Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Bobby Hebb and Ringo - plus the Bobby Hebb Impersonator




1960's article
GO MAGAZINE
Page 5 
Bobby hot on trail 


Bobby Hebb is still searching ... for the pseudo performer who is traveling the country, using his name. "This cat has cost me at least $6000 during the last few weeks," Bobby told GO. 

"That's the money I've lost in cancelled bookings because I've had to keep on the go looking for him. "He has done shows in my name in California, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. And every one of his shows had damaged my reputation. 

"When I go on stage, the people in the audience expect me to play guitar, spoons and trum-pet as well as sing. They know that I put everything I have into my act. "But when the fake 'Mr. Hebb' does a show he sings a couple of songs and doesn't even sound like me. "He's been playing dates at $300 a night which is a lot less than I can command, and word has been getting round many promoters that 'Bobby Hebb' isn't all that great onstage. "That's why I'm determined to catch and stop this fellow. "All Mercury Records distributors and promotion men in America have been alerted to this, but he still manages -to get 
Bobby Hebb with Ringo Starr during the last Beatles tour.  away with it. 

"As soon as I hear he's been in a town, I fly there as quickly as I can. I talk with the show's promoter and the manager of the motel where he stayed. "They try to help as much as they can, but no one has been able to give me a definite lead. "I know he's driving a car, and if I could get the license plate number I'd catch him." 

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BOBBY HEBB will appear on the same bill with The Beatles Thursday at Suffolk Downs at 8 p.m. in the famed British sing-ing group's only New England appearance this year. The show is being presented by Frank Connelly of the Carousel Theater, Framingham. 




BOBBY HEBB will appear on the same bill with The Beatles Thursday at Suffolk Downs at 8 p.m. in the famed British sing-ing group's only New England appearance this year. The show is being presented by Frank Connelly of the Carousel Theater, Framingham. 

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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Craig Fenton reviews PROUD SOUL HERITAGE by Kitoto Von Hebb







Kitoto- Proud Soul Heritage (Recorded 2013 and mixed in 2014)

By Craig Fenton
author of Take Me to A Circus Tent
(Jefferson Airplane)  
and Have You Seen The Stars Tonite (Jefferson Starship)






In an industry filled with over-inflated egos it is extraordinarily rare that an artist seeks to open doors with their voice and not bloodline. 



Kitoto is actually Kitoto Von Hebb, the daughter of Soul legend Bobby Hebb (tragically passed away August 3rd, 2010).  Bobby having written one of the most famous songs of all-time (Sunny) and toured with the Beatles could present incalculable opportunities to Kitoto but her soul (heart and voice) will successfully provide entry into any setting without the nepotism.



Almost 40 years ago (1975) Bobby recorded Proud Soul Heritage.  As a tribute to dad, along with a powerhouse of a message to all of us with a heart it is only fitting that Steve Holley drummer extraordinaire (played and or recorded with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Chuck Berry, and Julian Lennon) is part of the recording.



Kitoto’s version of Proud Soul Heritage is as good of a Soul song released in decades.  Current styles of music Soul, Rock, Country, etc. have nothing in common with the true meaning of those genres, especially the glory days pre-1980.  Kitoto has scholarly knowledge of what Soul was all about and how to share it with any generation.  Her voice resonates notes that turn into silk and the inspired lyrical delivery can bring emotion to the stuffiest of individuals.




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Sunny 45 Back Cover text A SATISFIED MIND

Back Cover

Bobby Hebb is the 24-year-old singer and songwriter that recently made the entire nation sit up and take notice when his recording of "Sunny" became the Number 1 hit of the nation. It shouldn't have surprised anyone, because Bobby Hebb is going to be one of the big names in the music business in the years ahead . . . both as singer and songwriter. To date, Bobby has written about 3,000 songs, 1,000 of which have been published. He is likewise a sincerely dedicated performer, a serious interpreter of every song he does. "Sunny" displayed Bobby Hebb as an interpreter of his own work. Here, he turns to a couple of other songs and shows that he can turn in truly inventive interpretations •ho-ever the composer may be. Bobby Hebb is a name that's been very much in musical news lately. It undoubtedly will be for a long time to come.
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FROM So Many Records So Little Time blog
http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com/?p=138









A SATISFIED MIND






http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/country-gospel-chords/satisfied_mind.htm







 http://www.waybackattack.com/hebbbobby.html




BOBBY HEBB

MATERIAL FROM BLOG NOTED BELOW

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Sunny

If "Sunny" had been the only hit for Bobby Hebb, and that was quite nearly the case, it would be enough. One of the most popular compositions of all time, there were hundreds of versions recorded by artists around the globe in the '60s with many more materializing in the years since. But there was more to Bobby, who was 28 when his original version became a million seller, than meets the eye; at that point he had already spent 25 years in show business. Born Robert Von Hebb in 1938 into a music-obsessed family (his parents, both multi-instrumentalists, performed on the streets of Nashville in the '30s as Hebb's Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra), he and Harold (Hal) Hebb, his older brother by six years, worked together as a song-and-dance act starting in 1941 when Bobby was three, appearing at theaters and clubs in the Nashville area.

In 1951 Bobby caught the eye of longtime Nashville producer Owen Bradley, who got him an audition with Grand Ole Opry regular Roy Acuff. The 12-year-old found himself in a unique position when Acuff, impressed by the youngster's varied talents, took him under his wing, hiring the energetic child as an Opry regular. He performed with Acuff and his Smokey Mountain Boys, playing spoons, tap dancing and doing occasional backing vocals. For an African-American of any age it was an unheard-of situation. In 1955, not yet 18, Bobby joined the U.S. Navy and made the rounds for the next couple of years as a trumpeter with a Navy band that played in many foreign ports. At about this time Hal Hebb joined The Marigolds, led by Johnny Bragg (former leader of The Prisonaires and a repeat inmate, through the years, at the Tennessee State Penitentiary); the group had a hit with "Rollin' Stone" on the Nashville-based Excello label in the spring of '55.
Bobby played guitar in addition to the trumpet, a combination that kept him working steadily after his discharge from the Navy; he played on sessions for Excello and other labels. In 1959 he recorded a rousing, rhythmic version of "Night Train to Memphis" (written by Beasley Smith, Marvin Hughes and Owen Bradley, the song was first released on Okeh by his mentor Acuff in 1942). It became his first of two singles for former Nashville disc jockey John Richbourg's New York-based Rich Records. Bobby moved to New York City and spent a couple of years at the Blue Morocco Club opening for Mickey and Sylvia and other acts. During this time he wrote and recorded a down-home southern soul song, "Atlanta G.A.," which appeared on the FM label in 1961.

When Mickey Baker moved to France around 1962, he and Sylvia Robinson put their career together on hold. During this time she did a recording with Hebb of his song "You Broke My Heart and I Broke Your Jaw" as Bobby and Sylvia for Battle Records; the easygoing arrangement contradicts the song's curiously violent lyrics. His manager, Buster Newman, got him in the door at Mercury Records and one single, "Just a Little Bit More," came out on the company's Smash subsidiary. Tragedy struck the following year when, shortly after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Hal was killed in a Nashville street fight. Bobby Hebb didn't make any recordings for some time, instead immersing himself in songwriting as a way to deal with his depression brought on by these unconnected, but devastating, deaths. During this time he composed the brightly optimistic "Sunny."





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BOBBY HEBB : SUNSET FOR THE "SUNNY" SINGER


Bobby Hebb was a one-hit wonder, and like so many of these guys, after making a splash, he spent a few years floating around aimlessly before sinking to the bottom, dismissed as merely a "fluke." There was a 35 year drought (1970-2005) where the Hebb-cat wasn't on black vinyl at all, with only the "Sunny" side up and available on compilations. "Sunny" was also his ticket to various memorabilia shows and oldies festivals where all he had to do was sing his hit and hope the fee covered a little more than just the travel expenses and hotel.

