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Sonny Terry
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saunders Terrell
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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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
Tags
bluesharmonicaharmonica bluesfolkFolk Blues
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
Show 9 more facts
- 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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