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Sonny Boy Williamson

real name Alex Miller

Sonny Boy Williamson is credited on 3,026 releases across 742 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,026

Credits

742

Albums

8

Decades active

1,132

In collections

Biography

American blues singer & harmonica player at the emergence of 'electric blues'. Famous compositions include "Help Me", "Eyesight To The Blind" and "Don't Start Me Talkin'". Not to be confused with the earlier & more 'acoustic' Sonny Boy Williamson (of "Good Morning, School Girl" fame).
Subsequent research has shown that Miller was born Aleck Ford on the Sara Jones Plantation in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. He took on the name of his sharecropper stepfather, Jim Miller. His gravestone lists his date of birth as March 11, 1908. The stone erected by his sisters in Tutwiler, MS, lists his death as 23 June 1965. Such is the mystery of blues legends.
At BMI he is known as > Songwriter/Composer: WILLIAMSON WILLIE > Current Affiliation: BMI CAE/IPI #: 63518579.
For the songlist, please use the link below.
Born: December 05, 1899 // Glendora, Miss., United States.
Died: May 25, 1965 // Helena, Ark., United States.

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Credited work

3,026 releases · 742 albums · active 1951–2026

  • Performance · 4,379
  • Other credits · 551

Studios: I.B.C. Studios · Wally Heider Studios · Warner Bros. Recording Studios · The Troubadour

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