Sonny Thompson

For Prince's bass player, see Sonny T.

Sonny Thompson (probably August 23, 1916 – August 11, 1989),[1] born Alfonso Thompson[2][3] or Hezzie Tompson,[1] was an American R&B bandleader and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

  1. ^ a b Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues – A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 192. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 443.
  3. ^ Robert Pruter and Robert L. Campbell, The Sultan label. Campber.people.clemson.edu, Retrieved October 13, 2016