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WILLIAMSON Sonny Boy
(voc,g,hca)

Personal Data:

Born:	05.12.1899	(Glendora, Mississippi, USA, as Aleck "Rice" Miller)
Died:	25.05.1965	(natural causes)

Line-Up (1963):

Sonny Boy Williamson - voc,g,hca
Buddy Guy - g
Jack Meyers - bg
Lafayette Leake - kb
Clifton James - ds

Former Members:

Joe Willie Wilkins (g, 1951-?, cca 1954); B.B. King (g, cca 1954); Jimmy Rogers (g, cca 1955); Muddy Waters (g, cca 1955); Robert Lockwood (g, 1955-?); Luther Tucker (g, 1955-?); Matt Murphy (g, cca 1963)

Cliff Bivens (bg, 1951); Oliver Harris (bg, 1952-cca 1953); Willie Dixon (bg, 1955-?); Milton Rector (bg, cca 1963)

Dave Campbell (p, 1951, cca 1954); Clarence Lonnie (p, 1951-52, cca 1954); Otis Spann (p, cca 1955, 1957-?)

Frock (ds, 1951-52); S.P. (ds, 1952-cca 1953); Glen Ricketts (ds, cca 1954); Fred Below (ds, cca 1955); Al Duncan (ds, cca 1963)

Duke Huddleston (sax, 1952-cca 1953)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Original Sonny Boy Williamson	1951
2.	Talk That Talk	1961
3.	Down And Out Blues	1959	Checker		20
4.	Sonny Boy Williamson	1963
5.	Way Out Harp From Deep South	1963
6.	Sonny Boy & Memphis Slim In Paris & Memphis Slim	1963	Vogue
7.	Help Me	1964
8.	Real Folk Blues	1964
9.	A Portrait In Blues Vol. 4	1964	Storyville
10.	One Way Out	1965	Checker
11.	Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds & The Yardbirds	12/1965	Fontana
12.	More Real Folk Blues	9/1967
13.	Don't Send Me No Flowers	1968
14.	Blues Of Sonny Boy Williamson	1969	Storyville
15.	Bummer Road	1972	Chess
16.	This Is My Story	1972
17.	Don't Make A Mistake	1974
18.	King Biscuit Time	3/1975	Arhoolie
19.	Chicago Golden Years	1976
20.	Jam Session & Jimmy Page & Joe Harriott & Brian Auger	2/1976	Charley
21.	Blues Masters	1977
22.	Newcastle-upon-Tyne, December 1963 & The Animals	1/1977	Charly
23.	In Paris	1978
24.	Bye Bye Bird	1979
25.	Sonny Boy Williamson & Big Joe Williams & Big Joe Williams	1980
26.	Chess Masters	4/1981	Chess
27.	Chess Masters Vol. 2 (2LP)	4/1983	Chess
28.	Sonny Boy Wiliamson (6LP box set)	1986	Chess
29.	The Collection	8/1986	Deja Vu
30.	20 Blues Greats	10/1986	Deja Vu
31.	The Best Of Sonny Boy Williamson	12/1986	Greenline
32.	Solo Harp 1963-65	1989	Document
33.	The Sonny Boy Williamson Story	5/1989	Deja Vu
34.	Work With Me	9/1989	Charly
35.	Keep It to Ourselves	1990	APO
36.	The Chess Years (4LP box set)	2/1991	Chess
37.	Clownin' With The World & Willie Love	7/1993	Alligator
38.	The EP Collection ... Plus	3/1994	See For Miles
39.	16 Great Hits & The Animals	5/1994	Sixteen
40.	Goin' In Your Direction	7/1994	Alligator
41.	Bring It On Home	8/1994	Charly
42.	The Very Best Of Sonny Boy Williamson (2CD)	7/1995	Charly
43.	Live In England	7/1995	Charly
44.	Baby Please Don't Go	02.03.1999
45.	Shotgun Blues	03.05.1999
46.	U.K. Blues	24.07.2001	Fuel 2000
47.	Eyesight to the Blind	27.11.2001	Catfish
48.	Chicago: 1937-1945	30.07.2002	Fremeaux & Associes
49.	Down and Out Blues / In Memorium	09.03.2004	Beat Goes On
50.	1951-1953	20.07.2004	Jazz Classics
51.	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	26.10.2004	Snapper Music Group
52.	Encore Collection & The Blues Harp Heroes	20.09.2005	Fuel 2000
53.	Cool Cool Blues	14.03.2006	JSP
54.	Best of Sonny Boy Williamson	01.08.2006	Fontana
55.	Bye Bye Sonny	09.01.2007	Music Avenue
56.	Father Of Blues Harmonica	12.02.2007
57.	1953-1956	18.11.2008	Classics R&B
58.	Later Years 1939-1947	20.01.2009	Snapper
59.	Transatlantic Blues & John Mayall	08.09.2009	Varese Sarabande
60.	His Best	14.05.2013	Universal
61.	Trumpet Singles on Shellac: 1951-1958	24.12.2013	Doxy
62.	From the Bottom of the Blues	06.05.2014	Blues Boulevard
63.	Stop Crying	20.01.2015	JDC
64.	Don't Start Me Talkin', I'll Tell Everything I Know	14.04.2015	Jasmine
65.	The Trumpet Singles 1947-1955	13.11.2015	Jambalaya

