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  • ‘Sunny’ Side Up: Celebrating Nashville Soul Man Bobby Hebb

    07/28/2025 3:37:41 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    Udiscovermusic ^ | Paul Sexton | July 26, 2025
    He wrote the classic that’s been covered hundreds of times, and made other fine records of his own.He wrote and recorded a classic soul song that has been covered by hundreds of artists, from Georgie Fame to Del Shannon, and from Wilson Pickett to the Four Tops. He was the versatile Bobby Hebb, the R&B man from Nashville born on July 26, 1936, who gave us “Sunny.” Hebb performed on stage even before he was in kindergarten, and when he wrote “Sunny,” inspiration came at perhaps the darkest time in his life. It was in November 1963, when President Kennedy...
  • (vanity) Friend of Bobby Hebb reports he has died

    08/03/2010 12:16:32 PM PDT · by raccoonradio · 11 replies · 13+ views
    8/3/10 | raccoonradio
    A friend of Bobby Hebb ("Sunny") mentioned Hebb's passing today on Facebook. Joe Viglione: " R.I.P. Bobby Hebb. We lost Bobby at 10:50 AM Central Time this morning. I'm in a state of shockBobby One So True, We'll always love you. July 26, 1938 - August 3, 2010 ...Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain. The dark days are gone, and the bright days are here, My Sunny one shines so sincere."