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Sonny Terry (24 Oct 1911 - 11 Mar 1986)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (17)

Official

Album

  1. Sonny Terry and His Mouth-Harp 1958
  2. Sonny Is King 1963
  3. Sonny's Story 1967
  4. Whoopin' 1984 aka I Think I Got the Blues
  5. Harmonica and Vocal Solos

Album - Compilation

  1. Wizard of the Harmonica 1972
  2. The Folkways Years, 1944-1963 1991
  3. Chain Gang Blues 1992
  4. Complete Recordings 1938-1945 in Chronological Order 1994
  5. Whoopin' the Blues: The Capitol Recordings, 1947 - 1950 20 Jun 1995
  6. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 1944-1949 1999
  7. Blowin’ the Blues 2002
  8. The Blues: Mountain Harmonica 1938–1953 2004

Single

  1. Harmonica Hop / Doggin' My Heart Around 1952

Other

  1. All Alone Blues 2009
  2. When He Shines

Relationships (4)

Collaborator On

  1. Washboard Band

Member Of

  1. Union Boys
  2. Brother George & His Sanctified Singers
  3. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee eponymous, lead vocals, harmonica

Recordings by (240)

  1. Doggin' My Heart Around 2:54 (1952)
  2. Harmonica Hop ?:?? (1952)
  3. In the Evening 2:36 (1958)
  4. Move to Kansas City 2:35 (1958)
  5. John Henry 3:15 (1958)
  6. The Fox Chase (A.K.A. Hound Dog Holler) 2:25 (1958)
  7. Louise 2:55 (1958)
  8. Red River 2:30 (1958)
  9. Goodbye Leadbelly 3:06 (1958)
  10. Custard Pie 2:34 (1958)
  11. I Woke Up This Morning and Could Hardly See 3:11 (1958)
  12. Old Woman Blues 2:49 (1958)
  13. Talkin' About the Blues 3:10 (1958)
  14. Changed The Lock On My Door 2:57 (1958)
  15. Moanin' and Mournin' 3:24 (1958)
  16. Baby, Baby 2:46 (1958)
  17. Kansas City 2:32 (1961)
  18. The Fox Chase 2:22 (1961)
  19. I Woke Up This Mornin' 3:10 (1961)
  20. Moanin' & Mournin' 3:24 (1961)
  21. Diggin’ My Potatoes 3:43 (1963)
  22. One Monkey Don’t Stop the Show 3:12 (1963)
  23. Tater Pie 2:39 (1963)
  24. She’s So Sweet 2:49 (1963)
  25. Sonny’s Coming 2:58 (1963)
  26. Ida Mae 3:20 (1963)
  27. Callin’ My Mama 2:39 (1963)
  28. Bad Luck 4:18 (1963)
  29. Blues From the Bottom 4:22 (1963)
  30. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More 3:44 (1967)
  31. My Baby Done Gone 3:24 (1967)
  32. Worried Blues 3:55 (1967)
  33. High Powered Woman 2:59 (1967)
  34. Pepperheaded Woman 4:06 (1967)
  35. Sonny's Story 3:26 (1967)
  36. I'm Gonna Get on My Feets Afterwhile 4:04 (1967)
  37. Four O'Clock Blues 3:34 (1967)
  38. Telehone Blues 3:35 (1967)
  39. Great Tall Engine 2:56 (1967)
  40. Diggin' My Potatoes 3:37 (1972)
  41. Harmonica Blues 3:09 (1972)
  42. My Key Won't Fit No More 3:58 (1972)
  43. Fox Chase 2:33 (1972)
  44. Easy Rider 4:08 (1972)
  45. Goin' Down Slow 3:58 (1972)
  46. Take This Hammer 4:08 (1972)
  47. Old Lost John 3:13 (1972)
  48. I'm Crazy 'Bout Your Pie 3:02 (1972)
  49. Freight Train Rollin' On 2:20 (1972)
  50. Pretty Little Girl 2:37 (1972)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. How Long Blues 2:11 Lead Belly (1966)