Every obit on Bobby Hebb steals the basics from the same sources, so you probably know his parents were blind, he and his Nashville-born brother Harold formed a tap-dancing act, and that when they went their separate ways, Bobby turned up in Roy Acuff's band while his brother joined The Prisonaires…made up of other jail birds. Harold did get out of prison and into a real group, The Marigolds, but was never far from danger. And so it was, that in 1963, (coincidentally a day after the JFK assassination, and also Boris Karloff's birthday), he ended up knifed to death, but not before firing a fatal shot into the guy who'd mortally wounded him.

Bobby had begun his recording career by then, replacing Mickey Baker (in "Mickey and Sylvia" of "Love is Strange" fame). As "Bobby and Sylvia," they recorded what is now regarded as a cult item, the cringeworthy "You Broke My Heart and I Broke Your Jaw," which has the same cheery feel as Dave Clark 5's "I Like it Like That." This was the era of the Spector-produced Crystals tune"He hit me, and it felt like a kiss," music by Carole King, lyrics by Gerry Goffin. Even so, the soulful duo are alarmingly garrulous as they swap barbs and seem to suggest that in the ghetto, violence is no big deal. Back then, Bobby's song was a mere Hebbaroid on the giant butt of indie R&B singles. Now the single on Bill Grauer's Battle label, can fetch some decent bucks on eBay. Grauer did a lot better back then with full-sized jazz albums via his main company, Riverside.

In 1966, Hebb's melding of R&B, Nashville and pop, yielded a smash hit with "Sunny." Though it was covered by every annoying finger-snapping singer hitting the TV variety shows of the day, he managed to lay down the definitive version. He just couldn't lay down another hit single to cement his identity with the music-loving public. "A Satisfied Mind" was modestly successful in 1966, and a Hebb-penned song "A Natural Man" was a hit for Lou Rawls in 1971, a year after Hebb's album career sputtered to a seeming end with "Love Games" on Epic. In 2005, the indie label Tuition offered a new album which was aimed mostly at Hebb's following in Japan, where he often toured. He's still best loved for "Sunny," which is, even if you want to dismiss it as mawkish pop, quite an achievement as a piece that melds various music styles together, and in it's major and minor key chorus and verse, captures notes of both blues pessimism and pop optimism.

You get a half-dozen Heb-caps here, five cuts from the tail end of his prime in 1970 (This Bird Has Flown, I've Learned to Love, Grin and Bear It, I'll Be Anything and Good Morning World) and a halfway decent copy of the obscure "You Broke My Heart and I Broke Your Jaw."

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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Bobby Hebb Six Years on From Sunny article


Great Bobby Hebb article we already have, but it is up on eBay again

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RARE PAUL MAURIAT PICTURE SLEEVE OF SUNNY




SUNNY on COLLECTIBLES
with the Rockford Files




Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" backed with "Summertime Blues" by Blue Cheer

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bobby hebb with blue cheer's summertime blues







BOBBY HEBB sunny JAPAN 7" VG FD-1018 BLUE CHEER


Country : Japan
Number : FD-1018
Year : 197?

Tracks
Side A. sunny / Bobby Hebb
Side B. sumertime blues / Blue Cheer









Bisera  "Sunny"



Sleeve Grading: Excellent (EX) Record Size: 7"
Release Year: 1967 Duration: Single
Speed: 45 RP


Bisera Valetanlić ‎– Dečak Taj, Ne Želim Takvu Ljubav, Sunny, Volim 
Ceo Svet

Yugoslavia

Very RARE Serbian Bobby Hebb cover.





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MEXICAN SUNNY




ARTIST : JUGO DE HITS
TITLE : Volume 1                      Songs : please,see the pictures
LABEL & CATALOG # : PolyGram CDNPM1681 525 3902
FORMAT : CD
COUNTRY : México
YEAR : 1995
CONDITION (visual grading) : Cover and CD Like New (see the pictures)
OTHER INFO :  Hard to find !









