1. Robert Johnson
Members:
Class: 7 º C
Leandro Contreras
Cristóbal Pinto Miss:
Nicolás Rivera Marianela Aravena
Brayan Ortiz

2. Important Information
 Complete Name:
Robert Leroy Johnson
 Date of birth:
Born on May 8, 1911 in
Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
 Family:
His mother was Julie
Ann Majors and his
father Charles Dodds Jr.
 Date of death: He died
on August 16, 1938.

3. Career
 He was a
singer, songwriter and
guitarist of blues.
 Is known as the
“king of the delta blues”.
 From Johnson showed
little interest in music
 Recordings shows a
combination of
singing, guitar skills and
talent in composition.
 It is considered the
"Grandfather of Rock-and-
Roll"
 Died at 27 years old.

4. COUPLES
 In 1929 he married
Virginia Travis.
 Virginia Travis was 16
years old.
 Shortly after Virginia
Travis became pregnant
and died in childbirth
along with her ​baby in
April 1930.
 Johnson married a
second time with Esther
Lockwood

5. Death
 His death occurred in
suspicious
circumstances.
 It is said that whiskey
was poisoned by a
jealous husband
 Say he died
deneumonía

6. Hits
 King Of The Delta Blues Singers (1961).
 King Of The Delta Blues Vol. II (1970).
 Delta Blues: The Alternative Takes (1990).
 Cross Road Blues (1991).
 Red Hot Blues (1993).
 The Original Blues Legend (1993)
 The Complete Collection (1998).
 Crossroads Blues (Unknown).

7. Legend of Robert Jonhson
 Legend has it that Robert Johnson sold his soul
to the devil at the crossroads of Highway 61 to
the 49 in Clarksdale (Mississippi), in exchange for
playing the blues better than anyone.