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Sonny Boy Williamson II
Personb. 1912 · Tallahatchie County, United States, United States
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Bio
Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter born in Mississippi around 1912. He rose to prominence on the King Biscuit Time radio show in Helena, Arkansas, and recorded for Trumpet Records in the early 1950s. His signature pieces include “Eyesight to the Blind,” “Nine Below Zero,” and “Help Me,” the latter becoming a later standard for many artists. Williamson toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe during the 1960s blues revival and collaborated with Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and the Animals before his death in 1965. He is regarded as one of the most influential postwar Chicago blues harmonica stylists.
Popular tracks
- 13:08
Help Me
60M plays
- 22:37
Bring It On Home
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- 32:33
Don't Start Me To Talkin'
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- 42:48
Keep It To Yourself
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- 51:58
Checkin' Up On My Baby - Single Version
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- 63:28
Nine Below Zero - 1961 Single Version
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- 72:29
Your Funeral And My Trial
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- 82:28
Got To Move - Mono Version
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- 92:39
Bye Bye Bird - Mono Version
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- 102:48
One Way Out - Mono Version
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- 112:32
Born Blind
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- 122:08
Trying To Get Back On My Feet - Stereo Version
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Albums
More Real Folk Blues
Album · 1966
The Real Folk Blues
Album · 1965
His Best
Album · 1997
Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds (Live)
Album · 1965
45 Blues Hits
Album · 2016
King Biscuit Time
Album · 1993
Hoodoo & Harmonica - The Voodoo Blues of Sonny Boy
Album · 2025
Born Blind
Album · 2020
The Goat - Sonny Boy's Soulful Harmonica Blues
Album · 2023
Keep It to Yourself
Album · 2020
Don't Send Me No Flowers
Album · 2022
Sonny Boy Williamson with The Yardbirds (Live at The Crawdaddy Club, London, December 1963 - 2015 Remaster)
Album · 1984