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Sonny Terry

1911 - 1986 (age 74) • Acting

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

Crossroads

73%

Musician

1986

Stroszek

73%

Original Music Composer

1977
Color Cry

Color Cry

60%

Music

1952

Leadbelly

64%

Musician

1976

The Midnight Special

81%

Self

1972

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

38%

Self

2003

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

65%

Self

1984

The Blues Under the Skin

100%

Self

1973

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3

100%

Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

2004

Red, White and Blues

75%

Self (archive footage)

2003

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974

38%

Self

2003

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

2003

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

2003

BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie

Self (archive footage)

1988

Crossroads

73%

Musician

1986

The Color Purple

77%

Jook Joint Musician

1985

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'

65%

Self

1984

The Jerk

69%

Blues Singer

1979

Stroszek

73%

Original Music Composer

1977

Leadbelly

64%

Musician

1976

The Blues Under the Skin

100%

Self

1973

The Midnight Special

81%

Self

1972

Festival

60%

Self

1967
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train

90%
1964

The End of the Line

100%

Music

1959
Color Cry

Color Cry

60%

Music

1952
Color Cry

Color Cry

60%

Musician

1952

To Hear Your Banjo Play

45%

Self

1947

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