Biography
Johnny Shuggie Otis (born Johnny Alexander Veliotes Jr.; November 30, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist. Otis's composition "Strawberry Letter 23" as recorded by the Brothers Johnson topped the Billboard R&B chart and reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977. He achieved commercial success with his 1974 single "Inspiration Information" (from the album of the same title), reaching No. 56 on the R&B chart.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture)
1994
Hot Rats
1969
Jackie Brown (Music From The Miramax Motion Picture)
1997
Blowout Comb
1994
Confessions
2004
Freedom Flight
1971
The Grind Date
2004
Inspiration Information
1974
Dangerously In Love
2003
Right On Time
1977
Dark Was The Night
2009
The New Danger
2004
R.
1998
Soul Time!
2011
Safe + Sound
1995
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)
2020
Blast!
1982
Introducing Shuggie Otis
2013
Generation EFX
1998
Strawberry Letter #23
1977
Kooper Session
1969
Cristo Redentor
1968
The Hot Rats Sessions
2019
Radioactive
2011
Credited work
1,093 releases · 159 albums · active 1968–2025
- Performance · 2,717
- Other credits · 147
- Engineering · 140
- Production · 65
- Mastering · 6
Studios: Whitney Recording Studios · T.T.G. Studios · Sunset Sound · Hawk Sound Studio