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Johnny recorded with King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, and with Louis Armstrong as a key member of the Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions. He also performed with Doc Cooke's Dreamland Orchestra.
In 1930 he returned to New Orleans where he played with local groups including with Paul Barbarin and Alphonse Picou. In 1955 Johnny moved to Los Angeles and returned to music fulltime, leading the Young Men from New Orleans at Disneyland, which also featured Barney Bigard
Johnny St. Cyr played banjo and guitar, and was a true jazz pioneer. St. Cyr had his own bands in New Orleans as far back as 1905. He played with the A.J. Piron Band, the Superior Band, the Olympia Band, and the Tuxedo Band. He played on the riverboats with Fate Marable and was with King Oliver when he went north to Chicago in 1923.