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Sonny Burgess
Sign in to saveAmerican rockabilly guitarist and singer (1929–2017)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sonny Burgess is referenced by 52 other articles, and connects out to boogie-woogie, Las Vegas and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 1929 births, 2017 deaths and American country rock singers.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931-05-28
- Active to
- 2017-08-18
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- 51,420
- Total plays
- 250,313
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There are two artists named Sonny Burgess: 1) Albert Austin "Sonny" Burgess (May 28, 1931 – August 18, 2017) was an American rockabilly guitarist and singer. In the early 1950s, Burgess played boogie woogie music in dance halls and bars around Newport. Burgess, Kern Kennedy, Johnny Ray Hubbard, and Gerald Jackson formed a boogie-woogie band they called the Rocky Road Ramblers. In 1954, following a stint in the US Army (1951–53), Burgess re-formed the band <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Son
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonny
- Family name
- Burgess
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- Place of death
- Little Rock
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- rock and roll
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.legendarypacers.com
- Image
- Sonny Burgess.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1929-05-28
- date of death
- 2017-08-18
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