The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sonny Turner.

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sonny Turner.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 29 min., 37 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:	English
Subject:	Turner, Sonny -- Interviews. African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans. Internet videos. Interviews. Nonfiction films. Oral histories. Oral histories. Internet videos. Nonfiction films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11336932

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Varying Form of Title:	History Makers video oral history with Sonny Turner Sonny Turner
Other authors / contributors:	Turner, Sonny, interviewee. Lesure, Jacques, interviewer. Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:	digital
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Jacques Lesure, interviewer. Recorded Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 November 2. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	R&B singer Charles Arnold "Sonny" Turner was born on September 24, 1939 in Fairmont, West Virginia. In 1949, Turner moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he attended Case Woodland Elementary School and graduated from East Technical High School. Turner began his entertainment career in the mid-1950s by performing with a local R&B group named the Metrotones. After performing as a solo artist, Turner replaced Platters member Tony Williams as the group's lead singer. As a member of The Platters, Turner toured internationally and performed for dignitaries in Poland, Russia, Mexico and Rome. Turner married ex-Metrotone member, Lavinia Eaton, in 1957 and had two daughters. After his divorce, Turner married Arlean Fairley in 1970 and had a baby boy. In the 1970s, Turner and others formed Sonny Turner Sound Unlimited. The band played at the Sahara Lounge and The Thunderbird in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 29 min., 37 sec.)) : sound, color. 022937
Playing Time:	02:29:37
Production Credits:	Videographer, Matthew Hickey.