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Sonny Thompson (b August 22, 1923,
Centreville, Mississippi - d August 11, 1989,
Chicago) was an American R&B bandleader and pianist popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
Born
Alfonso Thompson, he began recording in 1946, and in 1948 achieved two # 1 R&B hits on the
Miracle label - "Long Gone (Parts I and II)" and "Late Freight", both featuring saxophonist
Eddie Chamblee. The follow-ups "Blue Dreams" and "Still Gone" were smaller hits.
By 1952 he'd moved on to
King Records. There, he'd further R&B top ten successes with singer
Lula Reed, the biggest hit being "I'll Drown In My Tears". He continued to work as a session musician, and to perform with Reed into the early 1960s. He also had success as a songwriter, often co-writing with blues guitarist
Freddie King.
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