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Sonny Terry

Greensboro, United States • 1911-10-24 – 1986-03-11

Sonny Terry is credited on 1,136 releases across 309 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,136

Pressings credited

309

Albums

8

Decades active

114

In collections

Biography

Saunders Terrell (October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986), known as 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.

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1,136 releases · 309 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 1,686
  • Other credits · 1,212

Studios: Bell Sound Studios · American Folk Blues Festival · Sugar Hill, San Francisco · Jazzhus Montmartre

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