Researching Johnny Whitney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1555 people with the Whitney surname? In that year Whitney was ranked number 2125 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Johnny means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Johnny Whitney on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Johnny Whitney and the Whitney Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Whitney Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Whitney family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Johnny Whitney at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Johnny Whitney using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2186 people with the Whitney surname in the UK? Whitney is now ranked number 2233 for popularity in the UK. |
Whitney Genealogy Databases
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Whitney Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 45574 people with the Whitney surname in the USA? Whitney is ranked number 142 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Whitney Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Johnny Whitney. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Johnny Whitney
Johnny Whitney (born June 28, 1981) is a singer, author and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle.
He is probably most well known for his vocals and keyboarding alongside Jordan Blilie in the post-hardcore band, The Blood Brothers. He is also the vocalist of Jaguar Love. Johnny has also provided vocals for The Vogue, Glowbug, Soiled Doves, and Neon Blonde.
Johnny has gone on to remix songs from Jaguar Love, as well as songs by other artists: "Positive Tension" by Bloc Party, Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a clash of "Heartbeats" by The Knife with The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy", and is featured on Daryl Palumbo's Remix of Cage's song "Shoot Frank". Some of his remixes can be found on his "DJ Johnny Whitney" MySpace page.
In 2010, Johnny provided vocals for Felix Cartal's track "Volcano", featured on the album "Popular Music".
He runs a clothing company called Crystal City Clothing along with his wife Amy Carlsen.
On the 21st July, 2010, Johnny released volume 1 of his acoustic mixtapes through Crystal City clothing:
On October 1, 2010 Johnny released the short story "The Mermaid and the Actor" through www.crystalcityclothing.com
In 2011 and 2014 Whitney collaborated with Belgium electro-pop group Arsenal (band) on their albums Lokemo and Furu. He joined them on several live gigs in Belgium. They headlined the Rock Werchter festival.
As of 2020, Whitney is inactive in music, and now works as a UI Developer at Netflix.
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