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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 24, 1911
Died
March 11, 1986
Place of Birth
Mineola, New York, U.S.
Also Known As
- Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Saunders Terrell
Sonny Terry
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Sonny Terry was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.
Known For
10.0
Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004
7.3
Self (archive footage)
Red, White and Blues
2003
3.8
Self
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003
0.0
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003
0.0
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003
0.0
Self (archive footage)
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988
7.8
Jook Joint Musician
The Color Purple
1985
5.0
Self
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
6.9
Blues Singer
The Jerk
1979
7.8
Self
The Midnight Special
1972
Credits
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2004
10.0
Red, White and Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.3
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
as Self
2003
3.8
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003
0.0
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003
0.0
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
as Self (archive footage)
1988
0.0
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Musician
1985
7.8
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
as Self
1984
5.0
The Jerk
as Blues Singer
1979
6.9
The Midnight Special
as Self
1972
7.8
Festival
as Self
1967
5.7
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American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964
0.0
To Hear Your Banjo Play
as Self
1947
4.5