Hello friends of Bobby Hebb.com Monday 2-18-13
President's Day
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1)Sonny Bono would have been 78 on February 16, 2013
R.I.P. January 5, 1998. Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan
Musician and politician Sonny Bono was once wed to singer Cher ("I Got
You Babe") and in 1994 was elected to U.S. Congress as a Representative
from California.
http://www.biography.com/people/sonny-bono-9542076
"Sunny" by Cher
CHER-Sunny
Side Four/Track Two (Bobby Hebb) Portable MusicCo.Inc./MRC Music.BMI
Produced by Sonny Bono A-York Pala Production United Artist Records
Inc.Los Angeles,California
Terrific version of "Sunny" by Cher
http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/sonny-bono-cher-sunny-video-Vs2xaBJLHHY-2909-11.html
Our Sunny song of the day!
2)Tony Sheridan
Both Bobby Hebb and Tony Sheridan are on this 60's blog:
http://beatsixties.blogspot.com/2012/06/tony-sheridan_20.html
Bobby Hebb and Tony Sheridan appeared on two different
K-Tel Flashback of the 60's vinyl compilations
books.google.com/books?isbn=0932117309
... Brooks; Chiffons; Dion; Dobie Gray; Bobby Hebb; Ron Holden; Jay & Techniques; ... K-Tel (S) TU-229 8-12 73 Beatles & Tony Sheridan; Chad & Jeremy; Ray ...
Tony Sheridan, Colleague of Beatles, Is Dead at 72
Published: February 17, 2013
Tony Sheridan, the British guitarist, singer and songwriter who was the star on the
Beatles’ first commercial recording — they were the backup band — died Saturday in Hamburg, Germany. He was 72
His death was announced by his daughter, Wendy Clare Sheridan-McGinnity.
Though Mr. Sheridan’s involvement with the Beatles was brief, it proved crucial to their career.
Mr. Sheridan lived in northern Germany. In addition to Ms.
Sheridan-McGinnity, survivors include three sons, Tony Jr., Bennet and
Felim; and a daughter, Amber.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/18/arts/music/tony-sheridan-singer-backup-up-by-the-beatles-dies-at-72.html?_r=0
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Legendary radio talk show host Paul Benzaquin remembered
www.enterprisenews.com
Paul
Benzaquin, a Quincy native and longtime Marshfield resident who spent
35 years on Boston TV and radio and was lauded for his broadcast
journalism, died Wednesday
Book On Late WBZ Host Paul Sullivan Published (Sullivan did a fun parody of "Sunny" called "Sully")
September 24, 2012 at 3:42 AM (PT)
The MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION has published a new book
commemorating the life of the late CBS RADIO News-Talk WBZ-A/BOSTON host
and LOWELL SUN columnist PAUL SULLIVAN.
"SULLY: The Words, Wit
and Wisdom of PAUL SULLIVAN," created by the school, where SULLIVAN also
served as a business professor, was unveiled SUNDAY at the school.
Sales
of the book, which includes a selection of SULLIVAN's columns, will
fund a scholarship in SULLIVAN's name. The book is available online by
clicking
here.
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/110609/book-on-late-wbz-host-paul-sullivan-published
Paul Sullivan often played on his WBZ radio show a cute "Sully" promo for his program, which was to the tune of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny"
R.I.P. Legendary record producer Shadow Morton - Vanilla Fudge, New York Dolls
RIP Shadow Morton...I spoke with him on the phone a number of times...never got to interview him on Visual Radio. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-shadow-morton-60s-pop-wizard-dead-at-71-20130216,0,5123315.story
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