Sonny Burgess and the Pacers

Sonny Burgess and the Pacers; circa 1957. (Left to right): Kern Kennedy, piano; Sonny Burgess, electric guitar and lead vocalist; Russ Smith, drums; Jack Nance, trumpet; Joe Lewis, acoustic guitar; and Johnny Ray Hubbard, double bass.

Young white men in suits playing musical instruments on stage

Courtesy of Sonny Burgess

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Type

Group

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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