In 1966, Hillery Johnson along with Leo Austell and Archie Russell founded Brainstorm Records and Productions.
By 1973 he was working for MCA Records where he held the position of promotional manager for special marketing.
He was suing the production company and its owner Joseph Jackson over money he alleged was owed to him for negotiating a recording agreement.
As a production company they did extremely well with Betty Everett scoring several national hits including "There'll Come A Time".
[12][13] Johnson introduced the Temptations to a party crowd of 500 that included Bette Midler and Teddy Pendergrass at Studio 54 in Manhattan in May 1977.