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Sonny Sharrock (27 Aug 1940 - 26 May 1994)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (6)

Official

Album

  1. Black Woman 1969
  2. Monkey‐Pockie‐Boo 22 Jun 1970
  3. Guitar 1986
  4. Ask the Ages 06 Aug 1991

Album - Compilation

  1. Into Another Light 1996

EP - Soundtrack

  1. Space Ghost: Coast to Coast 1994

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Brute Force
  2. Sonny Sharrock Trio eponymous
  3. Last Exit
  4. Sonny Sharrock Band

Married

  1. Linda Sharrock (1966 - 1978)

Recordings by (38)

  1. Black Woman 5:16 (1969)
  2. Peanut 9:16 (1969)
  3. Bialero 4:52 (1969)
  4. Blind Willy 3:22 (1969)
  5. Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black 8:33 (1969)
  6. 27th Day 16:52 (22 Jun 1970)
  7. Soon 7:57 (22 Jun 1970)
  8. Monkey‐Pockie‐Boo 8:54 (22 Jun 1970)
  9. Princess Sonata: Princess and the Magician / Like Voices of Sleeping Birds / Flowers Laugh / They Enter the Dream 13:00 (1986)
  10. Blind Willie 4:41 (1986)
  11. Devils Doll Baby 4:07 (1986)
  12. Broken Toys 6:38 (1986)
  13. Black Bottom 3:55 (1986)
  14. Kula‐Mae 5:06 (1986)
  15. Discharge 3:22 (1989)
  16. Promises Kept 9:44 (06 Aug 1991)
  17. Who Does She Hope To Be? 4:41 (06 Aug 1991)
  18. Little Rock 6:35 (06 Aug 1991)
  19. As We Used to Sing 7:32 (06 Aug 1991)
  20. Many Mansions 9:31 (06 Aug 1991)
  21. Once Upon a Time 6:30 (06 Aug 1991)
  22. Dick Dogs 4:54 (1991)
  23. Princess Sonata: Princess and the Magician 4:05 (25 May 1993)
  24. Princess Sonata: Like Voices of Sleeping Birds 3:07 (25 May 1993)
  25. Princess Sonata: Flowers Laugh 2:12 (25 May 1993)
  26. Princess Sonata: They Enter the Dream 3:32 (25 May 1993)
  27. Hit Single 1:22 (1994)
  28. Cinnamon Ghost 1:43 (1994)
  29. Out to Launch 4:07 (1994)
  30. Fear of a Ghost Planet 1:53 (1994)
  31. Rocket #99 1:45 (1994)
  32. Ghost Planet National Anthem 3:32 (1994)
  33. Ghost Planet National Anthem (remix) 3:32 (1996)
  34. Who Are You 5:26 (1996)
  35. Venus/Upper Egypt 8:37 (1996)
  36. J. D. Schaa 5:36 (1996)
  37. Space Ghost Coast-To-Coast 1:21 (06 Jul 1999)
  38. Hit Single (Space Ghost Coast to Coast) 1:21 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Japan 3:24 Pharoah Sanders (1967) guitar
  2. Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt 16:15 Pharoah Sanders (1967) guitar
  3. Aum / Venus / Capricorn Rising 14:47 Pharoah Sanders (1967) guitar
  4. Footprints 8:27 Herbie Mann (1968) guitar
  5. John's Children 6:01 Byard Lancaster (1968) guitar
  6. Last Summer 3:21 Byard Lancaster (1968) guitar
  7. Mr. A.A. 4:13 Byard Lancaster (1968) guitar
  8. Love Is Far Stronger Than We 3:13 Herbie Mann (1968) guitar
  9. It's Not Up to Us 4:46 Byard Lancaster (1968) guitar
  10. Windows Opened 7:30 Herbie Mann (1968) guitar
  11. Dogtown 4:03 Byard Lancaster (1968) guitar
  12. Over the Rainbow 4:28 Byard Lancaster (1968) guitar
  13. By the Time I Get to Phoenix 2:22 Herbie Mann (1968) guitar
  14. Hold on, I'm Comin' 3:14 Herbie Mann (1968) guitar
  15. Satan 8:54 Byard Lancaster (1968) guitar
  16. If I Were a Carpenter 5:41 Herbie Mann (1968) guitar
  17. Paper Man 6:47 Herbie Mann (1968) guitar
  18. The Letter 3:27 Herbie Mann (1968) guitar
  19. Misty 4:59 Byard Lancaster (1968) guitar
  20. Bialero 4:52 Sonny Sharrock (1969) guitar
  21. Blind Willy 3:22 Sonny Sharrock (1969) guitar
  22. Wailing Wall 9:42 Herbie Mann (1969) guitar
  23. Concerto Grosso in D Blues 28:12 Herbie Mann (1969) guitar
  24. Peanut 9:16 Sonny Sharrock (1969) guitar
  25. Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black 8:33 Sonny Sharrock (1969) guitar
  26. Ooh Baby 15:10 Herbie Mann (1969) guitar
  27. Black Woman 5:16 Sonny Sharrock (1969) guitar
  28. Emmie 4:11 Roy Ayers (1969) guitar
  29. My Little Ones 7:08 Herbie Mann (1969) guitar
  30. Sense of No Return 5:10 Herbie Mann (1969) guitar
  31. Dindi 9:35 Wayne Shorter (Mar 1970) electric guitar
  32. Water Babies 4:54 Wayne Shorter (Mar 1970) electric guitar
  33. Capricorn 7:48 Wayne Shorter (Mar 1970) electric guitar
  34. Swee‐Pea 4:37 Wayne Shorter (Mar 1970) electric guitar
  35. Super Nova 4:52 Wayne Shorter (Mar 1970) electric guitar
  36. More Than Human 6:12 Wayne Shorter (Mar 1970) electric guitar
  37. Do It Right Now 3:38 Brute Force (1970) guitar
  38. Some Kind of Approval 3:46 Brute Force (1970) guitar
  39. The Deacon 4:31 Brute Force (1970) guitar
  40. Don't You Know the Way (How I Feel About You) 5:17 Herbie Mann (1970) guitar
  41. Pendulum 2:35 Herbie Mann (1970) guitar
  42. Miss Free Spirit 12:40 Herbie Mann (1970) guitar
  43. Waltz for My Son 4:20 Herbie Mann (1970) guitar
  44. In Tangier / Paradise Beach 10:35 Herbie Mann (1970) guitar
  45. Flying 4:59 Herbie Mann (1970) guitar
  46. Yesternow 25:34 Miles Davis (1971) electric guitar
  47. Balance 12:43 Pharoah Sanders (1973) guitar
  48. Izipho Zam 28:50 Pharoah Sanders (1973) guitar
  49. Hold on I’m Comin’ 4:06 Herbie Mann (1973) guitar
  50. Prince of Peace 8:51 Pharoah Sanders (1973) guitar

