Died On This Date (June 15, 2011) Bill Johnson / Grammy Winning Art Director
themusicsover Bill Johnson
DOB Unknown – June 15, 2011
Bill Johnson was a longtime art director who helped shape the image of country music packaging during the ’80s and ’90s. He spent the better part of two decades working at CBS Records where 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’. The Cash and O’Kanes packages each earned him Grammys. Bill Johnson was 68 when he died of lung cancer on June 15, 2011.