Sonny West
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American rockabilly musician, singer, songwriter (1937–2022)
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Vinony's link graph records 51 inbound references to Sonny West, and connects out to Elvis Presley, Phoenix and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics 1937 births, 2022 deaths and American male guitarists.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Elvis
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1977-06-08
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,308
- Total plays
- 11,511
Tags
There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Sonny West (born Joseph Sonny West near Lubbock, TX, on 30 July 1937; died 8 September 2022) was an American rockabilly musician and songwriter remembered as the co-writer of two of Buddy Holly's biggest hits: "Oh, Boy!" and "Rave On". 2) Sonny West is a British neo-rockabilly singer and guitarist. 1) Sonny West (born Joseph Sonny West near Lubbock, TX, on 30 July 1937; died 8 September <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sonny+West"
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonny
- Family name
- West
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lubbock
- Place of death
- Grove
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rockabilly
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Sonny West with guitar he made from Texas Mesquite wood.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1937-07-30
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- date of death
- 2022-09-08
- Commons category
- Sonny West (musician)
- end of work period
- 2022-00-00
- name in native language
- Sonny West
- birth name
- Joseph Sonny West
via Wikidata · CC0