| LC control no. | n 92116204 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burgess, Sonny |
| Variant(s) | Burgess, Albert Austin |
| Birth date | 1929-05-28 |
| Death date | 2017-08-18 |
| Place of birth | Newport (Ark.) |
| Place of death | Little Rock (Ark.) |
| Field of activity | Rockabilly music |
| Affiliation | Sun Records |
| Profession or occupation | Rockabilly musicians Guitarists Singers |
| Found in | The Legendary Sun performers: Sonny Burgess [SR] p1977: label (Sonny Burgess) All music guide WWW site, Dec. 20, 2004 (Sonny Burgess; b. May 28, 1931, Newport, AR; rockabilly guitarist and vocalist) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 22, 2017 (in obituary published Aug. 21: Sonny Burgess; b. Albert Austin Burgess, May 28, 1929, near Newport, Ark.; d. Friday [Aug. 18, 2017], Little Rock, Ark., aged 88; rockabilly singer whose hollering vocal style and frantic, jangling guitar made him one of the most electrifying stars in the Sun Records galaxy in the 1950s) |
| Associated language | eng |
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