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Joseph "Sonny" West (born July 30, 1937) is an American songwriter and musician, best known as the co-writer of two of Buddy Holly's biggest hits: "Oh, Boy!" and "Rave On".
In 1962, West married Dorothy "Dottie" Heikkila (1944–2018), a nurse, and started a family; they had five children.[25] He was employed in the jukebox industry, starting his own company before moving to work for a larger company in Albuquerque.[
West won a BMI songwriter 'Million-Air' achievement award in 2000 for "Oh, Boy!"; this award is given to a songwriter who has had a song play more than one million times on the radio.[1][5][16][23] In 2011 Rolling Stone ranked "Rave On" as the number 154 greatest song of all time.[7][24] On September 15, 2016 West was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame in Lubbock.