[chajin]

The "original" Sunny, by Mieko Hirota here

[Chuckster]

Bobby Hebb!?!?!

I waw him in concert in ‘66!

He opened for a One Hit band called the Cyrkle followed by those four guys from England with the long hair.

[fidelis]

So many covers were made of this song, he was probably able to live off the royalties for the rest of his life.

"Hebb became one of the first black entertainers to appear and perform on the Grand Ole Opry Show in Nashville. During the 1960s he toured with the Beatles and later wrote and recorded with Marvin Gaye. In 1971 he co-wrote "A Natural Man" with Sandy Barron, earning Lou Rawls a Grammy Award. He also went on to record the hits "A Satisfied Man" (1966), and "Love Me" in 1967. He died at the Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, from lung cancer." (Wikipedia)

[Dr. Sivana]

covered by hundreds of artists, from Georgie Fame to Del Shannon

Del hadn't even known his cover, done for the "Total Commitment" album was released in the Philippines, and was the #1 song of the year there.

As he got off the plane for a tour, there he was presented with a small orchestra, and he was only expecting a four piece band for his hits. He was shocked when he found out "Sunny" had hit huge there, and required the orchestral arrangement. He sold out three nights at 30,000 per night.

[frank ballenger]

Great song. I think I posted about it here a while ago. The idea that his brother was outside a local bar and was shot and killed and Hebb forced his depression away to think of the hope from the Sun shining is really unique.

[Jamestown1630]

We had so many brilliant Black songwriters and musicians back in the day.

We don’t hear anything like this anymore.

[GSWarrior]

Thanks for posting this.