Bobby Hebb - The tribute to the genius

1,203 hits in the past 30 days 125 in the past 24-36 hours\ BREAKING NEWS   The Deadwax Record Show in Burlington Mass featured Jay Geils (of the J. Geils Band), Duke Robillard and Gerry Beaudoin (formerly of Bobby Hebb's band) ___________________________________ Visual Radio's Joseph Tortelli interviewed Jay, the Duke and Gerry - and spoke with Gerry about his time with Bobby Hebb. Video to post when edited by Jay LaFond ____________________________________ Our Top 10 for July 28, 2013 at 4:00 PM EDT Happy Birthday Bobby Hebb, would have been 75 toda... Jul 26, 2013 RARE TRACKS on the upcoming Bobby Hebb boxed set Jan 15, 2013 The Marvin Gaye Collection MOTOWN DOES SUNNY! Jul 19, 2013 A "Sunny One So True" T Shirt out in France???? Jul 20, 2013 Rare "Back Home Again in Indiana" by bobby Hebb fo... Jul 23, 2013 Our review of "Sunny" by Toots & The Maytals live ... Jul 21, 2013 ...

145 hits in the past 24-36 hours 1,174 hits in the past 30 days __________________________________ From Joe Viglione Just got a copy of The Marvin Gaye Collection in the mail off of eBay.  Great deal on it!  4 discs with David Ritz liner notes. Ritz co-wrote "Sexual Healing" for Marvin Gaye, is currently co-authoring Aerosmith guitarist/songwriter Joe Perry's autobiography and did a bio on Marvin, Divided Soul Here's what Ritz writes in the Marvin Gaye liner notes about "Sunny" as recorded by Marvin Gaye " "Marvin is having a ball when in, in 1965, he tells the engineer, "Roll tape, I'm gonna KILL this one," before energizing Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual."   "Sunny," also salvaged from the vaults for the first time, is sung with the same happy-go-lucky spirit." Marvin Gaye Produced by George Solomon (the boxed set) Mastered by John Matousek at Soundworks West, Los Angeles C...

1,095 hits in the past 30 days!  July 26th At about 8:04 PM tonight in Woburn, MA there was a stunningly beautiful double arched rainbow ... it stretched over Route 93 and Route 95 in magical colors and stayed up there a good twenty minutes. * * * * * Pillow Talk Sunny Remix - Bobby Hebb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwA5muJKrCo  ______________________________ Pillow Talk Remix - Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=puxIcn3oALI _______________________________ Pillow Talk Sunny  Remix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EUhKTjM-3w  __________________________ SOUNDCLOUD Pillow Talk Remix of Sunny by Bobby Hebb https://soundcloud.com/pillow-talk-1/pillowtalk-sunny ___________________________ Pillow Talk – Sunny | Golden Scissors goldenscissors.info/2012/07/11/ pillow -talk- sunny / ‎ Jul 11, 2012 - The San Francisco-based trio Pillow Talk, have just delivered a sweet edit of Marvin Gaye's 1966'classic Sunny . I didn'...

Today in Music History, Friday July 26, 2013 http://www.mysask.com/portal/site/main/template.MAXIMIZE/?javax.portlet.tpst=26487bb925e1b653d484bd1088215ae8_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_26487bb925e1b653d484bd1088215ae8_viewID=story&javax.portlet.prp_26487bb925e1b653d484bd1088215ae8_topic_display_name=Today%20in%20History&javax.portlet.prp_26487bb925e1b653d484bd1088215ae8_topic_name=History&javax.portlet.prp_26487bb925e1b653d484bd1088215ae8_news_item_id_key=24310997&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken Today in Music History - July 26 The Canadian Press Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:15:00 CST   Today in Music History for July 26: In 1938, R&B singer-songwriter Bobby Hebb, who wrote and recorded the 1966 pop classic "Sunny," was born to blind parents in Nashville, Tenn. At the height of "Sunny" popularity, he toured with "The Beatles." I...

DISC 3: PROUD SOUL HERITAGE,  the Bobby Hebb / Sunny Anthology Vol. 1 As we explore the recordings of Bobby Hebb on this historic Americana adventur e t hat is the boxed set  Proud Soul Heritage The Bobby Hebb / Sunny A nthology V ol. 1   we have discovered some treasures Bobby Hebb fans aren't even aware of, including a very rare rendition of "Indiana" or "Back Home Again in Indiana", covered by many, many  people... from Louis Armstrong to Jim Nabors (check out the YouTubes below) and many others. _______________________________ This performance on CD #3 features Thomas Hebb, Bobby's nephew on standup bass and Bobby Hebb on guitar and vocals, from a concert recorded in December 17, 1998. ___________________________ This blog will expand with more information about the song and a review of the performance. __________________________ Bobby gives a monologue before going into the song -  here's the text from CD3 as a preview to the wonderf...

  TOOTS & THE MAYTALS "SUNNY" Original Release Date: December 20, 2011 Label: Measurable Music Copyright: 1966 Portable Music Co. Inc. Duration: 2:54 minutes Genres: International ASIN: B006MT74T8 http://www.amazon.com/Sunny/dp/B006MT74T8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374474316&s=dmusic&sr=1-1 Most Helpful Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Toots & The Maytals explore the nuances of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" July 21, 2013 By J. Viglione Amazon Verified Purchase This two minute and fifty-four second rendition of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" is jam-packed with rock, reggae and a splashy psychedelic guitar, imagine Sly and the Family Stone in slow motion with a thought-provoking vocal and solid groove. The mix is terrific, swirling textures under a soulful lead vocal that brings this song into a wonderful new dimension. With over 1400 recorded (and YouTube) performances i...

Les McCann - 1970 Jazz on Stage Shelly Manne Club -1 Right On / Sunny Les McCann rare live version of "Sunny" 7:05 in 28:47 1970, L.A. "Jazz On Stage at Shelly Manne Club": Les McCann (p, v) Jimmy Rowser(b) Donald Dean(d): upload-1: Right On / Sunny /  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcKUV9ldRtM   _______________________________________________________________________   Sunny (Bobby Hebb) Plays The Hits (1966) Les McCann Trio (1989) Talkin' Verve (1998) How's Your Mother? (1998) Les McCann Discography http://users.rcn.com/bobfreed/www/lesdisco/songs.html#Sunn  2:56 version of "Sunny" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUw74MNl-iQ   http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00000BIJM/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used  ______________________________________________  plays the hits Limelight       Label Catalogue Number     LM-82041       Country of Issue ...

Bobby Hebb on  this Northern Soul page Northern Soul Train Listen to the different "Love Love Love" http://www.northernsoultrain.webspace.virginmedia.com/artists%201/bobby%20hebb.html  ___________________________________________ Bernard Purdie Newsletter July 22 Bernard is at the Irridium NYC with Frankie Cicala and Friends FROM BERNARD PURDIE HELLO FRIENDS AND FANS............   Too hot to break it down in to specific states today. July 11 –14th Nashville NAMM July 16th Recording Falcon Studios, Portland OR July  19th 7:30 pm Kraig & Pat Kastelnik , Tom Kozic , & Purdie on drums         Rodale Room, Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N 6th Ave Allentown PA         610-432-6715 for tickets.              July  20th Detroit The Sessions Saturday 11 am – 5 pm Enrich-Educate-Emp...