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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: RGMike on August 03, 2010, 01:21:53 PM

Title: RIP Bobby Hebb, composer/singer of "Sunny"
Post by: RGMike on August 03, 2010, 01:21:53 PM

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/03/entertainment/e124815D36.DTL&tsp=1

Title: Re: RIP Bobby Hebb, composer/singer of "Sunny"
Post by: Gazoo on August 05, 2010, 06:19:21 PM

In tribute: Sweet Lou Rawls doing Hebb's "Natural Man." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvoRDZsD078)  A new day, babies.

Title: Re: RIP Bobby Hebb, composer/singer of "Sunny"
Post by: RGMike on August 05, 2010, 07:33:19 PM

Quote from: Gazoo on August 05, 2010, 06:19:21 PM

In tribute: Sweet Lou Rawls doing Hebb's "Natural Man." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvoRDZsD078)  A new day, babies.

damn, I never knew that was Hebb's. Thanks, Gaz!

Title: Re: RIP Bobby Hebb, composer/singer of "Sunny"
Post by: RGMike on August 10, 2010, 10:58:57 AM

Bob Shannon on 'LNG just played not only Hebb's "Sunny" and Lou Rawls' "Natural Man", but a fab montaged version of "Sunny" featuring pieces of everyone from the Four Tops and Chris Montez to Marvin Gaye and Dusty Springfield.

Title: Re: RIP Bobby Hebb, composer/singer of "Sunny"
Post by: Gazoo on August 11, 2010, 08:44:12 AM

Quote from: RGMike on August 10, 2010, 10:58:57 AM

Bob Shannon on 'LNG just played not only Hebb's "Sunny" and Lou Rawls' "Natural Man", but a fab montaged version of "Sunny" featuring pieces of everyone from the Four Tops and Chris Montez to Marvin Gaye and Dusty Springfield.

Wow, I wish I'd heard that.  I have "Sunny" versions from James Brown and Cher; the latter, which could have been a sweet and thoughtful thing (she indeed sang it at Sonny's funeral, IIRC), was ruined by her glaring unfamiliarity with the material, as she delivers several lines with wrong words and bad phrasing.