Johnnie Lovesin 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. Over the next number of years he performed with the bands Johnnie Lovesin and the Invisible Band; Johnnie Lovesin and the Sidewalk Commandos; Johnnie Lovesin and The Next; Red Hot and Blue; and as a solo artist under the stage name Crazy John Lovesin, the Ace from Space. 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. He released several singles during his early career.
He released his debut album Set the Night on Fire in 1980, 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. He then signed to A&M Records, which rereleased Rough Side of Town and his follow-up album Tough Breaks.