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Sonny Boy Williamson (30 Mar 1914 - 01 Jun 1948)

Male Person - United States John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948

Releases (35)

Official

Album

  1. Bluebird Blues Aug 1970

Album - Compilation

  1. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1 (5 May 1937 to 17 June 1938) 1991
  2. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2 (17 June 1938 to 21 July 1939) 1991
  3. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 3 (21 July 1939 to 4 April 1941) 1991
  4. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4 (4 April 1941 to 2 July 1945) 1991
  5. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 5 (19 October 1945 to 12 November 1947) 1991
  6. Sugar Mama 1995
  7. The Blues: Chicago 1937‐1945 1996
  8. The Bluebird Recordings: 1937 - 1938 1997
  9. The Bluebird Recordings 1938 1997
  10. Baby Please Don’t Go 1998
  11. American Blues Legend 1998
  12. Vol. 3 1944-1947 1998
  13. Bring Another Half Pint 21 Feb 2000
  14. Sonny Boy’s Jump: R&B Began Here! 31 Jul 2000
  15. Stop Breaking Down: The Essential Recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson 28 Nov 2000
  16. Original Sonny 2000
  17. Broken Heart Blues 2001
  18. When the Sun Goes Down, Volume 8: Bluebird Blues 09 Sep 2003
  19. The Original Sonny Boy 2004
  20. Blues Archive: The Story of the Blues: Chapter 12 2004 (as John Lee Williamson `Sonnyboy´)
  21. Million Years Blues 2005
  22. The Later Years 1939-1947 2008
  23. The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson
  24. Nothing but the Blues
  25. Nothing but the Blues: John Lee Williamson
  26. Shake the Boogie (as John Lee Williamson)
  27. The Bluebird Blues
  28. Broken Heart Blues

Single

  1. Sugar Mama Blues / Good Morning, School Girl 1937
  2. Christmas Morning Blues / Rainy Day Blues 1938
  3. I've Been Dealin' With the Devil / War Time Blues Nov 1940
  4. You're an Old Lady / Early in the Morning Jun 1946
  5. Hoodo Hoodo / Sonny Boy's Cold Chills Mar 1947

Recordings by (149)

  1. Sugar Mama Blues 2:58 (1937)
  2. Good Morning Little School Girl 3:01 (1937)
  3. Christmas Morning Blues 3:24 (1938)
  4. Rainy Day Blues 3:20 (1938)
  5. War Time Blues 2:58 (Nov 1940)
  6. I Been Dealing With The Devil 2:50 (Nov 1940)
  7. Early in the Morning 3:02 (Jun 1946)
  8. You’re an Old Lady 3:12 (Jun 1946)
  9. Sonny Boy’s Cold Chills 3:06 (Mar 1947)
  10. Hoodoo Hoodoo 2:55 (Mar 1947)
  11. Down South 3:06 (1965)
  12. Moonshine 3:00 (1965)
  13. Shannon Street Blues 3:22 (Aug 1970)
  14. Number Five Blues 3:30 (Aug 1970)
  15. Blue Bird Blues - Part 2 3:23 (Aug 1970)
  16. Insurance Man Blues 3:18 (Aug 1970)
  17. Honey Bee Blues 3:03 (Aug 1970) 1938
  18. Low Down Ways 3:13 (Aug 1970)
  19. Whiskey Headed Woman 2:56 (Aug 1970)
  20. Susie-Q 3:13 (Aug 1970)
  21. Little Girl Blues 3:19 (Aug 1970)
  22. The Right Kind of Life 3:22 (Aug 1970)
  23. Lord, Oh, Lord Blues 3:02 (Aug 1970)
  24. Goodbye, Red 3:10 (Aug 1970)
  25. You’ve Been Foolin’ ’round Town 2:46 (Aug 1970)
  26. Deep Down in the Ground 3:16 (Aug 1970)
  27. Love Me, Baby 3:22 (1978)
  28. Win the War Blues 3:31 (1982)
  29. Jackson Blues 2:58 (1985)
  30. Got the Bottle Up and Gone 2:33 (1985)
  31. Blue Bird Blues 3:07 (1985)
  32. Black Gal Blues 2:48 (1989)
  33. You Give an Account 3:14 (1989)
  34. Good for Nothing Blues 3:03 (1991)
  35. Something Going on Wrong 3:09 (1991)
  36. New Jail House Blues 2:52 (1991)
  37. Miss Ida Lee 2:57 (1991)
  38. Big Apple Blues 3:07 (1991)
  39. Shady Grove Blues 2:52 (1991)
  40. We Got to Win 2:43 (1991)
  41. Mean Old Highway 3:24 (1991)
  42. Blues About My Baby 2:59 (1991)
  43. Sugar Mama Blues, No. 2 3:10 (1991)
  44. I'm Not Pleasing You 2:46 (1991)
  45. Lacey Belle 2:51 (1991)
  46. Sugar Gal 3:01 (1991)
  47. I Love You for Myself 3:01 (1991)
  48. Desperado Woman Blues 2:39 (1991)
  49. Stop Breaking Down 2:57 (1991)
  50. Project Highway 2:54 (1991)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Brother James 2:55 Big Joe Williams (Jun 1937) harmonica
  2. I Know You Gonna Miss Me 3:04 Big Joe Williams (Jun 1937) harmonica
  3. I Won’t Be in Hard Luck No More 2:39 Big Joe Williams (Jul 1937) harmonica
  4. Rootin’ Ground Hog 3:01 Big Joe Williams (Jul 1937) harmonica
  5. Sugar Mama Blues 2:58 Sonny Boy Williamson (1937) harmonica
  6. Good Morning Little School Girl 3:01 Sonny Boy Williamson (1937) harmonica
  7. Rainy Day Blues 3:20 Sonny Boy Williamson (1938) harmonica
  8. Christmas Morning Blues 3:24 Sonny Boy Williamson (1938) harmonica
  9. I Been Dealing With the Devil 2:50 Sonny Boy Williamson (Nov 1940) harmonica
  10. War Time Blues 2:58 Sonny Boy Williamson (Nov 1940) harmonica
  11. You’re an Old Lady 3:12 Sonny Boy Williamson (Jun 1946) harmonica
  12. Early in the Morning 3:02 Sonny Boy Williamson (Jun 1946) harmonica
  13. Sonny Boy’s Cold Chills 3:06 Sonny Boy Williamson (Mar 1947) harmonica
  14. Hoodoo Hoodoo 2:55 Sonny Boy Williamson (Mar 1947) harmonica
  15. Down South 3:06 Sonny Boy Williamson (1965) harmonica
  16. Moonshine 3:00 Sonny Boy Williamson (1965) harmonica
  17. Banta Rooster Blues 2:59 Big Joe Williams (1966) harmonica
  18. Don’t You Leave Me Here 2:53 Big Joe Williams (1968) harmonica
  19. Whiskey Headed Woman 2:56 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  20. Goodbye, Red 3:10 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  21. Number Five Blues 3:30 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  22. Insurance Man Blues 3:18 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  23. You’ve Been Foolin’ ’round Town 2:46 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  24. Shannon Street Blues 3:22 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  25. Little Girl Blues 3:19 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  26. Honey Bee Blues 3:03 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  27. Blue Bird Blues - Part 2 3:23 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica
  28. Susie-Q 3:13 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) harmonica

