Sonny Terry
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1911-10-24 · Mineola, New York, U.S.
- Died
- 1986-03-11
Known for
- The Color Purple (1985) — Jook Joint Musician
- The Jerk (1979) — Blues Singer
- Crossroads (1986) — Musician
- Stroszek (1977) — Original Music Composer
- Festival (1967) — Self
- Color Cry (1952) — Musician
- Leadbelly (1976) — Musician
- The Midnight Special (1972) — Self
- Red, White and Blues (2003) — Self (archive footage)
- Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 (2003) — Self
- To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947) — Self
- Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984) — Self
- The Blues Under the Skin (1973) — Self
- American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train (1964)
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 (2004) — Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
- The End of the Line (1959) — Music