found: The Original Sonny Boy Williamson. [Phonodisc] 1965.
found: His Sonny Boy Williamson [SR] 196-?: label (Sonny Boy Williamson) container (passport bears date Apr. 5, 1909, birthplace Tallahatchie, name is Sonny Boy Williams)
found: Donoghue, W.E. 'Fessor Mojo's "Don't start me to talkin'," c1997: t.p. (Sonny Boy Williamson II) p. 9, etc. (tombstone erected in 1980 reads: "Aleck Miller, better known as Willie 'Sonny Boy' Williamson, born Mar. 11, 1905, died June 23, 1965"; other possible dates of birth: 1894, 1897, 1899, 1901, or shortly after 1910; date of death was May 25, 1965 according to his death certificate; best known among Blacks by his nickname, "Rice" Miller; "Willie" apparently was his brother's name)
found: Amerigrove (Williamson, Sonny Boy (Miller, Rice; Miller, Alex); b. Dec. 5, 1897 in Glendora, MS; d. May 25, 1965 in Helena, AR; blues singer and harmonica player)
found: Herzhaft, G. Ency. of the blues, 1992 (Sonny Boy Williamson, ca. 1910-1965 (Alex "Rice" Miller); vocals, harmonica)
found: Williamson, S. His best [SR] p1997: label (Sonny Boy Williamson) insert (Sonny Boy Williamson, vocals, harmonica; Rice Miller; birthdates from Dec. 5, 1894 to Apr. 7, 1909 have been given in print; generally accepted birthplace, near Glendora, Tallahatchee Co., Miss.; most likely born Aleck or Alex Ford, apparently adopted the last name Miller after a family friend; nicknamed "Rice"; took the name Sonny Boy Williamson from John Lee Williamson of Chicago; d. May 25 or 26, 1965, Helena [Ark.])
Williamson, Sonny Boy, -1965
