Johnnie Lovesin

Johnnie Lovesin (May 22, 1949 – February 23, 2019) was a Canadian musician, most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Most Promising Male Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1984 and the Juno Awards of 1985.

Originally from Val-d'Or, Quebec, he was first active as a musician on the Yorkville scene in Toronto in the 1960s. His first band was Black Ballet in 1969. When the Invisible Band opened for The Ramones at a show in Toronto, one Toronto Sun music critic asserted in his review that Lovesin had blown the Ramones off the stage. and followed up with Rough Side of Town in 1983. In addition to his Juno Award nominations for Most Promising Male Vocalist, he was nominated for a U-Know Award for Best Male Vocalist in 1985. Soon after releasing Tough Breaks, however, Lovesin suffered a brain aneurysm shortly after performing at the city's annual New Year's Eve show at Nathan Phillips Square, and released the new album Ready to Rumble independently in 1996. After moving to Jordan, Ontario,

Lovesin died unexpectedly three months shy of his 70th birthday, on the evening of February 23, 2019.

Discography Set the Night on Fire (1980) Rough Side of Town (1983) Tough Breaks (1986) Ready to Rumble (1996)