Johnny "Man" Young (January 1, 1917 – April 18, 1974)[1] was an American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist, significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War.

By 1943, he was working with John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson and Muddy Waters.

[3] His first recording was made in 1947 for the Ora Nelle label,[4] featuring Young singing "Money Taking Woman" on the A-side, accompanied by Williams, who sang "Worried Man Blues" on the B-side.

Young played guitar behind Snooky Pryor in a session for Vee-Jay, but after that he retired from performance in the 1950s.

[7] Young died of a heart attack, in Chicago, in 1974, and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, in Urbana, Illinois.