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Albert Austin " Sonny " Burgess (May 28, 1929 – August 18, 2017) was an American rockabilly guitarist and singer. Biography. Burgess was born on a farm near Newport, Arkansas to Albert and Esta Burgess. [1] . He graduated from Newport High School in 1948. In the early 1950s, Burgess played boogie woogie music in dance halls and bars around Newport.
Jolie Holliday and Sonny Burgess are a Ft. Worth-based duo with a long history of music, sports, and philanthropy. Learn about their backgrounds, achievements, and collaborations in the country music scene and beyond.
Aug 21, 2017 · Sonny Burgess, a rockabilly singer whose hollering vocal style and frantic, jangling guitar made him one of the most electrifying stars in the Sun Records galaxy in the 1950s, died on Friday in...
Aug 22, 2017 · Rockabilly singer, songwriter and guitarist Sonny Burgess — who became one of Sun Records' stars with his raucous and unbridled whoops and howls, accompanied by his furious guitar — died at...
Aug 21, 2017 · The Arkansas-born singer and guitarist recorded for Sun Records and toured with Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. He also cut an unreleased Springsteen song and was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Aug 21, 2017 · Sonny Burgess, Sun Records veteran and legendary rockabilly guitarist, died August 18. He was 88. While not one of Sun's most famous mid-Fifties alumni, Burgess was integral to early rockabilly, sharing bills with Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash with his band, the Moonlighters.
Sep 23, 2006 · Sonny Burgess was known as the wild man of rock and roll who brought a driving guitar style to early Sun recordings (the label that launched Elvis Presley). Among those recordings were “We Wanna Boogie” and “Feelin’ Good.”
