Johnny Silvo
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{{infobox musical artist
| name = Johnny Silvo
| birth_name = John Frederick Woods{{Cite news |title=Johnny Silvo: Folk singer who worked with Sandy Denny |last=Hunt |first=Ken |date=2012-01-27 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/johnny-silvo-folk-singer-who-worked-with-sandy-denny-6295423.html |access-date=2025-04-07 |work=The Independent}}{{Cite news |title=Johnny Silvo obituary |date=2012-01-06 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/06/johnny-silvo |access-date=2025-04-07 |work=The Guardian}}
| birth_date = 2 December 1936
| death_date = 19 December 2011
| occupation = Musician, singer, TV presenter
| genre = Folk music, blues
| associated_acts = John Silvo Folk Group
}}
Johnny Silvo (born John Frederick Woods; 2 December 1936 – 19 December 2011) was a British folk and blues singer.
Biography
Silvo was born in 1936 to an Irish mother and an African-American father, who was serving in Ireland. He started his career playing skiffle and jazz and singing solo in nightclubs. When the folk scene took off in the 60s he became a popular guest act at folk clubs.
In March 1967 he appeared with his own Johnny Silvo Folk Group on the Alex Campbell and His Friends LP alongside Sandy Denny.{{Discogs artist}} A month later an LP called Sandy and Johnny was released in which the two singers alternated songs. Silvo also performed for nine years as part of a duo with Dave Moses.
Johnny was also a presenter on Play School in the early 1970s.
Silvo continued to tour until 2011 when he was forced to cancel his autumn tour because of cancer.
Personal Life
Discography
- Alex Campbell and His Friends (1967, compilation, with the Johnny Silvo Folk Group)
- Sandy & Johnny (1967, with Sandy Denny)
- Live from London (1973, with Dave Moses)
- Time Enough to Spare (1977)
- In The Spotlight - "Live In Concert" (1983)
- Midnight Special (1998, with Arvid Lone)
- Blues in the Backyard (1999, with Diz Disley)
- I'll Fly Away (2006)