Vocals

  1. Good Morning Little School Girl 3:01 Sonny Boy Williamson (1937) lead vocals
  2. Sugar Mama Blues 2:58 Sonny Boy Williamson (1937) lead vocals
  3. Christmas Morning Blues 3:24 Sonny Boy Williamson (1938) lead vocals
  4. Rainy Day Blues 3:20 Sonny Boy Williamson (1938) lead vocals
  5. War Time Blues 2:58 Sonny Boy Williamson (Nov 1940) lead vocals
  6. I Been Dealing With the Devil 2:50 Sonny Boy Williamson (Nov 1940) lead vocals
  7. You’re an Old Lady 3:12 Sonny Boy Williamson (Jun 1946) lead vocals
  8. Early in the Morning 3:02 Sonny Boy Williamson (Jun 1946) lead vocals
  9. Hoodoo Hoodoo 2:55 Sonny Boy Williamson (Mar 1947) lead vocals
  10. Sonny Boy’s Cold Chills 3:06 Sonny Boy Williamson (Mar 1947) lead vocals
  11. Down South 3:06 Sonny Boy Williamson (1965) lead vocals
  12. Moonshine 3:00 Sonny Boy Williamson (1965) lead vocals
  13. Low Down Ways 3:13 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  14. Honey Bee Blues 3:03 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  15. Shannon Street Blues 3:22 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  16. Lord, Oh, Lord Blues 3:02 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  17. Number Five Blues 3:30 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  18. The Right Kind of Life 3:22 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  19. You’ve Been Foolin’ ’round Town 2:46 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  20. Insurance Man Blues 3:18 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  21. Susie-Q 3:13 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals
  22. Deep Down in the Ground 3:16 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) lead vocals

Credited as (25)

  1. Sonny Boy Williamson
  2. Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy & Sonny Boy Williamson
  3. Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson
  4. Yank Rachell, Sonny Boy Williamson, Alfred Elkins & Washboard Sam
  5. Sonny Boy Williamson, Blind John Davis, Big Bill Broonzy & Alfred Elkins
  6. Memphis Slim, John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy
  7. Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Terry, Sleepy John Estes, Brownie McGhee
  8. John Lee Williamson
  9. Big Joe Williams with Sonny Boy Williamson and Alfred Elkins
  10. Josh White & Sonny Boy Williamson
  11. John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson
  12. John “Sonny Boy” Williamson
  13. John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson
  14. John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson & Yank Rachell
  15. John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, Memphis Slim & Big Bill Broonzy
  16. Memphis Slim, John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson & Big Bill Broonzy
  17. Sonny Boy Williamson I
  18. Sonny Boy Williamson and Big Joe Williams
  19. Sonny Boy Williamson & Big Bill Broonzy
  20. Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim
  21. Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson
  22. Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson
  23. John Lee Williamson `Sonnyboy´
  24. Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim & Big Bill Broonzy
  25. Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson

Works (22)

Wrote

  1. Elevator Woman
  2. Bluebird Blues
  3. So Sad This Morning
  4. Somebody's Got to Go

Composed

  1. Good Morning, School Girl (1937)
  2. The New Early in the Morning
  3. You're an Old Lady
  4. Take It Easy Baby
  5. Sloppy Drunk Blues
  6. Early in the Morning
  7. When My Baby She Left Me
  8. Shotgun Blues
  9. Santa Claus Got the Blues

Lyrics

  1. You're an Old Lady
  2. Early in the Morning
  3. When My Baby She Left Me
  4. Good Morning, School Girl
  5. Take It Easy Baby
  6. The New Early in the Morning
  7. Sloppy Drunk Blues
  8. Shotgun Blues
  9. Santa Claus Got the Blues

Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13901199j
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89010894
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr89010894
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6805p82
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134557948
  6. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116388
  7. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_lee_sonny_boy_williamson

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/746951

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001006782

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/158145606975501380000

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918571

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/8070

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8395191
  2. http://www.stcelibart.com/StCelibart/Sonny%20Boy.html