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Sonny Burgess
12+ albums
rockabillyRock and Roll50scountryrock n roll
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There are two artists named Sonny Burgess: 1) Albert Austin "Sonny" Burgess (May 28, 1931 – August 18, 2017) was an American rockabilly guitarist and singer. In the early 1950s, Burgess played boogie woogie music in dance halls and bars around Newport. Burgess, Kern Kennedy, Johnny Ray Hubbard, and Gerald Jackson formed a boogie-woogie band they called the Rocky Road Ramblers. In 1954, following a stint in the US Army (1951–53), Burgess re-formed the band, calling them the Moonlighters after the Silver Moon Club in Newport, where they performed regularly. After advice from record producer Sam Phillips, the group expanded to form the Pacers. The band's first record was "We Wanna Boogie" in 1956 for Sun Records, in Memphis, about 80 miles southeast of his birthplace. The flip side was "Red Headed Woman." Both were written by Burgess. The songs have been described as "among the most raucous, energy-filled recordings released during the first flowering of rock and roll." Their onstage antics in performance were similarly described. Like other artists such as Ray Harris, Hayden Thompson, Billy Lee Riley and Warren Smith, chart success largely eluded him. Burgess disbanded the group in 1971 but later found a new audience in Europe. In 1990 (possibly before and afterward), Burgess toured with The Sun Rhythm Section. This group was composed of former session musicians from the Sun Recording Studio. Beside Burgess, band members included Paul Burlison (electric guitar), J.L. "Smoo
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Sonny Burgess
We Wanna Boogie
The Arkansas Wild Man
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Arkansas Wildman
The Last Great Rockabilly Saturday Night Volume 2
Sonny Burgess Has Still Got it
The Legendary Sun Classics
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The Classic
Have You Got a Song Like That?
Sun Records Originals: We Wanna Boogie
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Complete Sun Records
Red Headed Woman / We Wanna Boogie