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 ...