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Comprehensive collection encompassing the incredible musical lifetime of Bobby Hebb.
TWENTY-FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS
RARE RECORDINGS
SUNNY: The Bobby Hebb Anthology
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THE FIRST EVER...
Comprehensive collection encompassing the incredible musical lifetime of Bobby Hebb.
Born to Music City Nashville, Hebb
shared his remarkable talent with the world
through his recordings beginning in the 1950s
and contniuing right into the 21st Century.
This Deluxe Box Set captures
Bobby Hebb's PROUD SOUL HERITAGE
across six decades:
4 CDs -
85 songs - - 25 previously
unreleased tracks - 300 minutes of
music
One very special DVD showing Hebb in
intimate settings talking about his life and
music and performing such classic songs as "Sunny,"
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PROUD SOUL HERITAGE
features beautifully remastered versions of all
Hebb's most famous tracks:
"Sunny" - The 1966
charttopping summertime single in all its
soulful glory
"A Natural Man" - The classic
soul ballad Bobby wrote for the great Lou Rawls,
bringing him his first Grammy. "A Satisfied Mind" -
The country classic that Hebb used to pay
tribute to his Nashville roots. "Love Love Love" - A
Northern Soul smash in 1972, club-goers were
crowding the dance floors in Britain every time
a disc jockey spun this discotheque
mover.
"You Want To Change Me"
- Recognizing the talents of Bobby Hebb, Kenny
Gamble, and Leon Huff, Northern
Soul enthusiasts rate this one of the
greatest-ever recordings... and have paid $$$$
for the rare original single.
TWENTY-FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS
Highlighting Bobby's
singer-songwriter take on "Sunny," his jazz
vocalist interpretations of "As Time Goes
By" and ?????, and "Mojo
Workout," the title that gave him
the nickname Bobby"Mojo" Hebb when
shaking the mid-'60s nightspots in New York
City.
RARE RECORDINGS
Hebb recorded many singles on a
dozen record labels that have never before been
compiled on an album, including"Dreamy,"
"True I Love You," and this album's
heartfelt theme "Proud Soul Heritage."
SPECIAL TRIBUTES
"Sunny" stands among the
most-recorded songs in the history of popular
music. Proud Soul
Heritage spolights "Sunny"
interpretations by Bobby's revered
contemporaries James Brown and Marvin Gaye.
SUNNY: The Bobby Hebb Anthology
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Bobby Hebb’s story and this anthology of his life and work will provide the world a glimpse into the genius of this artist, writer and performer, as well as insight into his masterpiece, "SUNNY" one of the most beloved, recorded and performed songs in the history of pop music. Here you will find an abundance of melodies and words from Hebb's pen and mind including his many 45 rpm singles, live performances, demo tapes and interviews.
Bobby performed with artists like Bo Diddley, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Poppa John Gordy, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Church and many, many others. Along with this compilation we are creating a 2 cd audio documentary for radio only with some of these recordings, many long lost, to bring further attention to Bobby Hebb's legacy
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Bobby Hebb's studio tracks and the music of Bobby Hebb recorded live are an essential look into his artistry and persona. The 1966 tour with the Beatles, featuring Barry and the Remains, the Ronettes and the Cyrkle is so legendary that it overshadowed his tour with the Dick Clark Cavalcade of Stars featuring The Yardbirds (in the days of Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck), Brian Hyland, Gary Lewis & The Playboys and Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs, as well as the tour of the U.K. with the Pirates (Bobby backed by The Pirates without Johnny Kidd.) . The DVD on this boxed set includes commentary from Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds, jazz artist Pat Martino, Bobby's friend Bernard "Pretty" Purdie along with music critics and Bobby himself, providing the viewer with rare footage of Bobby Hebb in concert, on television and in conversation.
