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Sonny Terry

Sonny Terry

ActingBorn October 24, 1911Mineola, New York, U.S. 12 movies

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.

Sonny Terry filmography

The Color Purple poster
7.7
The Color Purple
1985 · Jook Joint Musician
The Jerk poster
6.9
The Jerk
1979 · Blues Singer
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' poster
6.5
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
1984 · Self
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie poster
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
1988 · Self (archive footage)
The Blues Under the Skin poster
10.0
The Blues Under the Skin
1973 · Self
Festival poster
6.0
Festival
1967 · Self
Red, White and Blues poster
7.5
Red, White and Blues
2003 · Self (archive footage)
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 poster
10.0
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004 · Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 poster
3.8
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
2003 · Self
To Hear Your Banjo Play poster
4.5
To Hear Your Banjo Play
1947 · Self
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 poster
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
2003 · Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 poster
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
2003 · Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee