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Bobby Hebb to tour Europe and Japan in April American tour planned for June, 2009, possibly with Marty Balin Article from Medford Insider to publish here soon! Make sure you check out our YouTube page: http://youtubesunny.blogspot.com/ Ultimate SUNNY mixes ULTIMATE SUNNY VERSIONS ON YOU TUBE Some fan seems to have taken our photos from BobbyHebb.com and made this video of SUNNY by Bobby Hebb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbUl_E-R91Q SUNNY Dance Mix by James Brown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZMGeTxom5U&feature=related Some clever person did a mash-up of Marvin Gaye, Buddy Richard, Sergio Rivero, Boney M performing SUNNY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJAcmiDwvX8&feature=related John Scofield and Pat Martino over half a million views http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2RRUVAD9Mc

Bobby Hebb Touring Japan

BOBBY HEBB TOURING JAPAN He will be performing at BillboardLive in Osaka Japan and BillboardLive in Tokjo Japan sometime this year. Bobby Hebb in Osaka October 23rd http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=calendar&date=200810&shop=2 Bobby Hebb in Tokyo October 25th https://www.billboard-live.com/membersarea/t_whatsnew08080718.html Here's his biography on Billboard.com http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=25759 ROY NATHANSON.. Sotto Voce ..(AUM037) with "Sunny" May 09, 2006 Format: CD Record Label: AUM Fidelity Genre: Jazz UPC: 642623303726 Roy Nathanson: alto sax, soprano sax & vocals Sam Bardfeld: violin & vocals Curtis Fowlkes: trombone & vocals Tim Kiah: bass & vocals Napoleon Maddox: human beatbox & vocals Produced by Hugo Dwyer and Steven Joerg Recorded on November 13, 2005 at Systems Two Stud...

LOTS OF NEW UPDATES

August 31 — Music City J.A.M. with Peter Frampton, Bobby "Sunny" Hebb, American Idol's Melinda Doolittle, Kirk Whalum and more. 2 p.m., $20 Music City Convention & Visitors Bureau has added Bobby Hebb to the bill for August 31, 2008. Between 5:50 PM and 6:50 PM that evening. Kirk Whalum (Festival Host) will be backing Bobby up. Labor Day Music Festival Promises to Rock Riverfront Park http://www.nwtntoday.com/news.php?viewStory=14609&cache_id=10745 Original 1966 Beatles / Bobby Hebb Audio Recording at Auction Aug. 29 A previously unknown audio example of the entire Toronto concert as a 2 hour and 20 minute documentary detailing one family's experience at the final concert appearance of the Beatles in Canada. http://www.news-antique.com/?id=784855&pg=1&keys=Beatles-Auction-Concert-Recording http://www.news-antique.com/?id=784855&pg=3&keys=Beatles-Auction-Concert-Recording Barry Tashian’s stage introductions are preserved before each song. ...

July 8, 2008 Tuesday - updates

Bobby Hebb onstage in Watertown, TN with Denny Jiosa! at the Watertown Jazz Festival Saturday July 12th, 2008. http://www.watertownjazz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=66 Denny Jiosa performs "Sunny" on his new CD Dreams Like This http://cdbaby.com/cd/dennyjiosa with a special guest appearance by Bobby Hebb singing scat! This is a fantastic new CD from Denny Jiosa - review will be posting here soon.Bobby is a special guest of Denny's on Saturday, July 12th, 2008 at the Watertown Jazz Festival in Watertown, TN. 5:15pm - 6pm - Denny Jiosa (5 pc) MORE NEWS: Bobby will be returning to the recording studio in the near future. Coca Cola has a commercial in Europe using one of Bobby's songs. More information soon. BOBBY HEBB HONORED BY THE TENNESSEE SENATE ON MAY 1, 2008 News story below after the You Tube postings! Bobby PERFORMED "SUNNY" at both presentations: May 1, 2008 at the Tennessee Senate June 1, 2008 at t...

Bobby Hebb on NPR

Welcome to Bobby Hebb Central! There is so much going on. Remember to go to http://www.bobbyhebb.com as well as to Bobby's myspace: http://myspace.com/sunnybobbyhebb Bobby's on NPR "This Is America". Join host Dennis Wholey for a personal conversation with legendary singer, songwriter, and musician Bobby Hebb who discusses his performing career. http://thisisamerica.podomatic.com/rss2.xml Someone wrote an essay on "Sunny" on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_(song) The 45 RPM "Dreamy" b/w "You Want To Change Me" just sold on eBay again, check out our story on it. http://youwanttochangeme.blogspot.com/ We're looking for the Caravan Of Stars program. Bobby Hebb was on this Dick Clark "Caravan Of Stars" 1965 tour with Gary Lewis and The Playboys, Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs, The Yardbirds, Bobby Hebb, Brian Hyland, Jimmy Clanton, The Distant Cousins, Dale Wright & The Wirght Guys and Jimmy Stokely & Th...

BOBBY HEBB BOOTLEGGED

OK, for the past few years I've been working with Bobby on a SUNNY DELUXE album. We have been in correspondence with Andy McKae at Uni Music, Bill Levenson, Alicia Gomez, putting the idea in motion - till Hip0 Select decided to re-release the SUNNY lp as it was. Now someone has come up with this album which is a bootleg! This is why SUNNY DELUXE is so important. This is a great picture I've never seen! There are 5 bids on ebay as of 8:25 PM 1/16/06 Item title: SOUL CD - BOBBY HEBB "THE SUNNY ANTHOLOGY" Time left: 1 day, 20 hours 11 minutes 24 seconds Only actual bids (not automatic bids generated up to a bidder's maximum) are shown. Automatic bids may be placed days or hours before a listing ends. Learn more about bidding . User ID Bid Amount Date of bid hancockshalf ( 33 ) US $26.50 Jan-14-06 05:07:07 PST vax123 ( 107 ) US $25.50 Jan-12-06 07:55:33 PST nelsonboyes ( 199 ) US $20.50 Jan-12-06 04:33:52 PST davidfligiel ( 3 ) US $13.00 Jan-11-06 21:37:09 PST gu...

March 6 BOBBY HEBB NEWS March 6, 2006

The legendary Bobby Hebb is in Europe - performing 11 dates starting next week. Bobby Hebb toured with THE BEATLES in 1966 when his song "Sunny" was on radio all across the land. "A Satisfied Mind" was also a Billboard Top 40 hit forMr. Hebb in 1966. Bobby co-wrote Lou Rawls' Grammy winning song "A Natural Man". "Love Love Love" from the "Sunny"album hit the Top 40 in the U.K. in 1972. Meanwhile,his Gamble & Huff single, "You Want To Change Me", keeps selling for ridiculous prices on the internet,especially eBay.com. Bobby is most likely adding that song to the set. Mr. Hebb is touring Europe to support his new album on Tuition, "That's All I Wanna Know". We just found a fantastic photo of Bobby Hebb andRingo Starr from the 1966 Beatles tour on eBay.We also have a nice photo of Bobby with all 4 Beatlesfrom JET magazine. You can always visit the all new http://www.bobbyhebb.com to see the tour dat...

Bobby Hebb Bootlegged

OK, for the past few years I've been working with Bobby on a SUNNY DELUXE album. We have been in correspondence with Andy McKae at Uni Music, Bill Levenson, Alicia Gomez, putting the idea in motion - till Hip0 Select decided to re-release the SUNNY lp as it was. Now someone has come up with this album which is a bootleg! This is why SUNNY DELUXE is so important. This is a great picture I've never seen! There are 5 bids on ebay as of 8:25 PM 1/16/06 Item title: SOUL CD - BOBBY HEBB "THE SUNNY ANTHOLOGY" Time left: 1 day, 20 hours 11 minutes 24 seconds Only actual bids (not automatic bids generated up to a bidder's maximum) are shown. Automatic bids may be placed days or hours before a listing ends. Learn more about bidding . User ID Bid Amount Date of bid hancockshalf ( 33 ) US $26.50 Jan-14-06 05:07:07 PST vax123 ( 107 ) US $25.50 Jan-12-06 07:55:33 PST nelsonboyes ( 199 ) US $20.50 Jan-12-06 04:33:52 PST davidfligiel ( 3 ) US $13.00 Jan-11-06 21:37:09 PST gu...

WELCOME TO BOBBY HEBB.COM

WELCOME TO http://www.BOBBYHEBB.com ! To those of you who love the music of Bobby Hebb, get ready to find information on his close to seven decades in show business - the artist born in 1938 first stepping onstage when his older brother, Hal Hebb, tapped dance with him on July 26, 1941. His biography and a pretty good discography is on All Music.Com: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781CDD4AAE7420ED9C2C45C7BD7CE71AFE5AFB86112F0456D3B82D6DA30B47D00BE49F81B0FB6AB67DB0FD2EA45E43D1C0EB52F6D86F2D5DF0&sql=11:qfjn7iajg76r~T1 At the time of this writing, November 24, 2004 (edited 12/23/04), there's lots of new BobbyHebb news ----Bobby performed at the Grand Ole Opry - a fantastic band backed him up as he sang "A Satisfied Mind" and "Sunny". It was broadcast on radio and TV. Paul Corbin of BMI awarded Bobby with a plaque for 6 million spins onradio and TV of SUNNY! BMI Site with two photos: http://www.bmi.com/news/200411/20041123c.asp --- N...