Bobby Hebb - The tribute to the genius

Legendary Composer speaks in Rockport by Joe Viglione Songwriter Bobby Hebb gave a talk and performance on Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at the Emerson Inn by the Sea in Rockport, Massachusetts.  This was part of the "KnowYour Neighbor" series promoted by Leslie Wind which  over the past two years has brought people of interest from the Cape Ann area to the hotel.  Bobby "broke all attendance records" according to Ms. Wind, and the singer whose song "Sunny" hit #1 in  Cashbox in 1966 gave the audience fascinating bits and pieces of his life while painting the stories with beautiful piano lines before going into the full performance of a song. He opened with Jimmy Van Heusen's "Here's That Rainy Day" (one could see it was still cloudy outside in this beautiful room overlooking the Atlantic Ocean) and followed that with "I'll Do Anything For You" from his  1970 Love Games album on Epic.  It was a biographical trip down memory lane a ...

  Enhanced photo of Bobby Hebb with the Remains August 18 1966 on the Beatles show at Suffolk Downs Revere/Boston MA https://joeviglione.substack.com/p/the-beat-article-on-bobby-hebb-and Rare photo of Bobby Hebb at Suffolk Downs August 18, 1966 on the Beatles tour, Barry and the Remains backing Bobby up on an extended version of "Sunny" Thanks to Erik Taros who worked on "Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years", the Beatles documentary directed by Ron Howard and the Peter Jackson Beatles' film GET BACK https://joeviglione.substack.com/p/the-beat-article-on-bobby-hebb-and the Beat Article on Bobby Hebb and the Beatles August 24 2025, 59 Years Later We Explore Bobby Hebb's work on the Beatles 1966 tour The Beatles returned to the Shea Stadium in 1966. As George Martin said in Anthology: “Curiously enough the second Shea Stadium concert had about 11,000 seats unsold. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5W1LsKYV54xW7gd7D5CyfYj/the-beatles-re...

  Who opened for The Beatles the most? Callum MacHattie Wed 6 August 2025 7:00, UK But it was The Ronettes, The Cyrkle, Bobby Hebb, and The Remains who all can claim the title of the Fab Four’s most faithful supporting acts, claiming 14 appearances each during their 1966 North American US tour. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/who-opened-for-the-beatles-the-most/

 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1760612917508950 https://www.amazon.com/Ticket-Ride-Extraordinary-Diary-Beatles/dp/0964645246/ref=sr_1_1# The lead singer - BARRY TASHIAN - of the opening band - THE  REMAINS -  on the Beatles' last tour shares his tour journal, as well as never-before-seen photographs of The Beatles, first-hand accounts and much, much more.

The Beatles  staged their third and final  concert tour  of North America in August 1966. It consisted of 18 performances, with 16 shows in  United States  venues and two in  Canada . *Bobby Hebb and the other acts performed in Cincinnati on the 20th, the Beatles played the next day on the 21st due to rain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_1966_US_tour   Bobby did perform on the 20th of August in Cincinnati ....the Beatles performed the next day The support acts on The Beatles’ final tour – The Remains, Bobby Hebb, The Cyrkle, and The Ronettes – had all performed the day before, prior to the downpour beginning. The Beatles were the only act to play on this day, after which they flew 341 miles to St Louis, Missouri to perform an evening concert. https://www.beatlesbible.com/1966/08/21/live-crosley-field-cincinnati/ I missed out on the Cincinnati date as it was a rainout and a matinee was held the next day, correcting the info: The Beatles pl...

  The Beatles at Shea Stadium 11 cities 16th Show Bobby Hebb and the Beatles The time is 8:10pm. The Remains come on and everyone screams for the Beatles. T hey sing “Money” and everyone is mad because, I think, it is generally thought of as a Beatles song. All the deejays take turns introducing each other. Then they introduce Bobby Hebb, who sings his hit, “Sunny.” Again, come on all the deejays, this time to introduce the Cyrkle. https://joeviglione.substack.com/p/august-23-1966-the-beatles-shea-stadium When they mention Brian Epstein as a manager, everyone screams. Everyone loves the Cyrkle – they are really terrific. They sing their two hits, among others, but play it smart and don’t sing any Beatles songs. After them come the Ronettes. They sing “Shout” (with their other big hits) and we almost boo them off. Finally, Cousin Bruice gets on and says, “Now here’s what you’ve all been waiting for.” And the screams come. The time is 9:17pm. Here they come. First George, then...

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