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What would have been Bobby Hebb's 74th Birthday

Rest in Peace Bobby Hebb    1938-2010 Thursday, July 26, 2012 would have been Bobby's 74th Birthday ______________________________________________________________ TONIGHT In Honor of Bobby Hebb's Birthday His friend Gerry Beaudoin   http://benedettoguitars.com/artists/gerry-beaudoin/ Is on Visual Radio Live 8 PM  EDT http://www.wincam.org Tune in
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2 new versions of "Sunny" - Steve Davis, Sophie Debattista

Steve Davis "Sunny" on the album  "Getting It Done"   (Link below) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSv9vJ-6gZ8 Published on Jul 6, 2012 by jandekrules from the album "Getting' It Done" (2012)  by Posi-Tone Records. Sophie Debattista "Sunny" her new U.K. single before her tour. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Final-Say-Sophie-Debattista/story-16411818-detail/story.html NEW SINGLE of "SUNNY" in release by Sophie Debattista Sophie's second single will be released in late summer and her debut album in Autumn 2012. www.totallysophie.com 18-year-old Maltese pop singer Sophie Debattista records SUNNY! I've been working on that for two years with Elton Zarb and other producers Giles Squire and Bill Young. They're all my own lyrics. I'm really proud of it. Sophie will be appearing at the Ashfield Festival in Sutton-in-Ashfield on Saturday, July 7. For...
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A doggy named "Sunny" is saved! And goes to Broadway

Sunny, an adorable beige shelter mutt, will play Sandy in the fall revival of “Annie,” beginning previews at the Palace Theatre on Oct. 3. Mutt who had 'only 48 hours to live' plucked from Houston kill shelter for stardom in Broadway revival Sunny the dog introduced on 'Today' show was a stray scheduled to be put to sleep in an animal shelter in Houston when 'Annie' crew stepped in Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/houston-shelter-mutt-broadway-bow-wow-sandy-annie-article-1.1117276#ixzz218nkNiGS Every dog has his day. And while Sunny’s story is unique, it has something in common with every other pooch who played Sandy on Broadway. All were shelter pups. To support animal adoption and to help hounds have a less hard-knock life, Pedigree, the dog-food company, has teamed with “Annie.” For each ticket to the show sold through the end of next year, Pedigree will donate $2, up to $1 million for a fund dedicated to h...
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Rare Bobby Hebb Song Discovered! "I WISH"

Before Stevie Wonder wrote a song called "I Wish" the author of "Sunny", Robert Hebb, wrote a song for his good friend Jimmy Church entitled "I Wish." It is now rediscovered and available! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxQF-YiTLn8  Author: Bobby Hebb Producer: Mickey Baker Vocalist: Jimmy Church   Drums - Sticks Evans Guitar - Kenny Burrell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Burrell  Okeh Records (same label as Little Joe Cook) Time: 2:20 I Wish By Bobby Hebb I Wish That I could win your heart I'd love you forever/until death to be apart for your kind of love/is the love for me Undying, Everlasting, and tenderly I admire .... which is soft, but yet so bold Your cheeks have a smoothness of a petal from the rose so don't you see, I want you to be the girl for me Night has given away to darkness And in darkness we are asleep mmmm...but there is no sleep for me for my thoughts of you are too deep The touc...
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Mieko "Mico" Hirota performs "SUNNY"

Here's a very rare "Sunny" from Japan, purportedly recorded before Bobby's own American version   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HsRXOTRaCY Bobby told me that Ben Tucker brought the sheet music and a cassette to Japan.  That would make Mieko's rendition and David Pike's 1965 vibraphone rendition on Atlantic Records in America the first two released versions of "Sunny" on the marketplace. Recording: Sunny Performed by Mieko Hirota First release On audio album Hit Kit Miko, Vol. 2 (October 20, 1965) Comments Title in Japanese: サニー.      http://www.secondhandsongs.com/performance/7279 I was listening to Bobby's version today at 4:08 P.M. Eastern time while on the rotary in Medford to South Border Road, Winchester, and a van pulled up to the yield sign with "SONNY'S" painted across it! A definite sign! Mieko Hirota Song Sunny Written by Bobby Hebb First relea...
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