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Terry, Sonny

LC control no.n 80131934
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Personal name headingTerry, Sonny
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Variant(s)Terrell, Sanders
Terrell, Saunders
Terry, Blind Sonny
Terry, Sanders
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1911-10-24
Death date1986-03-11
Place of birthGreensboro (Ga.)
Place of deathMineola (N.Y.)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Harmonica players
Found inHis Toughest Terry & baddest Brown [SR] 1986?: label (Sonny Terry) container (b. 1911, Georgia; d. 1986)
Southern, E. Bio. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians (Terrell, Saunders ("Sonny Terry"); b. Oct. 24, 1911, Greensboro, Ga.; bluesman)
New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Terry, Sonny (Terrell, Sanders); b. Oct. 24, 1911, Greensboro, GA, d. Mar. 11, 1986, Mineola, NY; blues singer and harmonica player)
Guthrie, Woody. Woody Guthrie, 194-: labels (Blind Sonny Terry)
Leadbelly. Good morning blues [SR] 1943: label (Sanders Terry, harmonica)
Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014 (Folk singer; b. 1911)