Bobby performed with artists like Bo Diddley, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Poppa John Gordy, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Church and many, many others. Along with this compilation we are creating a 2 cd audio documentary for radio only with some of these recordings, many long lost, to bring further attention to Bobby Hebb's legacy
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Bobby Hebb's studio tracks and the music of Bobby Hebb recorded live are an essential look into his artistry and persona. The 1966 tour with the Beatles, featuring Barry and the Remains, the Ronettes and the Cyrkle is so legendary that it overshadowed his tour with the Dick Clark Cavalcade of Stars featuring The Yardbirds (in the days of Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck), Brian Hyland, Gary Lewis & The Playboys and Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs, as well as the tour of the U.K. with the Pirates (Bobby backed by The Pirates without Johnny Kidd.) . The DVD on this boxed set includes commentary from Jim McCarty of the Yardbirds, jazz artist Pat Martino, Bobby's friend Bernard "Pretty" Purdie along with music critics and Bobby himself, providing the viewer with rare footage of Bobby Hebb in concert, on television and in conversation.
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Bobby Hebb was known as the “song a day man”, yet he only released three
full albums during his lifetime and about a couple of dozen 45 RPMs or cd
singles. There are approximately nine
unreleased albums including his Portable Music Publishing Demos and other unreleased recordings including the 1979 Fleetwood Studio sessions, the “Brass Album” from
1981/1982, the Bernard Purdie tapes from the 1990s, recordings from two different Japanese
tours – Kyoto Japan and then some years later the shows at two different Japanese clubs
named Billboard’s (after the magazine)…and the many songs Bobby recorded on this writer's
TV show Visual Radio between 1995 and 2004.
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Along with the originals Bobby recorded, the
cover songs he sang, the music he wrote that other people recorded (some tracks
never recorded by Bobby himself,) the dance mixes, the mash-ups, the
professionals and amateurs giving different perspectives on Bobby’s artistry on a variety of his compositions
there’s also the lineage of friends and musical accompanists who played on
versions of “Sunny” or recorded their own renditions of “Sunny”, Melba Moore
having a stunning version while being one of the three backing vocalists on
Hebb’s #1 Cashbox/Record World, #2 Billboard smash 1966 hit “Sunny.” Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson are the
other two artists along with Moore who added their harmonies to the “Sunny”
album produced by Jerry Ross.
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SUNNY:
BOBBY HEBB'S PROUD SOUL HERITAGE Vol. 1
BOBBY HEBB'S PROUD SOUL HERITAGE Vol. 1
The job of the producer of this boxed set is to gather all this information, include it in text in this 36 page booklet, and “let the music do the talking”, to quote Joe Perry of Aerosmith. It is an honor, and quite a humbling task, as Bobby remains a musical giant still influencing generations of musicians (just look at the hard-rocking takes on “Sunny” with guitar teacher Greg Howe’s instrumental on the internet and dozens of musicians adding their styles and vibrations to the song in this specific setting.)
That the jazz world is so enamored of “Sunny” is as much an accolade as the 1020 or so renditions recorded in studios and placed on fixed mediums. The number of genres the song has touched is extraordinary and keeps growing, another testament to Bobby Hebb’s magic touch.
A variety of album covers featuring renditions of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny"
Even though we lost the man - the individual artist who walked on this planet in the flesh - on August 3, 2010, a little more than a week after his 72nd birthday… much, much too young and a shock to the system, it is the spirit of the man which inspires through the chord changes to “Sunny”, the melody, the structure, the modulation, the sentiment, the perfect lyrics, the positive attitude. “Sunny” is a classic for all the right reasons.
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Bobby and I were working on “BOBBY HEBB LIVE”, a new album of concert performances including “Take The A Train”, “Got My Mojo Workin’, "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" and additional songs that Bobby had performed on the cable TV show Visual Radio over the years. We have dozens of them that the world has yet to hear and, after releasing them as they are (many with his nephew Thomas Hebb on bass), there is the potential to add backing tracks to the material with additional musicians for new Bobby Hebb albums in the future. In September of 2013 we recorded drummer Steve Holley, bassist Thomas Hebb and keyboard player David Maxwell on a 2 track of Bobby performing his signature live song, a cover of Preston Foster's "Got My Mojo Workin' " - made famous by Muddy Waters. Peter Calo's guitar was added to create a dramatic rendition of the song Bobby performed at the Blue Morocco in New York as well as onstage opening for the Beatles.
