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Sonny Terry
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American Piedmont blues musician (1911–1986)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Sonny Terry's washboard band
- Sonny Terry, harmonica and vocal solos
- On the road
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Film & TV
Mineola, New York, U.S.
Sonny Terry was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.
Known for
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 — Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)2004
- Red, White and Blues — Self (archive footage)2003
- Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 — Self2003
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 — Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2003
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 — Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2003
- BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie — Self (archive footage)1988
- The Color Purple — Jook Joint Musician1985
- Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' — Self1984
- The Jerk — Blues Singer1979
- The Blues Under the Skin — Self1973
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1948-04-28
- Active to
- 2015-03-12
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 59,816
- Total plays
- 352,771
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Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (October 24, 1911-March 11, 1986), was a blues musician. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on October 24, 1911, and died on March 11, 1986 in Mineola, New York. He was most widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts. His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sonny+Ter
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonny
- Family name
- Terry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greensboro
- Place of death
- Mineola
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- Piedmont blues
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- Jew's harp
- Record label
- ABC Records
- Image
- Sonny Terry at the Nambassa 3 day Music & Alternatives festival, New Zealand 1981. Photographer Michael Bennetts.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of birth
- 1911-10-24
- date of death
- 1986-03-11
- medical condition
- blindness
- Commons category
- Sonny Terry
- pseudonym
- Sonny Terry
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- name in native language
- Sonny Terry
- partner in business or sport
- Brownie McGhee
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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