Sonny Boy Williamson Lyrics Follow
John Lee Curtis "Sonny Boy" Williamson (March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He is often regarded as the pioneer of the blues harp as a solo instrument. He played on hundreds of recordings by many pre–World War II blues artists. Under his own name, he was one of the most recorded blues musicians of the 1930s and 1940s and is closely associated with Chicago producer Lester Melrose and Bluebird Records. His popular songs, original or adapted, include "Good Morning, School Girl", "Sugar Mama", "Early in the Morning", and "Stop Breaking Down".
Williamson's harmonica style was a great influence on postwar performers. Later in his career he was a mentor to many up-and-coming blues musicians who moved to Chicago, including Muddy Waters. In an attempt to capitalize on Williamson's fame, Aleck "Rice" Miller began recording and performing as Sonny Boy Williamson in the early 1940s, and later, to distinguish the two, John Lee Williamson came to be known as Sonny Boy Williamson I or "the original Sonny Boy".
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Albums
You're an Old Lady / Early in the Morning Single
Christmas Morning Blues / Rainy Day Blues Single
Sugar Mama Blues / Good Morning, School Girl Single
Popular Songs
- Explain Yourself to Me
- My One Room Cabin
- Getting Out of Town
- The Skies Are Crying
- I've Been Dealin' With the Devil
- War Time Blues
- Insurance Man Blues
- Rainy Day Blues
- The Right Kind of Life
- Blue Bird Blues, Part 2
- Little Girl Blues
- Low Down Blues
- Christmas Morning Blues
- Goodbye Red
- Susie Q
- Honey Bee Blues
- You've Been Fooling Around Downtown
- My Baby I've Been Your Slave
- Deep Down in the Ground
- Lord, Oh Lord Blues
- Number Five Blues
- You Give an Account
- Shannon Street Blues
- What's Gettin' Wrong With You
- You Got to Step Back
- Ground Hog Blues
- Jivin' the Blues
- My Black Name
- Shotgun Blues
- Million Years Blues