Bobby and I were working on “BOBBY HEBB LIVE”, a new album of concert performances including “Take The A Train”, “Got My Mojo Workin’, "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" and additional songs that Bobby had performed on the cable TV show Visual Radio over the years. We have dozens of them that the world has yet to hear and, after releasing them as they are (many with his nephew Thomas Hebb on bass), there is the potential to add backing tracks to the material with additional musicians for new Bobby Hebb albums in the future. In September of 2013 we recorded drummer Steve Holley, bassist Thomas Hebb and keyboard player David Maxwell on a 2 track of Bobby performing his signature live song, a cover of Preston Foster's "Got My Mojo Workin' " - made famous by Muddy Waters. Peter Calo's guitar was added to create a dramatic rendition of the song Bobby performed at the Blue Morocco in New York as well as onstage opening for the Beatles.
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As we catalog the man’s music from the
recordings that are in vaults, in Bobby’s own library and in my personal
library, there is the potential for a great many new releases by Bobby Hebb.
One important such release could be an all instrumental album. A taste of Bobby’s
keen sense of song construction and communicating without lyrics is on the final track on disc 1, “Breeze”,
written for President Barack Obama. I believe that “Breeze” was Bobby’s final
work in the studio and, due to health issues, solely in the roles of composer and
producer. Other musicians perform on “Breeze”
– supervised by the song master, Bobby Hebb.
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Bobby’s instrumental work is mesmerizing.
He was as comfortable issuing his feelings and thoughts through the sounds of
the instrumentation and the players as he was through the vocal chords and words. You can hear Bobby Hebb take you to another
place of existence when listening to his highly intuitive and very personal
musical essays.
And then there’s Proud Soul Heritage,
another copyright so key to this collection.
The son of blind music teachers, Hebb’s matrix was that of a young person absorbing musical skills at a young age; developing his own euphonious personality alongside those who spoke also through their craftsmanship.
Nurtured in this world his sense of rhythm, comfort with the stage and ability
to listen to others around him gave Bobby Hebb a more unique focus that when
his input was nurtured and allowed to blossom, The result was music that the
entire world embraced and felt good from experiencing.
“Proud Soul Heritage” has a gospel feel even without a gospel choir. It is as different from “Sunny” as “Crazy Baby” is from “My Best Friend”. Hebb wrote in so many styles it was like someone having a grasp of 17 different languages but able to speak those languages through a "universal translator." "Proud Soul Heritage," in particular, has a strong melody, a firm belief in family and an acknowledgment of all that “Sunny” is, all that Bobby Hebb is. It came from the very roots of the family tree discussed in the composition, a pure acknowledgment to the love that cared for young Bobby and delivered his genius to the world.
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DISC 1
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Bobby Hebb
1)Sunny (Original) 2:45 2)You Want To Change Me 2:47 3)Love Love Love 3:02 4)Love Me 2:05 5)Dreamy 2:17 6)Proud Soul Heritage 3:08 7)A Satisfied Mind 2:44 8)Jenny Baby 3:54 9)Judy 2:37 10)My Song To You 2:42 11)Evil Woman 4:01 12)True I Love You 2:57 13)My Pretty Sunshine 2:23 14)Some Kind Of Magic 2:3615)Everything Is Coming Up Roses 2:10 16)Bound By Love 2:02 17)Good, Good Lovin 2:44 18)Cold Cold Night 3:22 19)Yes or No Or Maybe Not 2:27 20)Crazy Baby 2:1221)Flower 3:25 22)Good Morning World 3:57 23)That's All I Wanna Know 4:33 24)Trust, Integrity and Pure Love 4:12 Torpedo Boyz w/Bobby Hebb25)Sunny 4:20 Denny Jiosa w/Bobby Hebb26)Breeze 3:33
__“Proud Soul Heritage” has a gospel feel even without a gospel choir. It is as different from “Sunny” as “Crazy Baby” is from “My Best Friend”. Hebb wrote in so many styles it was like someone having a grasp of 17 different languages but able to speak those languages through a "universal translator." "Proud Soul Heritage," in particular, has a strong melody, a firm belief in family and an acknowledgment of all that “Sunny” is, all that Bobby Hebb is. It came from the very roots of the family tree discussed in the composition, a pure acknowledgment to the love that cared for young Bobby and delivered his genius to the world.
