Answer the following question: Facts:   - instrument: singing , blues harmonica    - death place: chicago , illinois    - years active: 1930s -- 1948    - birth name: john lee curtis williamson    - death date: 01 june 1948    - genre: blues      - birth date: 30 march 1914    - name: sonny boy williamson i    - background: solo_singer    - label: bluebird    - birth place: madison county , tennessee , u.s.    - occupation: musician , songwriter   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sonny boy williamson i .
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john lee curtis `` sonny boy '' williamson -lrb- march 30 , 1914 -- june 1 , 1948 -rrb- was an american blues harmonica player , singer and songwriter .he is often regarded as the pioneer of the blues harp as a solo instrument and played on hundreds of blues recordings for many pre-world war ii blues artists .under his own name , williamson was one of the most recorded blues musicians of the 1930s and 1940 and is closely associated with chicago producer lester melrose and bluebird records .his popular songs , whether original or adapted , include `` good morning , school girl '' , `` sugar mama '' , `` early in the morning '' , and `` stop breaking down '' .williamson 's harmonica style was a great influence on post-war performers and , later in his career , he was a mentor to many of the up and coming blues musicians who moved to chicago , including muddy waters .aleck `` rice '' miller began recording and performing as `` sonny boy williamson '' and later , to distinguish the two , john lee has come to be known as sonny boy williamson i or `` the original sonny boy '' .