Johnnie Mae Matthews (December 31, 1922 – January 6, 2002) was an American blues and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer from Bessemer, Alabama.
Encouraged by their success, Matthews revived Northern Recording Company around this time, with the ADC Band supplying the musical backing on the disco-inspired tune "It's Good", which was later re-issued on the Cotillion label for national distribution.
After one final Northern effort, 1980's "I Can Feel It," she closed the label for good, effectively ending her recording career.
[7] Johnnie Mae Matthews was portrayed by Vanessa Bell Calloway in the 1998 television miniseries The Temptations.
BRAX (The Five Dapps) – Do Whop A Do / You're So Unfaithful – 1958 NORTHERN 3727 – Dreamer / Indian Joe – 1959 NORTHERN 3729 – Mr Fine / Someday – 1959 NORTHERN 3736 – Ooh Wee / Give Me True Love – 1960 NORTHERN 3742 – So Lonely / Help Me – 1960 REEL 3743 – Oh, Baby / You Worry Me – 1960 GLODIS 1004 – Oh, Baby / You Worry Me – 1960 REEL 3745 – No One Can Love Me / No More Tears – 1961 REEL 112 – The Headshrinker / My Little Angel – 1961 SUE 755 – The Headshrinker / My Little Angel – 1962 REEL 119 – Oh Mother / Come Home – 1962 REEL 120 – (With Timmy Shaw) I Don't Want Your Loving (Parts 1 & 2) – 1963 REEL 122 – Lonely Road / I Won't Cry Any More – 1963 NORTHERN 4736 – No Body Business (What I Do) / My Destination (It True Love) – 1963 SPOKANE 4008 – Worried About You / Itty Bitty Heart – 1964 BLUE ROCK 4001 – Baby What's Wrong / Here Comes My Baby – 1964 BLUE ROCK 4011 – My Man / Can't Live Without You – 1965 BIG D 855 – Don't Talk About My Man / He Really Loves Me – 1965 AUDREY 100 – Luck Walked Through My Door / Love Hides All Faults – 1966 AUDREY 112 – (With Joe L. Carter) My Life Story / Don't Cry Baby – 1966 JAM 103 – Lonely You'll Be / That's What My Man is For – 1967 ART 002 – (& The Wonderetts) Cut Me Loose / Lonely You'll Be – 1967 ATCO 6528 – (& The Wonderetts) Cut Me Loose / Lonely You'll Be – 1967 ART 003 – Got to be on (Your Case) / You're the One – 1967 BIG HIT 104 – Two-sided Thing / You Make Me Feel Good – 1968 BIG HIT 105 – I Have No Choice / That's When It Hurts – 1969 BIG HIT 108 – My Momma Didn't Lie / You're The One – 1970 BIG HIT 111 – Don't be Discouraged / Don't be Discouraged – 1971 COTILLION – ADC Band – Long Stroke – 1978 COTILLION – ADC Band – Talk that Stuff – 1979 COTILLION – ADC Band – Renaissance – 1980 COTILLION – ADC Band – Brother Luck −1981 COTILLION – ADC Band – Roll with The Punches – 1982 NORTHERN 10039 – It's Good / Come on Back – 1979 COTILLION 45010 – It's Good / Come on Back – 1979 NORTHERN 10040 – I Can Feel It / Crazy About You – 1980