SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON 78 SONNY BOY'S JUMP / ELEVATOR WOMAN US BLUEBIRD 34-0744 E-
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TWO GREAT BLUES AND RHYTHM SIDES ON THIS SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON 78 ISSUE ON US BLUEBIRD
SONNY BOY'S JUMP
b/w ELEVATOR WOMAN
John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson was one of the most popular blues harmonica players and singers from the late 1930s through the 1940s. Recording for the Bluebird Records and RCA Victor labels, Sonny Boy shaped Chicago’s music scene with an innovative style that gave structure and speed to blues harmonica performance. His recording in 1937 of “Good Morning, School Girl,” followed by others made him a hit with Southern black audiences who had migrated north. Unfortunately, his popularity and recording career ended on June 1, 1948, when he was robbed and murdered in Chicago, Illinois at the young age of 34.
In 1980, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame. He is the first of two popular singer / harmonica players who used the same name. Sonny Boy’s influence can be heard in many later harmonica players’ work such as Little Walter, Snooky Pryor, Big Walter Horton, Billy Boy Arnold, Forrest City Joe, and Eddie Burns.
DISC DETAILS:
US BLUEBIRD 34-0744 10" 78rpm SHELLAC
CONDITION - E- /V+ PLAYS GREAT!
TWO GREAT SIDES ON THIS KILLER SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON 78
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