Johnny braff biography

His real name was Johnny Critchlow, and he was born on July 3, 1937- the second to last of 14 children, living in Station Street, Kitty.
Guyana born singer Johnny Critchlow Braithwaite, well-known as musical icon'Johnny Braff', born on July 3, 1937 and died on August 28, 2019.
The singer, whose birth name was John Randolph Massiah Critchlow-Brathwaite, died at the age of 82 on August 29th at the Georgetown Public.

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Remembering Johnny Braff

Mar 10, 2014News

By Michael Jordan

” I played songs that people could listen to; when you hear songs like that, they go straight to your heart and you have to stop what you are doing and sing..”

‘STOP THE MUSIC…IT BURNS INSIDE…’
If you don’t know those lines, if you don’t know that heartbreaking song, then sadly, you missed out on the late sixties and early seventies, when a Guyanese singer named Johnny Braff was belting out love songs that made him both a household name and sex symbol in his homeland and abroad.

Guyanese icon, Johnny Braff today38

Decked out in white suit and black hat, the now 78-year-old Guyanese icon stopped in at Kaieteur News last week, to charm the female reporters with snippets of his songs and signing autographs before sitting down to an interview.
His real name is Johnny Critchlow, and he was born on July 3, 1937; the second to last of 14 children, living in Station Street, Kitty. But the large family was never in danger of starving.
His father, Harry Braithwaite, was a stevedore, “and stevedores in those

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Guyanese music legend, Johnny Critchlow Braithwaite, M.S., also known as ‘Johnny Braff’ died on Wednesday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Braff, who was a resident at Palms Geriatric Home on Brickdam, Georgetown, died at about 04:00h.

Braff, who was known for the hit song “It Burns Inside”, celebrated his 82nd birthday in July and was feted by the Social Protection Ministry at a special concert held in his honour.

In May, he was given the national award – Medal of Service – by President David Granger.

The music legend has also received a number of honours over the years, among them is the Guyana Folk Festival 2002 Wordsworth McAndrew Award.
The former Kitty, Georgetown resident began singing at the age of 18. At the time, he was working as a plumber at the then bauxite company Demba in the late 1950s.

Since then, he has played to sold-out crowds at Madison Square Garden, New York City; Mexico, Canada, London and across Europe. He left Guyana in the 1970s after recording a number of hits in the 1960s.

In 2010, Braff had announced that he would be rec

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Latest update February 16th, 2025 7:49 PM

Music legend, Johnny Braff, dies at 82

Aug 29, 2019News

A musical sensation and pioneer to the music industry in Guyana, Johnny Braff, died yesterday morning around 04:00 hrs at the Palms Geriatric Home.

The Legend: Johnny Braff at his 82nd birthday celebrations

Braff. 82, was a resident of the institution for several months after being transferred from the Night Shelter, a decision that he often times didn’t seem too pleased about.
‘STOP THE MUSIC…IT BURNS INSIDE…’
If you don’t know those lines, if you don’t know that song, you would’ve missed out on one of the big hits of the 60’s and early 70s, when Braff was belting out love songs that made him both a household name and symbol in his homeland and abroad.
Braff shot to fame in the late 1960’s and 1970’s when he opened local shows for American artistes, on many occasions outshining the main act.
He recorded several hit songs locally and had them redone in the United States and Curacao, where they became more popular.
“It burns inside”, which begins with the c