Sonny Terry

E246126

blues musician folk musician harmonica player human

Sonny Terry was an influential American blues and folk harmonica player known for his energetic, whooping style and collaborations with guitarist Brownie McGhee.

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Label	Occurrences
Sonny Terry canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	blues musician ⓘ folk musician ⓘ harmonica player ⓘ human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1986 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1930 ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording National Heritage Fellowships ⓘ surface form: National Heritage Fellowship
birthName	Saunders Terrell ⓘ
burialPlace	Pinelawn Memorial Park, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Pinelawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, New York, United States
causeOfDisability	accidental eye injuries in childhood ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Brownie McGhee ⓘ Lead Belly ⓘ Lightnin’ Hopkins ⓘ surface form: Lightnin' Hopkins Woody Guthrie ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1911-10-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1986-03-11 ⓘ
disability	blindness ⓘ
familyName	Terrell ⓘ
genre	Piedmont blues ⓘ country blues ⓘ folk music ⓘ
givenName	Saunders ⓘ
influenced	Charlie Musselwhite ⓘ John Mayall ⓘ Paul Butterfield ⓘ Sugar Blue ⓘ
instrument	harmonica ⓘ
memberOf	Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee ⓘ
name	Sonny Terry self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Whoopin' the Blues ⓘ surface form: Hootin' the Blues Midnight Special ⓘ Sonny & Brownie ⓘ Whoopin' the Blues ⓘ
occupation	harmonica player ⓘ musician ⓘ singer ⓘ
performedAt	Carnegie Hall ⓘ Newport Folk Festival ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Greensboro, Georgia ⓘ surface form: Greensboro, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath	Mineola, New York ⓘ surface form: Mineola, New York, United States
recordLabel	Folkways Records ⓘ Okeh Records ⓘ Prestige Records ⓘ Vanguard Records ⓘ
style	energetic whooping harmonica style ⓘ
vocalStyle	whoops and hollers integrated with harmonica playing ⓘ

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Sonny Terry → name → Sonny Terry self-link ⓘ

Lightnin’ Hopkins → associatedAct → Sonny Terry ⓘ