Sonny Black is a leading acoustic guitarist based in the UK, who plays blues, rags and original compositions usually fingerstyle or slide. "Sonny Black" is a pseudonym adopted when he began the first "Sonny Black's Blues Band". He previously became well known by his real name of Bill Boazman on the folk club circuit and at college gigs during the 1970s as a singer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist. He has been credited with accompanying J. J. Cale, but this is a fallacy arising from a typographic error involving an American musician with a similar name, Bob Brozman.
Bill Boazman's father, also named William, was an officer in the REME regiment of the British Army. William senior took an active part in army entertainment and on retirement became an actor, appearing in several West End shows. Bill travelled with his family to several overseas postings, and lived for a while in Singapore. He was later educated at Churchers College in Petersfield, while his family lived in Camberley, near Aldershot. Boazman's younger sister, Sally Boazman,is a traffic reprter with BBC Radio 2, popularly known as 'Sally Traffic'
Was a sunny day
Not a cloud was in the sky
Not a negative word was heard
From the people's passing by
It was a sunny day
All the birdies in the trees
And the radio's singing song
All the favorite melodies
He was a navy man
Stationed in Newport News
She was a highschool queen
With nothing really left to lose
She was a highschool queen
With nothing really left to lose
Was a sunny day
Not a cloud was in the sky
Not a negative word was heard
From the people's passing by
It was a sunny day
All the birdies in the trees
And the radio's singing song
All the favorite melodies
Her name was Lorelei
She was his only girl
She called him Speedoo
But his Christian name was mister Earl
She called him Speedoo
But his Christian name was mister Earl
Was a sunny day
Not a cloud was in the sky
Not a negative word was heard
From the people's passing by
It was a sunny day
All the birdies in the trees
And the radio's singing song
All the favorite melodies
Was a sunny day
Not a cloud was in the sky
Not a negative word was heard