Credited as (13)

  1. Sonny Sharrock
  2. Nicky Skopelitis & Sonny Sharrock
  3. Eddie Horst & Sonny Sharrock
  4. Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Charles K. Noyes
  5. Sonny Sharrock & Nicky Skopelitis
  6. Peter Brötzmann & Sonny Sharrock
  7. Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock
  8. Steve Marcus, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair
  9. Studer / Doran / Sharrock & Gee
  10. Sonny Sharrock, Lance Carter, Eddie Horst, and Alfrieda Gerald
  11. Sonny Sharrock / Wayne Henderson
  12. Ginger Baker / Sonny Sharrock / Nicky Skopelitis / Peter Brötzmann / Jan Kazda
  13. Sonny & Linda Sharrock

Works (32)

Wrote

  1. Blind Willie

Composed

  1. Hit Single
  2. Cinnamon Ghost
  3. Out to Launch
  4. Fear of a Ghost Planet
  5. Rocket #99
  6. Ghost Planet National Anthem
  7. Lizard Eyes
  8. Don't Be a Cry Baby Whatever You Do
  9. So Small, So Weak, This Bloody Sweat of Loving
  10. Headfirst Into the Flames
  11. A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
  12. Jesus! What Gorgeous Monkeys We Are
  13. Hanged Man Are Always Naked
  14. No One Knows Anything
  15. I Must Confess I'm a Cannibal
  16. Hard School
  17. Taking a Beating
  18. Last Call
  19. Promises Kept
  20. Who Does She Hope to Be?
  21. Little Rock
  22. As We Used to Sing
  23. Many Mansions
  24. Once Upon a Time
  25. Space Ghost Coast-To-Coast
  26. John's Children
  27. Satan
  28. Dick Dogs
  29. Dark Heart

Dedicated Works

  1. Peace in Essaouira (for Sonny Sharrock)
  2. Sonny Sharrock

Links (13)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.sonnysharrock.com/info.asp?pb=305&pg=2

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sonny_sharrock
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/120542544
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138997091
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89015765
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no89015765
  6. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/sonny-sharrock/

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Sonny+Sharrock

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/234918

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/174748

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000036987

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/42026641

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361909