by Ron Wynn Guitarist/vocalist George Johnson and bassist/vocalist Louis Johnson formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in Los Angeles. When they became professionals, the band backed such touring R&B acts as Bobby Womack and the Supremes. George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Prestons band, and wrote Music in My Life and The Kids and Me for him before leaving his group in 1973. Quincy Jones hired them to play on his LP Mellow Madness, and recorded four of their songs, including Is It Love That Were Missing? and Just a Taste of Me. Jones took them on a Japanese tour, then produced their debut LP, Look Out for Number 1, after they signed with A&M, which was also his label at the time (1976). They scored a number-one R&B and number-three pop hit with Ill Be Good to You, and enjoyed R&B chart toppers in 1977 and 1980 respectively with Strawberry Letter 23 and Stomp!...