The phrase "a sonny boy" is correct and usable in written English, though it may be considered somewhat dated or informal.
It can be used to refer to a young boy or a young man, often with a sense of affection or endearment.
Example: "He was always the favorite in the family, a real sonny boy who could charm anyone with his smile."
Alternatives: "young lad" or "little boy".
"Give us a kiss, sonny boy!" Then he laughed and stood up and waved his gloved hands again and jerked the light chain, bringing down darkness.
He quoted some dialogue from the show, from the night Archie was talking to "our" son-in-law saying, "I've been making my way in the world for a long time, sonny boy, and one thing I know -- a man better watch out for number one.
Ever since I stepped into a Nottingham music shop at 14 years of age and bought an album by Sonny Boy Williamson, I've had a yearning to get out to Chicago and see those legendary clubs for myself.
My 103-year-old Jewish grandmother reiterated her refrain: "I never promised a rose garden, sonny boy".
It features covers of the Cadets' 1956 hit single "Stranded in the Jungle", Archie Bell's 1969 hit "There's Gonna Be a Showdown", and Sonny Boy Williamson's "Don't Start Me Talkin'".
"Mose, you got a good thing goin'," Sonny Boy Williamson said to him.
The standout, however, is "Sonny Boy," a languorous jazz tune about the tragic life and death of Sonny Boy Williamson, a successful blues singer-songwriter who was murdered in 1948 after a gig on Chicago's South Side, and who had his identity and music catalogue stolen posthumously when another artist started performing his songs under his name.
Oakland, Calif .- FOR the last couple of days, Ben Howland, the U.C.L.A. coach, promoted the notion of Memphis's athleticism, though he was a little bit like Sonny Boy Williamson, fattening frogs for snakes.
If we take the song's narrative at face value – and there's good reason not to, but we've had enough innuendo already – it's a tale of how Sonny Boy tries so hard to find his Christmas present that something approaching a full-scale riot breaks out.
To her astonishment and delight, the unsuspecting Mr. Speller said he had a long list of favorite blues artists, starting with Sonny Boy Williamson, a guitarist and harmonica player whose songs were covered by the Allman Brothers and others.
