlanta in the late '70's and early '80's, Dejie entertained audiences at several popular Atlanta venues, including Showcase Cabaret, Tyrones, Gene & Gabes, and The Menagerie. Later, she spent a decade in NYC performing at Don't Tell Mama's, The Ballroom, and she was one-half of an acapella bop duo, The New ABC's.

Dejie also played an autistic mining camp prostitute in Shot Through the Heart, a Broadway show that closed on the road. She was the only female to perform in The Plaids before it officially became Forever Plaid.

Since returning to Atlanta, Dejie has performed at local venues including Libby's Cabaret, The Red Chair, MJQ, and The Star Bar. She recently played the role of Fraulein Schneider in Decatur's Neighborhood Playhouse hit musical production of "Cabaret." Her voice can also be heard on several Turner Entertainment television channels.

The inspiration for Dejie's first solo CD, "What Try to Change Me Now?" was a suitcase full of music that she inherited from her late uncle, a professional pianist who worked in Hollywood in the 1940s.

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  • Inspirational to say the least!
    author: B Bearden

    Love the idea of performing songs from an era that wrote really great lyrics and music but updated with todays technology. Great for a nice evening by the fire, rainy Sunday, dinner party, an allaround CD to have in your collection and I listen to it all the time! I love Dejie!

  • Thanks for asking me what I think
    author: Susie Wright

    I applaud Dejie Johnson for having the guts to produce an album with great music and lyrics you can understand. Her voice is the perfect instrument for introducing these songs to a whole new generation. I LOVE this CD.

  • Timeless standards through a great new voice
    author: L. Stevens

    In this marvelous debut CD, Dejie Johnson puts her unique mark on 14 of music's most enduring songs. This talented lady is going to attract audiences from all age groups and walks of life with her terrific voice and her incredible song styling.

  • I love piano, bass, sax and a sassy girl singer
    author: David Romano

    I love CD Baby! It lets me test drive a new CD before I buy it and folks, I'm definitely getting this gal Dejie Johnson's new album. I didn't know many of the songs except for "A Wonderful World," but now I'm in love with Dejie and every one of her beautiful vocal tracks. All you need is this CD, a big 'ol glass of your favorite liquid and you're set for the evening. Enjoy.

  • A must-have, musical gem!
    author: Phil Patton

    There isn't a song on this album that isn't sung to perfection by Dejie Johnson. Her renditions of all of these timeless standards touch you in the most personal ways helping one recall some of the most intimate moments -happy and sad - in one's life. Whether I'm listening to the sultry "Speak Low" or the delightful "When I See An Elephant Fly," Johnson's beautiful interpretations and solid delivery grab my attention from the first note of the first track and don't let me go until last breath of the last note of the last track. It is now our favorite CD.

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