Sonny Childe

SONNY CHILDE (RB GREAVES III) d2012. American singer who had chart success in 1969 with the single "Take a Letter Maria" which was a No2 hit on the Billboard Hot100 chart ; the single sold one million copies and it earned gold record certification. A nephew of Sam Cooke, he grew up on a Seminole Indian Reservation in the United States and moved to England in 1963. He built a career both in the Caribbean and in the UK, where he performed under the name Sonny Childe with his group The TNTs.