Instruments

  1. Ain't You Glad 2:03 Lead Belly (1943) guest, harmonica
  2. Whoopin’ the Blues 2:43 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1945) harmonica
  3. Heart in Sorrow 3:00 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  4. Preachin’ the Blues 2:33 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  5. Make a Little Money 3:47 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  6. Guitar Highway 2:37 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  7. If You Lose Your Money 2:44 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  8. Dark Road 2:45 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  9. Can’t Help Myself 3:19 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  10. John Henry 4:05 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  11. Better Day 3:04 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  12. Confusion 3:20 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  13. Best of Friends 3:13 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  14. Old Jabo 2:13 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  15. Boogie Baby 2:31 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958) harmonica
  16. You Keep on Doggin' Me 2:45 Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris & Stick McGhee (1959) harmonica
  17. So Sorry to Leave You 4:24 Lightnin’ Hopkins (1961) harmonica
  18. Hard to Love a Woman 4:04 Lightnin’ Hopkins (1961) harmonica
  19. Got to Move Your Baby 4:04 Lightnin’ Hopkins (1961) harmonica
  20. Conversation Blues 3:52 Lightnin’ Hopkins (1961) harmonica
  21. Lightnin' Stroke 4:57 Lightnin’ Hopkins, Sonny Terry (1961) harmonica
  22. Last Night Blues 5:12 Lightnin’ Hopkins (1961) harmonica
  23. Rocky Mountain 5:00 Lightnin’ Hopkins (1961) harmonica
  24. Take a Trip With Me 5:07 Lightnin’ Hopkins (1961) harmonica
  25. We Shall Be Free 3:02 Woody Guthrie (1962) harmonica
  26. U.A.W. - C.I.O. 2:04 Union Boys (1963) harmonica
  27. How Long Blues 2:11 Lead Belly (1966) guest, harmonica, harmonica
  28. Hammer Song 2:05 Paul Robeson (1982) harmonica
  29. Walkin’ Away Blues 3:37 Ry Cooder (30 May 1986) harmonica
  30. Crossroads 4:24 Ry Cooder (30 May 1986) harmonica
  31. I Got Fooled 2:39 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) harmonica
  32. Motherless Child 3:09 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) harmonica

Vocals

  1. Whoopin’ the Blues 2:43 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1945)
  2. If You Lose Your Money 2:44 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  3. Boogie Baby 2:31 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  4. John Henry 4:05 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  5. Confusion 3:20 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  6. Dark Road 2:45 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  7. Old Jabo 2:13 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  8. Make a Little Money 3:47 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  9. Better Day 3:04 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  10. Heart in Sorrow 3:00 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  11. Best of Friends 3:13 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  12. Preachin’ the Blues 2:33 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1958)
  13. Conversation Blues 3:52 Lightnin’ Hopkins (1961)
  14. We Shall Be Free 3:02 Woody Guthrie (1962)
  15. First and Last Love 3:00 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  16. Louise 3:27 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals
  17. I Have Had My Fun 3:33 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (1990) lead vocals

Credited as (86)

  1. Sonny Terry
  2. Sonny Terry & Friends
  3. Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry
  4. Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Sonny Terry & Lead Belly
  5. Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston & Sonny Terry
  6. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  7. Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  8. Lead Belly, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  9. Sonny Terry, Roosevelt Sykes & Brownie McGhee
  10. The Lunenberg Travelers, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie
  11. Woody Guthrie & Sonny Terry
  12. Lead Belly & Sonny Terry
  13. Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris & Stick McGhee
  14. Sonny Terry & Stick McGhee
  15. Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
  16. Sonny Terry & Jordan Webb
  17. Sonny Terry with Johnny Winter and Willie Dixon
  18. Sonny Terry / Reverend Gary Davis
  19. Woody Guthrie feat. Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry
  20. Lead Belly feat. Sonny Terry
  21. Lead Belly with Sonny Terry
  22. Leadbelly with Sonny Terry
  23. Sonny Terry & Bull City Red
  24. Sonny Terry feat. Brownie McGhee
  25. Leadbelly & Sonny Terry
  26. Lead Belly, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
  27. Sonny Terry, Johnny Winter & Willie Dixon
  28. Blind Boy Fuller and Sonny Terry
  29. Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry
  30. Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris & Sticks McGhee
  31. Sonny Terry with Johnny Winter & Willie Dixon
  32. Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
  33. Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry & Lightnin’ Hopkins
  34. Lightnin’ Hopkins & Sonny Terry
  35. Lightnin’ Hopkins With Sonny Terry
  36. Lightnin’ Hopkins with Big Joe Williams & Sonny Terry
  37. Lightnin’ Hopkins, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry with Big Joe Williams
  38. Lightnin’ Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry & Big Joe Williams
  39. Lightnin’ Hopkins, Sonny Terry
  40. Woody Guthrie with Cisco Houston and Sonny Terry
  41. Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry
  42. Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Coyal McMahan
  43. Lead Belly feat. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  44. Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Terry, Sleepy John Estes, Brownie McGhee
  45. Brownie McGhee with Sonny Terry
  46. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie
  47. Lead Belly & Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
  48. Ottilie Patterson, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee with Chris Barber Band
  49. Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, and J.C. Burris
  50. Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
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Works (11)

Wrote

  1. Whoopin’
  2. Custard Pie
  3. Conversation Blues
  4. I’m Crazy ’Bout You Baby
  5. Fighting a Losing Battle
  6. Walk On
  7. the way i feel

Composed

  1. High Powered Woman
  2. Walking Away Blues
  3. Back to New Orleans

Lyrics

  1. High Powered Woman

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Montreux Jazz Festival 1973

Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sonny_terry
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/346623

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/290579

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000039661

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/12493027

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q781878

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/78279

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/4558

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonny_Terry_at_the_Nambassa_3_day_Music_%26_Alternatives_festival%2C_New_Zealand_1981._Photographer_Michael_Bennetts.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3e07fca6-2c7f-4fc1-a138-ec6cd7e4be8a