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The striking melody and chord changes to
Bobby Hebb’s masterpiece, “Sunny”, has inspired tens of thousands - if not hundreds of thousands - perhaps millions - of singers,
songwriters and muscians as well as millions and millions and millions and millions of
fans. The song is proliferating at a rapid
rate on video sites like YouTube as well
as in karaoke bars, constantly on stages around the world and in a variety of recording studios. That is beyond the 1020 versions (as of this writing in early 2014) our long-time archivist, Richard Ely
has documented on compact disc, vinyl and cassette as of June 2013.
DISC 1
ESSAY
The significance of the Philips 45 series
Disc 1 'The Best of"
the bootleg vs. Sunny Deluxe and the Hip0 Release
Track Listing
4 CDs, 1 DVD
SUNNY
Bobby Hebb's Proud Soul Heritage
Bobby Hebb's Proud Soul Heritage
Volume 1
Produced by Joe Viglione
Executive Producers:
Eric Colodne
Kitoto Von Hebb
Bobby Hebb
1)Sunny (Original) 2:45 2)You Want To Change Me 2:47 3)Love Love Love 3:02 4)Love Me 2:05 5)Dreamy 2:17 6)Proud Soul Heritage 3:08 7)A Satisfied Mind 2:44 8)Jenny Baby 3:54 9)Judy 2:37 10)My Song To You 2:42 11)Evil Woman 4:01 12)True I Love You 2:57 13)My Pretty Sunshine 2:23 14)Some Kind Of Magic 2:3615)Everything Is Coming Up Roses 2:10 16)Bound By Love 2:02 17)Good, Good Lovin 2:44 18)Cold Cold Night 3:22 19)Yes or No Or Maybe Not 2:27 20)Crazy Baby 2:1221)Flower 3:25 22)Good Morning World 3:57 23)That's All I Wanna Know 4:33 24)Trust, Integrity and Pure Love 4:12 Torpedo Boyz w/Bobby Hebb25)Sunny 4:20 Denny Jiosa w/Bobby Hebb26)Breeze 3:33
Disc 2
Bernard Purdie, Producer and co-arranger with Bobby
Recorded at Silvercup Studios in New York City
http://www.silvercupstudios.com/
Mojo and Purdie
7 of 10 tracks
1)As Time Goes By (4:05), 2)A Natural Man (5:29), 3)Are You With Me? (3:47) 4)Don't Blame Me (3:50) 5)My Secret Love (5:40) 6)Body & Soul (5:16) 7)What You Dare To Dream (4:08),
Part II The Brass Album
8)What Do I Do Now (4:27) 9)The Best Is Yet To Come (2:32), 10)See You In September (3:14) 11)I Remember Satchmo (7:41) 12)Pretty As a Picture (6:37) 13)Big Sis (6:49) 14)Nancy With the Laughing Face (1:56) 15) Proud Soul Heritage - Kitoto 3:46 16)Love You - Kitoto 2:49
Part 2
Arranged and Conducted by Clifford M. Weeks
Produced by Bobby Hebb
8)What Do I Do Now
9)The Best Is Yet To Come (Coleman/Leigh)
10)See You In September (3:14) (Wayne/Edwards)
11)I'll Remember Louie 7:41 (Bobby Hebb)
12)Pretty As a Picture (6:37) (Bobby Hebb)
13)Big Sis (6:49) (Bobby Hebb)
14)Nancy With the Laughing Face (1:56) (James Van Heusen / Phil Silvers) Recorded live in Bridgewater, 9-22-00 by Joe Viglione
15) Proud Soul Heritage - Kitoto 3:46
Recorded September 2013, April 2014
16)Love You - Kitoto 2:49
Wellspring Sound, Acton, Recorded Sept. 2013, April 2014
9)The Best Is Yet To Come (Coleman/Leigh)
10)See You In September (3:14) (Wayne/Edwards)
soloist William Skinner
11)I'll Remember Louie 7:41 (Bobby Hebb)
Soloists William Thompson (alto sax) Marty Schwartz (trumpet)
12)Pretty As a Picture (6:37) (Bobby Hebb)
Soloist Andy McGhee, tenor sax
Soloist - Al Diehl (trombone)
14)Nancy With the Laughing Face (1:56) (James Van Heusen / Phil Silvers) Recorded live in Bridgewater, 9-22-00 by Joe Viglione
