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Songwriter Biography: BURKE, SONNY

BURKE, SONNY
(Joseph Francis Burke)
Born: 1914 Scranton, PA
Died: 1950 California
Collaborators: Peggy Lee. Johnny Mercer, Paul Francis Webster

Prominent as arranger and recording executive

Principal Songs: Black Coffee, He's a Tramp, Midnight Sun, Somebody
Bigger than You and I
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