Ad: Sonny Blount on WSGN (1935)

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Title

Ad: Sonny Blount on WSGN (1935)

Description

Newspaper advertisement for Sonny Blount (Sun Ra) and his Orchestra on radio station WSGN. Birmingham Age-Herald, August 23, 1935. Though no Sun Ra recordings are known from this era, the reference here to "His Famous Recording Orchestra" is notable.

Date

1935-08-23

Original Format

Newspaper clipping

Citation

“Ad: Sonny Blount on WSGN (1935),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 1, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1338.