Sonny Payne

drums, drumset

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Count Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Sarah Vaughan
Félix Bronchalo
Potenza (Probably fake alias)

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Count Basie drums, drumset A Little Tempo, Please, A Square at the Roundtable, Bag-A' Bones, Basie Boogie, Blee Bop Blues, Blues in Hoss' Flat, Corner Pocket, Count Down, Cute, Dinner with Friends, Fair and Warmer, For Lena and Lennie, H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness), Half Moon Street, Has Anyone Here Seen Basie?, I Needs to Be Bee'd With, In A Mellotone, It's Awf'ly Nice to be with You, Jessica's Day, Kansas City Shout, Late Date, Little Pony, Lollypop, Meet B B, Moten Swing, Mutt & Jeff, Muttnik, Old Man River, Pensive Miss, Pony Tail, Quince, Rat Race, Scoot, Segue in C, Sloo Foot, Speaking of Sounds, Spring Is Here, TV Time, The Big Walk, The Deacon, The Kid From Red Bank, The Midgets, The Midnite Sun Never Sets, Whirly Bird, Who, Me?, Why Not
Count Basie & His Orchestra drums, drumset A Little Tempo, Please, After Supper, Ain't That Right, April in Paris, Bag a' Bones, Confessin’ the Blues, Count Down, Cute, Double-O, Ducky Bumps, Duet, Eee Dee, Fantail, Flight of the Foo Birds, Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You, Has Anyone Here Seen Basie?, I'm Shouting Again, It's Awf'Ly Nice to Be With You, J and B, Jump for Johnny, Late Date, Love Me Baby, L’il Darlin’, Midnight Blue, Pensive Miss, Pony Tail, Rose Bud, Scoot, Shanghaied, Silks and Satins, Skippin' With Skitch, Sleepwalker’s Serenade, Sleepwalker’s Serenade (alternate take), Sloo Foot, Splanky, Teddy the Toad, The Kid From Red Bank, The Late Late Show, The Late Late Show (vocal version), The Long Night, Together Again, Whirly-Birds
Sarah Vaughan drums Alone, Cheek to Cheek, Darn That Dream, Doodlin', I Cried for You, If I Were a Bell, Just One of Those Things, Little Man You've Had a Busy Day, Lover Man, Mean to Me, Missing You, Moonlight in Vermont, No 'count Blues, Perdido, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Stardust, Teach Me Tonight, The Gentleman Is a Dope, There Are Such Things, Until I Met You, Until I Met You (first version), You Go to My Head, You Turned the Tables on Me
Félix Bronchalo drums (Love Is) The Tender Trap, Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words), Hello, Dolly!, I Believe in You, I Can't Stop Loving You, I Only Have Eyes for You, I Wanna Be Around, I Wish You Love, I Won’t Dance, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Learnin’ the Blues, Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses, More (Theme From 'Mondo Cane'), My Kind of Girl, Pennies From Heaven, The Best Is Yet to Come, The Good Life, Wives and Lovers
Potenza drums 'Deed I Do, Ain't Misbehavin', Dream a Little Dream of Me, Honeysuckle Rose, I'm Beginning to See the Light, Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall, My Last Affair, My Last Affair (alternate take 1), My Last Affair (alternate take 2), On the Sunny Side of the Street, Robbins' Nest (alternate take 1), Robbins' Nest (alternate take 2), Robbins' Nest (alternate take 3), Robbins' Nest (breakdown), Satin Doll, Shiny Stockings, Tea for Two, Them There Eyes
Ivan Enot drums Alone, I Cried for You, If I Were a Bell, Little Man (You've Had a Busy Day), Lover Man, Mean to Me, Perdido, Teach Me Tonight, The Gentleman Is a Dope, There Are Such Things, Until I Met You, Until I Met You (alternate version), You Go to My Head, You Turned the Tables on Me
Tay Walker drums April in Paris, Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home, Blues for Mr. Charlie, Keepin' Out the Mischief Now, My Shining Hour, New York City Blues, She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N), Teach Me Tonight, The Girl From Ipanema, Why Try to Change Me Now, Work Song, You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Sammy Davis Jr. drums Do Nothin' 'til You Hear From Me, Face to Face, Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You, Get on the Right Track Baby, I Got a Woman, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, Mess Around, The Lady Is a Tramp, There Is No Greater Love, This Little Girl of Mine, Till Then
Count Basie and The Kansas City Seven drums Count's Place, I Want a Little Girl, Oh, Lady Be Good, Secrets, Senator Whitehead, Shoe Shine Boy, Tally-Ho, Mr. Basie!, Trey of Hearts, What'cha Talkin'?
Ian Dudfield drums Big Deal, Come Rain or Come Shine, Happy Feeling, Honeysuckle Rose, Pardon the Blues, Please, Pennies From Heaven, Start Here, The Kid From Denver
Ray Charles drums From the Heart, I’ve Got News for You, Mister C, Moanin’, Stompin’ Room Only, Strike Up the Band
Frank Sinatra drums Nice Work If You Can Get It, Please Be Kind
Willie B. Harris drums Meet B. B.
Joe Newman Quintet drums Lover Man
Joe Newman Septet drums Blues on the Champs-Élysées
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra drumset Bear Mash Blues
Joe Newman drums A Girl Named Rigmor