15) Proud Soul Heritage - Kitoto 3:46
Recorded September 2013, April 2014
16)Love You - Kitoto 2:49
Wellspring Sound, Acton, Recorded Sept. 2013, April 2014
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On The Brass Album
Trumpets - Wayne Naus (lead), Everett Longstreth (Lead), Martin "Marty" Schwartz, Gordon Wooley and William Skinner
Trombones - Albert Diehl (lead), Gary Simundza, William R. Hill Jr. and Bruce Houston (Bass Trombone)
French Horn - Pamela Paikin and William Cabellaro
Saxophones:
William Thompson (alto/ flute), Eric Daniel (alto/flute), Andy McGhee
(tenor), Ted Goddard (tennor) and Kenneth Mamayek (baritone)
Rhythm Section - William "Sabby" Lewis on piano
John Neves - Bass
Alan Dawson - drums
Francis "Bat" Johnson - guitar
Mitchell Cohen - vibes
Reid Jorgenson -
Percussion
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CD #3
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CD #1 Publishing and other information
1)SUNNY (mono, 45 RPM version)
Phi 40 365
February 21, 1966
Bobby Hebb: vocal;
with orchestra arr. by Joe Renzetti
Sunny, written by Bobby Hebb
Published by Portable Music Company, Inc. BMI
2)YOU WANT TO CHANGE ME (2:44)
(Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff)
Recorded May 23, 1968
Bobby Hebb: vocal
YW-42 518 Ph 40 551
Single #40551 1-42518
World War III Music and Double Diamond Music, BMI
Arranged by Richard Rome
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3)DREAMY (2:14)
Written by Bobby Hebb Portable & MRC Music, Inc.
Ph 40 551
Produced by Gamble &
Huff
Arranged by Richard Rome
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4)LOVE ME (Written by Kenny Gamble & Jerry Ross)
Arc Three Music/BMI, Downstairs Music, BMI
2:06 Produced by Jerry Ross
Arranged by Joe Renzetti
40421 PHW1 -39162
(flip side of "Crazy Baby", 3rd single from the "Sunny" album tho LOVE ME is unreleased A side)
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5)My Pretty Sunshine Time: 2:25
(Ross/Barkan) Patlene Music(BMI)
45 RPM #40431 PHW1-39329
THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS:
@E = My Pretty Sunshine
@F = unissued version is 18A. Tape Box #YW-39 329
Issued version is 18.YW-39 131
Produced by Jerry Ross, Arranged by Joe Renzetti
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6) Ooh La La (Keen/Shaw) 2:15
Southern Music Publishing Co., (ASCAP)
45 RPM #40431 PHW1-39326 October 28, 1966
Bobby Hebb: vocal; with orchestra
arr. by Joe Renzetti
25)Sunny 4:20 Denny Jiosa w/Bobby Hebb
Sunny, written by Bobby Hebb
Published by Portable Music Company, Inc. BMI
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CD 1 79:19 minutes
1)Sunny (Original) 2:45
2)You Want To
Change Me 2:47
3)Love Love Love 3:02
4)Love Me 2:05
5)Dreamy 2:17
6)A Satisfied Mind 2:44
7)Night Train to Memphis 1:54
7)Night Train to Memphis 1:54
8)Proud Soul Heritage 3:08
9)Jenny Baby 3:54
9)Jenny Baby 3:54
10)Judy
2:37
11)My Song To You 2:42
12)Evil Woman 4:01
13)True I Love You 2:57
14)My Pretty Sunshine 2:23
15)Some Kind Of Magic 2:36
16)Everything Is
Coming Up Roses 2:10
17)I Love Everything About You
17)I Love Everything About You
18)Bound By Love 2:02
19)Good, Good Lovin 2:44
20)Cold Cold Night 3:22
