Al "Carnival Time" Johnson

Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (born June 20, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana ) is an American singer and piano player best known for the Mardi Gras song "Carnival Time".

History Early life and career After spending his early years in Houston, Johnson returned to New Orleans at the age of ten settling in the Lower Ninth Ward.

In 1956, at seventeen, he recorded his first songs, "Ole Time Talkin" and "I've Done Wrong"" for Aladdin Records. Produced by Joe Ruffino, the owner of Ric Records, the song eventually joined Professor Longhair’s "Go to the Mardi Gras" and "Big Chief", and The Hawketts "Mardi Gras Mambo" as one of the most played and requested classics of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Johnson was drafted and subsequently served and stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Discography It's Carnival Time All The Time (2006) Lower Ninth Ward Blues (2007) Beyond Carnival (2013)