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Bill Johnson (January 21, 1943 – June 15, 2011) was a Grammy Award winning art director whose design career included books, magazines, corporate design, and album art. His Grammy Awards came in 1988 for Roseanne Cash's King's Record Shop and 1989 for The O'Kanes "Tired of the Running". During his career with CBS Records, later CBS/Sony, he designed albums for many of Nashville's top artists. In 1999 The Dixie Chicks chose him to design their album Fly (Dixie Chicks album).

Early years
Bill Johnson was born January 21, 1923 in Yankton, South Dakota. He attended public school in Yankton. After high school graduation in 1961 he studied art at ____________________. His first job was with ________. He left in the early 1970s to take a position on the art staff of Rolling Stone magazine in San Francisco, California.

Rolling Stone
While at Rolling Stone, Johnson redesigned the magazine's logo. A updated version of his design was still in use in 2012. While at Rolling Stone he designed pages for many musician interviews such as _________, ______________ and __________. He moved with Rolling Stone to New York City in 1977. He worked with Andy Warhol and Annie Leibowitz to create pages for Rolling Stone.

CBS/Sony Records
In 1980 he left Rolling Stone to become art director with Columbia Records in New York City. In 19__ he moved from New York to Nashville, Tennessee to head the creative department for the Nashville office. During is 20+ years with Columbia Records (later CBS Records and Sony Records) he worked with dozens of artists to create visual images for their albums. Among those he worked with: Janie Fricke, Larry Gatlin, Waylon Jennings, Joe Diffie, Ricky Skaggs, Mickey Gilley, Charlie Daniels, Ricky Van Shelton, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Loveless and Exile. His obituary in the Nashville Tennessean said "As the art director at CBS Records in the 1980s and 1990s, he left his visual imprint on an entire generation of country record makers. Johnson was noted for the vibrancy and saturated colors of his album-jacket designs, posters and advertisements. CBS graphics of the era were also noted for their attention to detail in everything from hair styling to wardrobe."

He created artwork for such albums as Willie Nelson’s "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", Rodney Crowell’s "Diamonds & Dirt", the Dixie Chicks’ "Wide Open Spaces", Roseanne Cash’s "King’s Record Shop", and the O’Kanes’ "Tired Of The Runnin’". Johnson won his first Grammy Award for Best Album Package for 1987’s King’s Record Shop by Rosanne Cash. He won again the following year for "Tired of the Runnin’" by The O’Kanes.

Awards

 * 1987 Grammy for Best Recording Package Design Roseanne Cash's "King's Record Shop"
 * 1988 Grammy for Best Recording Package Design The O'Kanes "Tired of the Runnin'"