- Aliases
-
Sonny Thompson & His Orchestra
- Real name
- Alphonso Thompson
- Born
- August 22, 1916
- Died
- August 11, 1989
- Country
- United States
- IPI
-
00030573606 30 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Primarily an R&B pianist, Thompson also played straight jazz at the end of his career as a performing and recording musician. Thompson was also a songwriter. He moved to the business end of the music industry, working for King as a producer and A&R man.
- Family
-
Lula Reed Spouse
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