Sonny Terry

Aliases: Sonny "Hootin'" Terry and His Night Owls
Sonny Terry and His Buckshot Five
Real name: Saunders Terrell
Born: October 24, 1911
Died: March 11, 1986
Country: United States
IPI: 00030423337 6 works
00030423631 9 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Blind Piedmont blues harmonica player and singer, who recorded a few records during the 1930s and 1940s, but found wider fame in the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s.
Member of: Washboard Band
The Union Boys (1944)
Family: J.C. Burris Nephew

Songs written by Sonny Terry

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Baby, I Got My Eye on You	Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	1962	Covered by Albert C. Humphrey and The Roots Of Blues
Burnt Child Afraid of Fire	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry	1965	Covered by JW-Jones with Charlie Musselwhite
Don't Pity Me	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry	1965	Covered by Marc Lelangue Trio
Fighting a Losing Battle	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	October 7, 1959	Covered by The Bintangs
Hard To Love A Woman	Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry	Lightnin' Hopkins with Sonny Terry (Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry)	1961	Unverified
I Love You Baby	Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry and His Buckshot Five	1954	Covered by (2 artists)
Ride and Roll	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry	February 1956	Covered by (4 artists)
Spread The News Around	Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	1962	Unverified
Stranger Here	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	1960	Covered by (9 artists)
Tryin' To Win	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	1960	Unverified
Walkin' My Blues Away	Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	1973	Covered by Gove Scrivenor
Women Is Killin' Me	Sonny Terry	Sonny "Hootin'" Terry and His Night Owls	1952	Covered by (2 artists)