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Jo-El Sonnier

American singer
Person Human Q3179352

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
October 2, 1946
Date of death
January 13, 2024
Place of birth
Rayne
Place of death
Austin
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
musician, songwriter
Genre
Cajun music, country music[9][10]
Official website
www.jo-elsonnier.com[17]
Cause of death
cardiac arrest[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French, English[21][22]
End of work period
2024[24]
Family name
Sonnier[15]
Given name
Joel[16]
Instrument
accordion[20]
Manner of death
natural causes[19]
Medical condition
Asperger syndrome[18]
Record label
Capitol Records, Goldband Records[11][12]
Start of work period
1967[23]
Website account on
ReverbNation[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jo-El Sonnier fr JoEl Sonnier ja ジョー・エル・ソニエ ru Джо-Эль Сонньер
🔖 Identifiers · 47
ISNI
0000000028814875
VIAF cluster ID
37119067
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n92011063
GND ID
134666127
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Joelsonnier.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p66892
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000112638
AlloCiné person ID
131950
Apple Music artist ID
2481488
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14051050j
CineMagia person ID
564227
DBC author ID
87097992193047
Show all 47 identifiers +35
Deezer artist ID
177129
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134666127
Discogs artist ID
255425
Europeana entity
agent/base/99693
FAST ID
298681
Facebook username
joelsonnier, comeonjoe
Film.ru person ID
jo-el-sonnier
Freebase ID
/m/01lfg4n
Grammy Awards artist ID
jo-el-sonnier/12558
HAND ID
02CB-992E-2AFA-8739-E6E5
IMDb ID
nm0814437
Instagram username
joelsonnier2015
Kinobox person ID
908836
Kinopoisk person ID
112289
Munzinger Pop ID
02000000566
MusicBrainz artist ID
cae92fc4-ebf8-4940-badf-d54cc6b8e6d3
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000003977
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
100771238
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100518509
Prabook ID
2212380
Rate Your Music artist ID
jo-el-sonnier
SBN author ID
DDSV319372
SNAC ARK ID
w6500mq7
SecondHandSongs artist ID
18689
Shazam artist ID
2481488
Songkick artist ID
481108
Spotify artist ID
6TdaDpGBUyjeHtwQfMNoOF
Swedish Film Database person ID
104906
TMDB person ID
1299108
Universal Music France artist ID
20000124122
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdRy8DF7P9c9KMDTYwgrq
X (Twitter) username
JoElSonnier2015
Yale LUX ID
person/721ed7b2-bd2c-46f6-bf32-e74771576756
YouTube channel ID
UCj7HubDFBtSSzYAE1j2te5w, UCdBYZ5rh9egSHbOIvDLOLHg
ČSFD person ID
221427

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🔗 Connections
Mb:recording contract 12
Capitol Records, Capitol Records, Liberty Records, Liberty Records, Rounder Records, Rounder Records, Goldband Records, Goldband Records +4 more
← Cast member 4
Mask, The Thing Called Love, They All Laughed, Zandalee
Genre 2
country music, Cajun music
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, French
Occupation 2
musician, songwriter
Cause of death 1
cardiac arrest
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Joel
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
accordion
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mb:performer of 1
Come On Joe
Medical condition 1
Asperger syndrome
Place of birth 1
Rayne
Place of death 1
Austin
Record label 1
Capitol Records
Sex or gender 1
male
Website account on 1
ReverbNation
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Summary

Jo-El Sonnier was born on October 2, 1946[1], in Rayne[2]. He died on January 13, 2024[3], in Austin[4]. He worked as a musician[5] and songwriter[6].

FAQs

Where was Jo-El Sonnier born?

Jo-El Sonnier was born in Rayne[2].

Where did Jo-El Sonnier die?

Jo-El Sonnier passed away in Austin[4].

What did Jo-El Sonnier do for work?

Jo-El Sonnier worked as a musician[5] and songwriter[6].

Related Entities

Capitol Records United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . eu.theadvertiser.com. eu.theadvertiser.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 177129
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 02CB-992E-2AFA-8739-E6E5
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46379: HAND ID (2)"
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