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Tier 2 · legacy legend
Sonny Til
Person · male · United States · born 1928 · died 1981
American musician (1928–1981)
Also known as Earlington Carl Tilghman · Sonny Till · ソニー・ティル
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1920s
1980s
Biography
English biography91 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1339464606
Biography
Earlington Carl Tilghman, known as Sonny Til (August 18, 1928 – December 9, 1981), was an American singer. He was the lead singer of The Orioles, a vocal group from Baltimore, Maryland, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
By 1960 Til was the only original member left. He led the Orioles from its establishment until his death in 1981 of heart failure, complicated by diabetes.
With the Orioles
Today (Dobre Records DR1016, 1978)
"Old Gold / New Gold" (RCA LSP-4538, 1971)
With Band
Back to the Chapel (Dobre Records DR1026, 1978)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
MusicBrainz enrichment for this artist is still pending. Release groups appear here once it runs.
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Sonny Til head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Orioles(band) | — | present | original,tenor vocals |
| The Orioles(band) | — | present | lead vocals,original |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/faf2e7d7-c019-4738-bdd4-aad8c58d3a35discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/faf2e7d7-c019-4738-bdd4-aad8c58d3a35core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2302317seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Tilbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Til
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees — rank #21
1995 | 75px | | Sonny Til, Tommy Gaither, George Nelson, Johnny Reed, and Alexander Sharp. | Deborah Chessler and Seymour Stein
Tier rule: legacy lists: hof
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q2302317 · MusicBrainz: faf2e7d7-c019-4738-bdd4-aad8c58d3a35
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