Free Chairmen of the Board General Johnson (1941–2010)[2] had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen in the early 1960s,[3] with the New Orleans rock and roll anthem "It Will Stand" and Carolina Beach classic "39-21-40 Shape".
When Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown in 1967 to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of record labels, they teamed Johnson up with Eddie Custis, Danny Woods and Canadian-born Harrison Kennedy as the new company's flagship act, under the appropriate name "Chairmen of the Board".[3] Custis left the group after their second album. Desmond Dekker Aretha Franklin Bread The Jacksons
