• John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson (March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He is often regarded...
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    possibly December 5, 1912 – May 24, 1965), known later in his career as Sonny Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He...
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  • Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds is a live album by Chicago blues veteran Sonny Boy Williamson II backed by English rock band the Yardbirds. It was...
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  • recorded in Chicago: Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914–1948), born John Lee Curtis Williamson Sonny Boy Williamson II (c. 1912–1965), born Alex Ford; known...
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  • "'Bout the Break of Day") is a blues song that was recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson I in 1937. Identified as one of his most successful and influential...
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  • Dixon. Sonny Boy Williamson II recorded it in 1963, but the song was not released until 1966. Led Zeppelin adapted it in part as a homage to Williamson in...
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  • Good Morning, School Girl (category Sonny Boy Williamson I songs)
    Pre-war Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica pioneer John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson first recorded it in 1937. Subsequently, a variety of artists have...
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  • Sugar Mama (song) (category Sonny Boy Williamson I songs)
    by numerous artists, including early Chicago bluesmen Tampa Red, Sonny Boy Williamson I, and Tommy McClennan. John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf later adapted...
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  • (1908–1998), American blues musician Sonny Boy West (1929–1950), American professional boxer Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914–1948), American blues harmonica...
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  • Checkin' Up on My Baby (category Sonny Boy Williamson II songs)
    by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1960 that has become a classic of the blues. The song was not released as a single, but was included on Williamson's The...
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  • and songwriter Sonny Boy Williamson I a.k.a. John Lee Williamson (1914–1948), blues singer and harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson II a.k.a. Aleck...
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  • Morning may refer to: "Early in the Morning" (Sonny Boy Williamson I song), a 1937 single by Sonny Boy Williamson I "Early in the Mornin'" (Louis Jordan song)...
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  • stylistic debt to the pioneering blues harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson I (John Lee Williamson). Little Walter joined Muddy Waters' band in 1948, and...
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  • The Real Folk Blues is an album by blues musician Sonny Boy Williamson II compiling songs recorded in Chicago between 1957 and 1964. Released by Chess...
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  • Stop Breaking Down (category Sonny Boy Williamson I songs)
    largely through later interpretations by other artists, such as Sonny Boy Williamson I in 1945 and the Rolling Stones in 1972. Robert Johnson recorded...
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  • Bottle Up and Go (category Sonny Boy Williamson I songs)
    and released by the Memphis Jug Band in 1934. In 1937, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson recorded the song as "Got the Bottle Up and Go" (or "Got Bottle...
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  • Moss recorded "Oh Lordy Mama" in 1934 Sonny Boy Williamson I recorded "Hoodoo Hoodoo" in 1946 Sonny Boy Williamson I recorded "Early in the Morning" in 1937...
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  • Delta blues guitarist and singer who played with Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Elmore James (his cousin), Joe Willie Wilkins, Robert Nighthawk...
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  • Eyesight to the Blind (category Sonny Boy Williamson II songs)
    the Blind" is a 12-bar blues song written and recorded in 1951 by Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck "Rice" Miller). He also recorded the related songs "Born...
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  • Hawkins, but predominantly lifted from a song of the same name by Sonny Boy Williamson I, was recorded in 1957. It is often cited as the first swamp rock...
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  • were issued without the final ‘e’ to his name, was indebted to Sonny Boy Williamson I. His amplified guitar playing is clearly Mississippi Delta-derived...
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  • Harlem Hamfats, Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Washboard Sam, Sonny Boy Williamson I, T-Bone Walker, Tommy McClennan, and Muddy Waters. He played on...
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  • primal style has been compared to John Lee Hooker, Blind Boy Fuller and Sonny Boy Williamson I. Charles Isaiah Ross was born on October 21, 1925, in the...
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  • musicians such as Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Washboard Sam, and Sonny Boy Williamson. Many blues musicians were signed to RCA Victor and Bluebird by Lester...
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  • as "Early in the Morning" (not to be confused with the earlier Sonny Boy Williamson I song "Early in the Morning"). "Early in the Mornin'" has the structure...
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  • Denice Sealy, Helena Apothaker and Bobbin Bergstrom. "Unseen Eye" by Sonny Boy Williamson I IGN gave the episode the score of 7.5 over 10, praising the plot...
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  • One Way Out (song) (category Sonny Boy Williamson II songs)
    Out" is a blues song that was recorded in the early 1960s by both Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James. A reworking of the song by G. L. Crockett, titled...
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  • Speech" (Al Kooper) – 1:28 "Sonny Boy Williamson" (Jack Bruce, Paul Jones) – 6:04 "No More Lonely Nights" (Sonny Boy Williamson I) – 12:27 "Dear Mr. Fantasy"...
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  • Walter Davis (1941), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1945), Arthur Crudup (1949), Texas Alexander (1950), Elmore James (1951–1959), Baby Boy Warren (1954), Roosevelt...
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  • New England Holidays by Charles Ives "Decoration Day", a song by Sonny Boy Williamson I, later performed by John Lee Hooker on the album It Serve You Right...
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