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Favourite version ???Sunny??? ?

bboyparkzbboyparkz 549 Posts
edited November 2005 in Strut Central
NO!Who did the original?Seriously I don???t know?
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  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Bobby Hebb
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    Dick Smith version is that G-Funk fire son! Produced by Roger Troutman. Young Weezey put this on one of the "AR Music" CDs.


  • bboyparkzbboyparkz 549 Posts
    Bobby Hebb


    This is the original right?

    I don???t know it to be honest!

    Was it a hit ?


  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    Bobby Hebb


    This is the original right?

    I don???t know it to be honest!

    Was it a hit ?



    yeah thats the original, I'm guessing it was a hit, kinda strange for a non-hit song to get remade so much.

    And yes that Sunny on the Dick Smith LP is HAUGHTT to DEFF.

    I was just listening to that A&R (vol. 3 right?) today
  • bboyparkzbboyparkz 549 Posts
    Best version I got and I played it out tonite is:

    Jimmy Takeuchi and his Exciters.

    Funky/easy ish that starts with a killer break.


    I'll try to post in up tomorrow.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    #2 in 1966 for Hebb.

    His version, like most, is very annoying. It's always sung with so much emotion, but I never heard where the words called for all that emotion.

    The best version, by far (for me anyway), is the mind melting version that Mingering Mike did.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Willie Bobo

  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts
    bobby christian
  • p_gunnp_gunn 2,284 Posts
    michel pagliaro
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    #2 in 1966 for Hebb.

    His version, like most, is very annoying. It's always sung with so much emotion, but I never heard where the words called for all that emotion.

    STRONG disagreement. True, the song is so poppish that you can see why it became a lounge standard, but Hebb had the right amount of restraint to hold it together. And when he does go off, later in the song ("YOU SMIIIIIILED AT ME AND REALLY, REALLY EASED THE PAIN!"), it's just what the song needs at that moment.

    Second-best version, after Bobby Hebb: Bill Cosby's monotone rendition, with ad-libbed words yet.
  • TobiTobi 187 Posts
    Dick Smith version is that G-Funk fire son! Produced by Roger Troutman. Young Weezey put this on one of the "AR Music" CDs.









    Yeah you're right,

    this version is a killer. There's also a dope version of Tobacco Road on this LP.
    Also check Booker T. & The MG's Sunny version, Gravediggaz used it for 1-800-Suicide.





  • pookeyblowpookeyblow 406 Posts
    Yambu
  • 6fran506fran50 266 Posts
    james brown & marva whitney
  • nrichnrich 932 Posts
    I like Bobby Bland's version called 'Shoes'

    Dave Major & the Minors is good too
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Anything but the Boney M version. I don't care if Mark Ronson sampled it, it's still
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts
    #2 in 1966 for Hebb.



    His version, like most, is very annoying. It's always sung with so much emotion, but I never heard where the words called for all that emotion.



    The best version, by far (for me anyway), is the mind melting version that Mingering Mike did.



    Couldn't agree with you less! I think the Bobby Hebb version is great personally, and not only it was a huge international hit in sales terms but it's been covered by more than 100 different artists and still gets lots of radio airplay today. Other good versions include James Brown and Marva Whitney, George Benson and Yambu.
  • SoulhawkSoulhawk 3,197 Posts
    #2 in 1966 for Hebb.

    His version, like most, is very annoying. It's always sung with so much emotion, but I never heard where the words called for all that emotion.

    STRONG disagreement. True, the song is so poppish that you can see why it became a lounge standard, but Hebb had the right amount of restraint to hold it together. And when he does go off, later in the song ("YOU SMIIIIIILED AT ME AND REALLY, REALLY EASED THE PAIN!"), it's just what the song needs at that moment.

    Second-best version, after Bobby Hebb: Bill Cosby's monotone rendition, with ad-libbed words yet.

    How bout the Moms Mabley version?
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    I like the Barbara Moore version on her "Voices in Latin" lp. There's also a really dope lounge version on the Kay Dennis lp on percee(?).
  • PapaFluckPapaFluck 10 Posts

    "Fluty" upbeat cover by John d'Andrea & the Young Gyants...
    B-side is a Uptight cover.
    Any info on this band ?
  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    My favorite "Sunny" is on an late 60's/early 70's private press jazz vocal LP out of Minneapolis called "Lorna's Here." Can't remember Lorna's last name though. Great LP if you ever see it.

  • Secret_ChimpSecret_Chimp 915 Posts
    Mingering Mike does a pretty killer version.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    "Fluty" upbeat cover by John d'Andrea & the Young Gyants...
    B-side is a Uptight cover.
    Any info on this band ?

    I'm guessing this was purely a studio band, as I've seen D'Andrea's name in a few credits here & there.
  • ShingalingShingaling 877 Posts
  • PABLOPABLO 1,921 Posts
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  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts
    Pat Martino - Live = definitely my favorite.

    (sinatra's cool too)

    i like this song, even the OG is decent
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    #2 in 1966 for Hebb.

    His version, like most, is very annoying. It's always sung with so much emotion, but I never heard where the words called for all that emotion.

    The best version, by far (for me anyway), is the mind melting version that Mingering Mike did.

    Couldn't agree with you less! I think the Bobby Hebb version is great personally, and not only it was a huge international hit in sales terms but it's been covered by more than 100 different artists and still gets lots of radio airplay today. Other good versions include James Brown and Marva Whitney, George Benson and Yambu.

    I will take my opinions on Sunny to THE SONGS YOU HATE EVERYONE ELSE LOVES thread.
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts
    LaserWolf, you can run but you can't hide...I will hunt you down like a, er, wolf and subject you to Bobby Hebb's masterly Sunny '76. Yes, it's Sunny but with a disco beat, daddio. You'll love it.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    LaserWolf, you can run but you can't hide...I will hunt you down like a, er, wolf and subject you to Bobby Hebb's masterly Sunny '76. Yes, it's Sunny but with a disco beat, daddio. You'll love it.

    I will be in my spider hole:
  • p_gunnp_gunn 2,284 Posts
    i think the yambu version sucks ass....
  • djcoolhandsdjcoolhands 548 Posts
    the bruce wescott trio does a nice uptempo version.
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