JAMES, SONNY
(*1929)
JAMES, SONNY (b. James Loden, Hackleburg, Ala., May 1, 1929) Raised in a country family, James had his first hits as a teen-pop crooner, then emerged as a country performer from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s. Born into a family of musicians, Sonny appeared with the Loden Family band as early as age four. He took up the FIDDLE at age seven, and then the GUITAR, becoming proficient enough as a musician to win a job as a staff player on a Birmingham, Alabama, radio station in his teen…