FOUR TOPS YESTERDAY'S DREAMS featuring "SUNNY" by Bobby Hebb

Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops performing
"SUNNY"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AFFqC-S9Dg

From AllMusic.com
Even the unavoidable covers are treated very well; Hunter and Frank Wilson altered "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Sunny," and even "Daydream Believer" to sound more natural next to a real Motown song like "Remember When." If it never hit the chart heights of 1967's Reach Out, Yesterday's Dreams still proved more of a solid listen.


http://www.allmusic.com/album/yesterdays-dreams-mw0000845221

On Eil.com
http://eil.com/fulltext/search.asp?searchtext=Yesterday%27s+Dreams&type=1&style=2&zone=title&sort=-C-F&artlist=0&artcode=&prodtype=1

http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=559202

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THE FOUR TOPS on 
THE COVERS PROJECT 


http://www.coversproject.com/artist/Four+Tops

IN THE NETHERLANDS
'SUNNY'
WAS THE FLIP SIDE OF
'DAYDREAM BELIEVER' 

 

http://www.45cat.com/record/go25892 


MOTOWN ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
http://www.bsnpubs.com/motown/motown/motown.html 


ALSO ON

on eBay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FOUR-TOPS-hits-of-gold-LP-12-track-tms3514-uk-tamla-motown-1982-/261293569951?pt=UK_Records&hash=item3cd64f779f

Review by Andrew Hamilton

A good catch if you can find a copy lying around a Goodwill or flea market, Motown surrounds three hits -- "7 Rooms of Gloom," "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever," and "Standing in the Shadows of Love" -- with nine selections that were either B-sides or album dwellers, including Raynard Miner's "The Key," two Hal David and Burt Bacharach songs, the Doors' "Light My Fire," and Bobby Hebb's "Sunny."

 http://www.allmusic.com/album/hits-of-gold-mw0000845930

Four Tops ‎– Hits Of Gold

Label:

Pickwick ‎– TMS 3514, Tamla Motown ‎– TMS 3514

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Compilation

Country:

UK

Released:

1982

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

 

Tracklist

A1	Standing In The Shadows Of Love
A2	The Key
A3	7 Rooms Of Gloom
A4	Where Did You Go
A5	The Look Of Love
A6	Honey
B1	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
B2	Sunny
B3	I'm Grateful
B4	This Guy's In Love With You
B5	Daydream Believer
B6	Light My Fire

http://www.discogs.com/Four-Tops-Hits-Of-Gold/release/3093823 

VIDEO of the STUDIO VERSION of
Levi Stubbs & Four Tops singing
SUNNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQM7ldT_N1A 

The "live" version from the 4 Tops is missing in action on YouTube 

Yesterday's Dreams was the eighth Motown album release from the Four Tops, 1968, including a "Greatest Hits" and a "live" disc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Tops_discography 

Someone removed the Four Tops LIVE performing "SUNNY' on YouTube but we have it saved on DVD.

http://bobbyhebb.blogspot.com/2014/06/four-tops-yesterdays-dreams-featuring.html

Motown artists have performed multiple versions of "Sunny" which makes for a unique story.  All versions are completely different recordings - Four Tops (studio and live,) Stevie Wonder (studio and live,) Marvin Gaye (studio and multiple remixes of same,) and Mary Wells (on Jubilee Records after she left Motown.)  Wilson Pickett's version straddles both Motown and the Buddy Miles / Electric Flag version so it is tangentially related to the Motown renditions of "SUNNY"

Four Tops version appeared on Yesterday's Dreams, was the flip of the Netherlands 45 RPM "Daydream Believer" and was put on a now rare Best of FOUR TOPS HITS OF GOLD

The Motown material will be discussed in the boxed set liner notes.

http://bobbyhebb.blogspot.com/2014/06/four-tops-yesterdays-dreams-featuring.html

 

I put these essays on the blog as a "test run" before posting on

Bobbyhebb.com and  http://sunnythesong.com

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IN 2001 THERE WAS A TWO-FER INCLUDING THE CD OF YESTERDAY'S DREAMS FEATURING "SUNNY"

IT GOES FOR BIG BUCKS ON THE WEB

US $100.00

Yesterday's Dreams/Soul Spin by Four Tops (The) (CD, Nov-2001, Motown (Record.

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yesterdays-Dreams-Soul-Spin-by-Four-Tops-The-CD-Nov-2001-Motown-Record-/321422152011?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item4ad640d14b 

Album Features
UPC:	766488108422
Artist:	The Four Tops
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2001
Record Label:	Motown (Record Label)
Genre:	Motown, R&B

Track Listing
1. Yesterday's Dreams
2. Can't Seem to Get You Out of My Mind
3. I'm in a Different World
4. We've Got a Strong Love (On Our Side)
5. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
6. Remember When
7. Sunny
8. Never My Love
9. Daydream Believer
10. Once Upon a Time
11. The Sweetheart Tree
12. A Place in the Sun
13. Look Out Your Window
14. Barbara's Boy
15. Lost in a Pool of Red
16. Got to Get You Into My Life
17. Stop the World
18. Nothing
19. This Guys in Love With You
20. Light My Fire
21. Honey
22. The Look of Love
23. California Dreamin'

Details
Distributor:	Phantom Import Distributi
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes "Sunny," "California Dreamin'," "Daydream Believer," "Light My Fire," and "This Guy's in Love With You" -- and succeed only when the arrangement is modified for a Motown format. ~ John Bush

Sheet music for Title Track of album that includes "Sunny"
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