RIP Bobby Hebb, composer/singer of "Sunny"

[RGMike]

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

[Gazoo]

In tribute: Sweet Lou Rawls doing Hebb's "Natural Man."  A new day, babies.

[RGMike]

In tribute: Sweet Lou Rawls doing Hebb's "Natural Man."  A new day, babies.

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

[RGMike]

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.

[Gazoo]

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.