21)Flower 3:25
22)Good Morning World 3:57
23)That's All I
Wanna Know 4:33
24)Trust, Integrity and Pure Love 4:12
Torpedo
Boyz w/Bobby Hebb
25)Sunny 4:20 Denny Jiosa w/Bobby Hebb
26)Breeze 3:33
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CD #2 72 minutes
Mojo and Purdie
7 of 10 tracks
1)As
Time Goes By (4:05)
2)A Natural Man (5:29)
3)Are You With Me? (3:47)
4)Don't Blame Me (3:50)
5)My Secret Love (5:40)
6)Body & Soul
(5:16)
7)What You Dare To Dream (4:08),
Part II The Brass Album
8)What
Do I Do Now? (4:27)
9)The Best Is Yet To Come (2:32),
10)See You In
September (3:14)
11)I Remember Satchmo (7:41)
12)Pretty As a Picture
(6:37)
13)Big Sis (6:49)
14)Nancy With the Laughing Face (1:56)
15)
Proud Soul Heritage - Kitoto 3:46
16)Love You - Kitoto 2:49
17)Sunny Live in Japan
17)Sunny Live in Japan
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CD #3 73 minutes
1)Love You (Bobby Hebb) 2:32
2)Charms of the Arms of Love 3:40
3)Dreamy 2:31
4)Feel So Good Take 2 2:02
5)Cherry 2:45
6)Atlanta GA Take3 2:35
7)Way Down South 2:40 Poppa John Gordy w/Bobby Hebb
8)I Wanna Know 2:57 Sylvia & Bobby (re: John Lee Hooker)
9)I Broke Your Heart So You Busted My Jaw 2:41
10)I Love Mary 2:35
11)Got You On My Mind Live on Hoss Allen (4:00)
12)Got You On My Mind (2:39) Sunny LP
13)Got My Mojo Workin' (2:09) Preston Foster
14)Tree Top High 2:34
15)London Scene 1:25
16)My Love Is Today 2:11
17)The Right Foot Of Love 2:51
18)The Sunny Harper 1:49
19)Just To Go On Loving You 3:14
20) Sunny with Astrid North & Bobby Hebb 3:34
21)Sunny with Pat Appleton & Bobby Hebb 3:35
22)WATD (0:56) About playing with the Beatles
23)WATD 1:01
24)BMI Song of the Century (1:08)
25)Rare tape of Bobby Hebb with Barry & The Remains (1:18)
26) Intro (0:45)
27) Baby, I'm Crazy (1;25)
28)For You (0:44) Van McCoy
29)Good Good Loving (1:15) Mann/Weill
30)Got My Mojo Workin' (1:14) Preston Foster
31)Sunny with Barry & The Remains (5:18) (Bobby Hebb)
31 items, 74 minutes
These 28 titles from Bobby Hebb include demonstration tapes that were intended for other artists to consider recording. Beginning with the knock-out performance of “Love You” the voice of Robert Hebb is there in its pure form, undeniable strength and majesty. “Don’t You Care” was covered by the revered Alice Clark as was “Charms of the Arms of Love” (Clark also covered “Hard, Hard Promises,” not on this set.) Two of the 3 songs covered by Clark are back to back here. “Dreamy” was a side of the final Philips 45 (see CD #1) with this being the demo version, cleaned up from acetate by Dr. Beatles Erik Taros (as was “Charms of the Arms of Love.)
These 28 titles from Bobby Hebb include demonstration tapes that were intended for other artists to consider recording. Beginning with the knock-out performance of “Love You” the voice of Robert Hebb is there in its pure form, undeniable strength and majesty. “Don’t You Care” was covered by the revered Alice Clark as was “Charms of the Arms of Love” (Clark also covered “Hard, Hard Promises,” not on this set.) Two of the 3 songs covered by Clark are back to back here. “Dreamy” was a side of the final Philips 45 (see CD #1) with this being the demo version, cleaned up from acetate by Dr. Beatles Erik Taros (as was “Charms of the Arms of Love.)
