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==Legacy== In November 2000, Johnson sued Chuck Berry, alleging he deserved co-composer credits (and [[royalties]]) for dozens of songs, including "No Particular Place to Go," "[[Sweet Little Sixteen]]", and "Roll Over Beethoven," which credit Berry alone. The case was eventually dismissed, because too many years had passed since the songs in dispute were written. In 2001, he was inducted into the [[List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], in the category "Sidemen," after a campaign by the businessman George Turek, Johnson's biographer Travis Fitzpatrick, and the guitarist Keith Richards of the [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/johnnie-johnson|title=Johnnie Johnson|last=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|publisher=rockhall.com|access-date=January 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Johnny B Good takes his revenge|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/04/theobserver|newspaper=The Guardian|date=March 4, 2001|access-date=January 16, 2001}}</ref> Johnson has a star on the [[St. Louis Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement|title=St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees|last=St. Louis Walk of Fame|publisher=stlouiswalkoffame.org|access-date=April 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031162946/http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement|archive-date=October 31, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Johnson was the subject of a Homespun Tapes piano instructional video, ''The Blues/Rock Piano of Johnnie Johnson: Sessions with a Keyboard Legend''. Originally released in 1999 (a DVD was issued in 2005), the video is hosted by [[David Bennett Cohen]], along with Johnson's band, featuring guitarist [[Jimmy Vivino]]. The Johnnie Johnson Blues & Jazz Festival is held annually in [[Fairmont, West Virginia|Fairmont]] West Virginia, only a few blocks from where Johnson was born.
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