Sonny Terry
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 24 October 1911 · Mineola, New York, U.S.
- Died
- 11 March 1986
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
3.8Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003
10.0The Blues Under the Skin
1973
4.5To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947
6.5Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
9.0American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
1964
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988
Acting 13
- 2004The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 as Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
- 2003Red, White and Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 as Self
- 2003The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- 2003The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 as Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- 1988BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie as Self (archive footage)
- 1985The Color Purple as Jook Joint Musician
- 1984Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' as Self
- 1979The Jerk as Blues Singer
- 1973The Blues Under the Skin as Self
- 1967Festival as Self
- 1964American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train
- 1947To Hear Your Banjo Play as Self
Sound 5
- 1986Crossroads · musician
- 1977Stroszek · original music composer
- 1976Leadbelly · musician
- 1959The End of the Line · music
- 1952Color Cry · musician