Bobby Hebb - The tribute to the genius

Bobby Hebb Instrumental Dec 31, 2024 First Version of Hebb Love Games Instrumental I'LL BE ANYTHING FOR YOU GORGEOUS RENDITION Lyrics: the voice of a child  Love Games version of I'll Be Anything For You https://youtu.be/ZC0HWONmDKY I'll Be Anything for You Producer Notes: Joe Viglione 5:55 pm 12/30/24 We have the demo on Acetate of Bobby performing the song originally, but the Acetate we obtained, most likely from YouTube, has much surface wear.  So I asked Peter Calo to perform an instrumental (here it on this blog) which I then fused with the Acetate.  That appears on the original (unreleased) boxed set, but I still seek a cleaner version. Bobby did perform the song on his Epic album (now download) Love Games.  There are also versions by Powerpack (featuring a pre- Procol Harum drummer Bobby Harrison,     lead guitarist-vocalist Terry Newman and allegedly members of Freedom. ) and a version byTamiko Jones.  https://youtu.be/wiJgpvH37hA Arranged By, ...

  FLOWER, by Bobby Hebb from Love Games https://youtu.be/onm-PoHNv3I Review by Joe Viglione   With 23,000+ hits on a fan's YouTube site, and official versions on Bobby Hebb's Topic site, etc. the song was co-written by Sandy Baron, who also co-wrote with Bobby on the Grammy-winning song for vocalist Lou Rawls, "A Natural Man."     Bobby told me how the entire Love Games album was generated from a difficult divorce, and "Flower" in particular reflected the pains of that marriage break-up, how the bee cannot pollinate that flower once the trust has been broken by another bee.  I'm paraphrasing Bobby now as he told me this years ago.     The 3 minutes and 20 seconds of the song opens with elegant piano, Bobby's soulful voice and the appealing lyric make for a novel, intriguing track, with flute adding to the Pop/R & B, produced by  the guiding hand of producer James Fleming Rasmussen and gorgeous arrangements by Fleming, Richard Rome, and Dave Ro...