| LC control no. | nr 89010894 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML419.W53 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Williamson, Sonny Boy, 1914-1948 |
| Variant(s) | Williamson, John Lee, 1914-1948 Williamson, Sonny Boy, d. 1948 Sib, 1914-1948 |
| Associated country | U.S. |
| Birth date | 19140330 |
| Death date | 19480601 |
| Place of birth | Jackson, Tenn. |
| Place of death | Chicago, Ill. |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Harmonica players Singers |
| Special note | Not to be confused with Williamson, Sonny Boy, -1965 |
| Found in | His Blues classics [SR] 196-: v. 1, label (Sonny Boy Williamson) container (John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, b. near Jackson, Tenn., 1921, murdered 1948; blues singer) New Grove dict. of American music (Williamson, Sonny Boy (John Lee), b. Jackson, TN, ca. 1916; d. Chicago, IL, 6-1-1948) Throw a boogie woogie [SR] p1989: label (Sonny Boy Williamson) booklet (b. Mar. 30, 1914, Jackson, Tenn.) Grove music online, September 10, 2013 (Williamson, Sonny Boy (John Lee); born March 30, 1914, Jackson, TN; died June 1, 1948, Chicago; American blues singer and harmonica player; recorded pseudonymously as "Sib" by Alan Lomax in 1947) Oxford music online, September 10, 2013: Encylopedia of popular music (Williamson, John Lee (Sonny Boy); born March 30, 1914, Jackson, Tennessee; died June 1, 1948, Chicago, Illinois; blues singer and harmonica player) Wikipedia, September 10, 2013 (Sonny Boy Williamson I; born John Lee Curtis Williamson, March 30, 1914, near Jackson, Tennessee; died June 1, 1948, Chicago, Illinois; American blues harmonica player and singer, and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson) |
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