# Sonny Lester

> Sumner Lester, better known as Sonny Lester, was an American Grammy-award-winning music producer from New York City. He started his career as a musician in a big band jazz ensemble before being drafted into the U.S. Army. During the war he earned a Purple Heart and worked under Henry Kissinger, who was an intelligence officer at the time. Lester's recordings have been distributed by labels including Blue Note, United Artists, Capitol, Denon and CBS Records.

*American record producer (1924–2018)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sonny-lester

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1924-11-15
- **Died:** 2018-04-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/202256)
- [سوني ليستير](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [سونى ليستير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [سانی لستر](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1)
- [Sonny Lester](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Lester)
- [Sonny Lester](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Lester)
- [Sonny Lester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Lester)
- [سانی لستر](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1)
- [Sonny Lester](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Lester)
- [Sonny Lester](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Lester)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b4b06710-88ba-4489-82fd-69e99046442f)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1366979)

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