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dbpedia:Sonny_Knight

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Joseph Coleman Smith (17 May 1934 – 5 September 1998), 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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Sonny Knight Knight, Sonny

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American musician

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Joseph Coleman Smith

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1990-01-01Z

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1954-01-01Z

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Joe Smith Joseph C. Smith

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solo_singer

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1934-05-17Z

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n5:_Illinois

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1934-01-01Z

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1998-09-05Z

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dbpedia:Hawaii dbpedia:Maui

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1998-01-01Z

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dbpedia:Rhythm_and_blues dbpedia:Pop_music

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dbpedia:Singing

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dbpedia:Aura_Records dbpedia:Pacific_Jazz_Records dbpedia:Dot_Records dbpedia:Specialty_Records dbpedia:Aladdin_Records