Latest Release
- 17 MAR 2023
- 26 Songs
- Bluebird Blues - When the Sun Goes Down Series · 1970
- 100 Blues Classics & Greatest Blues Hits - The Very Best Classic Blues Collection · 1950
- Mississippi Blues · 2008
- Sonny Boy Williamson Vol. 1 (1937 - 1938) · 1996
- Sunnyland · 1994
- Sonny Boy Williamson Vol. 1 (1937 - 1938) · 1937
- Sonny Boy Williamson Vol. 1 (1937 - 1938) · 1996
- Blue Bird Blues · 1972
- Sonny Boy Williamson Vol. 1 (1937 - 1938) · 1937
- The Greatest Blues Collection · 2002
Appears On
- Charlie Pickett, Son Bonds & Yank Rachell
About Sonny Boy Williamson I
The first Sonny Boy Williamson, born John Lee Williamson in 1914 near Jackson, Tennessee, had his first great success in 1937 with "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl." Though he started more-or-less in a country blues vein, Williamson established himself in Chicago throughout the '40s, and, most importantly, helped establish the harmonica as a lead instrument in the urban blues. So much so that another virtuoso harp player, Rice Miller, took the Sonny Boy Williamson name while performing in the Delta during the same period. Sonny Boy Williamson I recorded for the RCA Bluebird label throughout the '40s till his career was cut short when he was stabbed in a mugging on Chicago's South Side on June 1, 1948.
- HOMETOWN
- Jackson, TN, United States
- BORN
- 30 March 1914
- GENRE
- Blues