Doug Johnson (record producer)

{{short description|American record producer and songwriter}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| birth_place = Swainsboro, Georgia

| origin = Nashville, Tennessee

| genre = Country

| occupation = Songwriter, record producer

| years_active = early 1980s-present

| associated_acts = Doug Stone, Gibson/Miller Band

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Doug Johnson (born in Swainsboro, Georgia{{cite book|title=They Heard Georgia Singing|author=Miller, Z.|date=1996|publisher=Mercer University Press|isbn=9780865545045|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kv8EdRRkiQC&pg=PA165|page=165|access-date=2015-06-24}}) is an American record producer and songwriter. He began in the 1970s working as an engineer and mixer for the Lowery Group.{{cite web |url=http://www.rama-info.com/home/producers/third/bio4_text.html |title=Garth Fundis |access-date=2012-12-31 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131232044/http://www.rama-info.com/home/producers/third/bio4_text.html |archive-date=2013-01-31 }} His first production credit was for The Burch Sisters, an act which signed with Mercury Nashville in 1988. A year later, Johnson helped Doug Stone secure a contract with Epic Records. While at Epic, Johnson became the vice president of A&R, helping the label to sign Patty Loveless while producing for Ty Herndon, John Michael Montgomery, and others. Johnson also assembled the members of the Gibson/Miller Band, which recorded two albums for Epic.{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music|author=Kingsbury, P.|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199840441|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsiL49XFbnkC&pg=PA200|page=200|access-date=2015-06-24}} He was promoted to senior vice president of the label in 1994, then moved to Giant Records in 1997, becoming president of that label. Johnson also produces and co-writes for Lee Brice.{{cite book|title=Billboard|date=1958-12-15|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7AoEAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7AoEAAAAMBAJ/page/n57 58]|access-date=2015-06-24}}

Johnson has also written over 40 songs, including Randy Travis's "Three Wooden Crosses", which won the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Song of the Year award.