Sonny Knight
Rhythm and blues, Musical Artist
1934 – 1998
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Who was Sonny Knight?
Joseph Coleman Smith, who performed and recorded under the name Sonny Knight, was an African-American singer, songwriter and author. His biggest hit was "Confidential", which reached the pop and R&B charts in 1956, and he continued to record into the 1960s. In 1981, using his real name, he wrote The Day the Music Died, a fictionalised account of racism in the American music business in the 1950s.
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