Biography
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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Filmography
all 17
Movies 16
self 10
TV Shows 1
Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3 (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Red, White and Blues (2003)
Movie
Himself
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Red River Blues (2003)
Movie
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 (2003)
Movie
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 (2003)
Movie
Musician
Crossroads (1986)
Movie
Jook Joint Musician
The Color Purple (1985)
Movie
2
Self
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984)
Movie
Blues Singer
The Jerk (1979)
Movie
5.9
Composer
Stroszek (1977)
Movie
3.5
Self
Blues Under the Skin (1973)
Movie
Self
The Midnight Special (1972)
TV
Self
Festival (1967)
Movie
American Folk-Blues Festival: The Blues and Gospel Train (1964)
Movie
Composer
The End of the Line (1959)
Movie
Composer
Color Cry (1952)
Movie
Self
To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.53
Based on 198 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1947
1972
1984
1986
2004
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1911-10-24
Deathday1986-03-11 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceGreensboro, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Saunders Terrell
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