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Eyesight To The Blind / Crazy About You Baby	2/1951	Trumpet
2.	Cool, Cool Blues / Do It If You Wanna	6/1951	Trumpet
3.	Stop Crying / Come On Back Home	8/1951	Trumpet
4.	West Memphis Blues / I Cross My Heart	10/1951	Trumpet
5.	Pontiac Blues / Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues	12/1951	Trumpet
6.	Nine Below Zero / Might Long Time	4/1952	Trumpet
7.	Stop Now Baby / Mr. Downchild	6/1952	Trumpet
8.	Cat Hop / Too Close Together	12/1953	Trumpet
9.	Gettin' Out Of Town / She Brought Life Back To The Dead	3/1954	Trumpet
10.	Going In Your Direction / Red Hot Kisses	5/1954	Trumpet
11.	Empty Bedroom / From The Bottom	10/1954	Trumpet
12.	No Nights By Myself / Boppin' With Sonny	12/1954	Ace
13.	Don't Start Me To Talkin' / All My Love In Vain	3/1955	Checker
14.	Let Me Explain / Your Imagination	7/1955	Checker
15.	Keep It To Yourself / The Key To Your Door	1956	Checker
16.	Fattening Frogs For Snakes / I Don't Know	1957	Checker
17.	Born Blind / Ninety Nine	1957	Checker
18.	Your Funeral And My Trial / Wake Up Baby	1958	Checker
19.	Cross My Heart / Dissatisfied	1958	Checker
20.	Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Unseeing Eye	1959	Checker
21.	The Goat / It's Sad To Be Alone	1959	Checker
22.	Temperature / Lonesome Cabin	1960	Checker
23.	Trust Me Baby / Too Close Together	1960	Checker
24.	Stop Right Now / The Hunt	1961	Checker
25.	One Way Out / Nine Below Zero	1961	Checker
26.	Help Me / Bye Bye Bird	4/1963	Checker
27.	Trying To Get Back On My Feet / Decoration Day	10/1963	Checker
28.	I Want You Close To Me / My Younger Days	12/1963	Checker
29.	Down Child / Bring It On Home	2/1964	Checker
30.	Lonesome Cabin / The Goat	10/1964	Checker
31.	Sonny Boy Williamson EP	11/1964	Checker
32.	In Memorium EP (Sad To Be Alone / Too Young To Die / Too Old To Think / One Way Out) (v GB)	1965	Chess
33.	No Nights By Myself / Boppin' With Sonny Boy (v GB)	4/1965	Sue
34.	Real Folk Blues, Vol. 2 EP (Checkin' Up On My Baby / Disatisfied / Trust Me Baby / Bring It On Home) (v GB)	1966	Chess
35.	Bring It On Home / Down Child	08.04.1966	Chess
36.	From The Bottom / Empty Bedroom	1967	Blue Horizon
37.	Take It Easy Baby / Bye Bye Bird / I Don't Care No More / Baby Don't Worry / 23 Hours Too Long	7/1987	Blue Moon
38.	Bring Another Half A Pint / Bad Hangover & Square Walton	24.06.2010	RCA
39.	The Hunt / Little Village	24.09.2012	Checker
40.	Polly Put Your Kettle On / Mellow Chick Swing	27.09.2012	Juke Box Jams

Various:

† 25.5.1965

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	27.11.1971	28	The Blues
1976	8	21.02.1976	29	Albums	album review