INTERESTING COMPILATION WITH
SUNNY AND WITH JANIS JOPLIN
HAVEN'T SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE







VARIOUS ARTISTS SILENCE IS GOLDEN 3CD SET Tracklisting CD ONE 1.The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden 2.The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun 3.The Beach Boys - God Only Knows 4.Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 5.Love Affair - Everlasting Love 6.The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 7.The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 8.Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence 9.The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin 10.Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues 11.Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou 12.Carole King - It Might As Well Rain Until September 13.The Move - Flowers In The Rain 14.The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic 15.Spirit - Taurus 16.Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me 17.Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl 18.Love - Alone Again, Or 19.Bobby Hebb - Sunny 20.Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You CD TWO 1.Procul Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 2.Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire 3.Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time 4.The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream 5.Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman 6.The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine 7.Johnny Cash - It Ain't Me Babe 8.The Troggs - Love Is All Around 9.Tim Hardin - Simple Song Of Freedom 10.Chris Farlowe - Handbags & Gladrags 11.The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! 12.The Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning 13.The Zombies - She's Not There 14.Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire 15.Melanie - Ruby Tuesday 16.Santana - Soul Sacrifice 17.Dave Brubeck - Take Five 18.Pentangle - Light Flight 19.Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 20.Donovan - Mellow Yellow CD THREE 1.Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay 2.Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 3.Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose? 4.The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze 5.The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day 6.Tim Rose - Hey Joe (You Shot Your Woman Down) 7.The Fifth Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) 8.Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' 9.Pete Seeger - Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 10.John Renbourne - Judy 11.Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go 12.Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly 13.Oliver - Good Morning Starshine 14.Bert Jansch - Angie 15.Tim Hardin - Shiloh Town 16.Harry Nilsson - One 17.Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee 18.Roger Whittaker - New World In The Morning 19.The Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San Francisco 20.Love Affair - Bringing On Back The Good Times 100% ORIGINAL PRODUCT BRAND NEW & SEALED 3CD SET



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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Sonny Bono on Sunny and Bobby Hebb

DID SONNY BONO SING 'SUNNY' 
ON HIS TV SHOW??? 

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Ray Donovan - SUNNY - some information you may not know...

"Sunny" cover by Octavius J Johnson and Kerris Dorsey (Ray Donovan on Showtime)




Look at this comment on the web

Ray Donovan Sunny Cover by Octavius J. Johnson | Fromgirl

www.fromgirltogirl.com/.../new-music-ray-donovan-sunny-cover-octavi...
Sep 6, 2014 - I have not stopped playing the Sunny Cover by Octavius J. Johnson. ... Hopefully Showtime will offer fans a full track on iTunes soon enough!
Here is the breakdown on the versions of
"SUNNY' in the Sunny episode of
RAY DONOVAN
Octavius J. Johnson, the actor, is also a singer; this is perfect for him to release as a
download and cd single

Singer: Octavius J. Johnson
Basic Track: Marvin Gaye Mercury Mix II of "Sunny"

Track 1 edit of full "Sunny" all linked together  2:36

Track 2  4 indexes in between the breaks

segment 1   0:32

segment 2   0:25

segment 3   0:17

segment 4   1:19

Octavius J. Johnson Discusses ‘Ray Donovan’, Singing vs. Acting, More (EXCLUSIVE)

Could you tell us a bit about your character, and how you approach the role?
Just as an actor myself, and based on the craft, I looked at the first season and things I wanted to grow on. So I made some adjustments — some good adjustments, additions to Marvin Gaye’s personality over the person he was last season. It was fun to do that. It was a challenge as an actor to fall into Marvin more. As far as what goes on with Marvin this season, he sees Bridget more and they get to be themselves together. He does get to come back to Calabasas, and that doesn’t end up too well because Ray Donovan doesn’t like him too much, so that can get a little messy.



Do you have anything else coming down the pipeline that your fans can look forward to?
Just follow me on Twitter right now. My Twitter is @OctaviusJ_OLord and my Instagram is OctaviusJJohnson1. There’s a big thing I’m very excited to have a director’s session a few weeks ago, and I’m just working on some things. Like with Ray Donovan, it’s definitely leading to other things, so I’m grateful that casting directors know me when I walk in the room now. It’s a great industry-watched show as well, so it’s been great to be noticed.

 Personnel listing


Fans are saying - this should be a single

it should



Clear sounding  1:21 version




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