CHARLOTTE, N.C. — General Johnson, lead singer of the popular beach music trio Chairmen of the Board, has died. He was 69.

Johnson died on Wednesday in suburban Atlanta, his son, Norman Johnson, of East Point, Ga., said Friday. The singer died of complications from lung cancer, his son said.

The Chairmen of the Board formed in Detroit in 1970, but moved south in the early 1980s and established a record label in Charlotte.