Sonny Thompson (probably August 23, 1916 – August 11, 1989), born Alfonso Thompson or Hezzie Tompson, was an American R&B bandleader and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
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Lula Reed
American singer (1926-2008)
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Bill Doggett
American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist
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Henry Glover
American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player
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Earl Bostic
American musician
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Big Jay McNeely
American rhythm and blues saxophonist
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Tina Brooks
American musician
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Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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King Pleasure
American singer
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Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
American vocal group in the 1940s and 1950s
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Sonny Stitt
American jazz saxophonist
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Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Roomful of Blues
Musical band
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Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
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Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
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Jimmy Mundy
American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer
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Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
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Ronnie Scott
British musician
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Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
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David Matthews
American musician
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Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
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The Outsiders
US band
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Tiny Bradshaw
American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer