All songs written by Sonny Boy Williamson. The Riverside played host to touring musicians, including Sonny Boy Williamson II and Duke Ellington. "Help Me" is a blues standard first recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1963. Greaves chose Nine Below Zero after the Sonny Boy Williamson II song. "Sonny Boy" Williamson first recorded it in 1937. In the late 1930s, James worked alongside Sonny Boy Williamson II. After touring with Sonny Boy Williamson II, the band signed a contract with Columbia Records. "Sonny Boy" Williamson (also known as Sonny Boy Williamson I). Al's fickle wife abandons him, taking the beloved son he calls Sonny Boy with her. The band name came from the Sonny Boy Williamson II song, "Mr. Downchild". Frye directed her second film, "Sonny Boy", in 2004. The 1989 cult classic "Sonny Boy" has Columbus-based locations. But by now, the song was associated with Sonny Boy not him. B.B. King, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Howlin' Wolf. "Black Book" (2006) and "Sonny Boy" (2011).