Sonny Boy Williamson
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Two popular blues harmonica players were known by the name "Sonny Boy Williamson"
- Sonny Boy Williamson I, also known as John Lee Curtis Williamson and "The Original Sonny Boy Williamson", was an American blues harmonica player, born in Jackson, Tennessee, whose first record 'Good Morning, School Girl' was a hit in 1937. He was widely popular throughout the whole southeast and practically synonymous with the blues harmonica for the next decade, making his a commonly used stage name by the time he was murdered in 1948. This Sonny Boy Williamson was born on 30 March 1914, and died on 1 June 1948. He is buried at the Old Blairs Chapel Church, south west of Jackson, Tennessee.
- Sonny Boy Williamson II, also known as Aleck "Rice" Miller, was the more famous of the two among latter day blues audiences. He was the long time host of King Biscuit Time broadcast out of Helena, Arkansas on AM radio station KFFA. He recorded for Chess Records in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born on December 5, 1899, in Glendora, Mississippi, and died on May 25, 1965 in Helena, Arkansas. Also see [1].
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