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CD 4 79 minutes THE SUNNY COVERS
Song composed by Bobby Hebb
Publisher: Portable Music Company, Inc. BMI
Here's the revised CD #4, the Sunny Covers 22 tracks
For Boney M I'm utilizing the Boogie Pimps remix.
We have all 4 Motown versions - Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder,
Mary Wells and the Four Tops; what is extraordinary is that it may
be the only tune outside of Motown that four Motown artists covered
at this point - or any point - in time. Sunny was embraced by
Motown artists who usually recorded only Motown music.
Removed these 6:
11)Willie Mitchell 2:35
13)Les McCann
13)Les McCann
14)Chris Montez
16)Cy Coleman 2:51
17)Connie Francis 2:33 (with "Out of My Head" medley)
21)Moms Mabley 2:07
ADDED
Four Tops
Four Tops
Herb Alpert
Frankie Valli
Melba Moore (she sings on Bobby's
Sunny as well)
CD 4 79 minutes THE SUNNY COVERS
Song composed by Bobby Hebb
Publisher: Portable Music Company, Inc. BMI
1)Marvin Gaye 2:53
2)Stevie Wonder 4:02
3)Frank Sinatra/Duke Ellington 4:13
4)Bill Cosby 3:27
5)Cher 3:10
6)Shirley Bassey 2:42
7)Toots & The Maytals 2:54
8)Ella Fitzgerald 5:17
9)Mary Wells 2:45
10)Mieko Hirota 4:06
11)Wilson Pickett
12)Jose Feliciano 3:34
13)Boney M / Boogie Pimps 3:44
14)James Brown Dance Mix 5:23
15)Tom Jones with Ella Fitzgerald 3:03
16)Johnny Mathis 4:24
17)Liberace 0:44 live on TV, unreleased
18)Four Tops 3:40 Live, unreleased
19)Herb Alpert 3:12
20)Frankie Valli 2:31
21)Melba Moore 4:45
22)Bobby Hebb Pillow Remix 4:48
19)Herb Alpert 3:12
20)Frankie Valli 2:31
21)Melba Moore 4:45
22)Bobby Hebb Pillow Remix 4:48
Producer
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Bobby Hebb's Proud Soul Heritage, Anthology Vol. 1
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1)Marvin Gaye 2:53
2)Stevie Wonder 4:02
3)Frank Sinatra/Duke Ellington 4:13
4)Bill Cosby 3:27
5)Cher 3:10
6)Shirley Bassey 2:42
7)Toots & The Maytals 2:54
8)Ella Fitzgerald 5:17
9)Mary Wells 2:45
10)Mieko Hirota 4:06
11)Willie Mitchell 2:35
12)Wilson Pickett
13)Les McCann
14)Chris Montez
15)Jose Feliciano 3:34
16)Cy Coleman 2:51
17)Connie Francis 2:33 (with "Out of My Head" medley)
18)Boney M / Boogie Pimps 3:44
19)James Brown Dance Mix 5:23
20)Tom Jones with Ella Fitzgerald 3:03
21)Moms Mabley 2:07
22)Johnny Mathis 4:24
23)Liberace 0:44 live on TV
24)Bobby Hebb Pillow Remix 4:48
Sunny, written by Bobby Hebb
Published by Portable Music Company, Inc. BMI
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Thank Yous: Joe Tortelli, Rudiger Ladwig, Richard Ely, Damon Booth, Little Walter DeVenne, Wayne Wadhams of The Fifth Estate, Jay Couper, Scott Couper, Richard Weisze, Fred James, Michael Gray, Clifford Weeks, Bill Root, Jimmy Church, Nat Simpkins, Morgan Huke, Gary Sohmers and WATD,Stephen Wade, Ron Della Chiesa, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, John Bush @ AllMusic.com, Heather Whitten and Gavin Lurssen, Rob Fraboni,
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Miscellaneous on cover art
Here it is. This photo will be put on PAGE 2 with the text from the current back cover.
That combination - the first photo with the first draft of the back cover text is now combined for the 2nd page, the inside front cover.
The front cover is fine
The back cover will have the same photo you have for the back cover now, the Japanese Bobby Hebb Sunny Cover with the photo of Bobby. I'll have new text for that and new text for the inside back cover which will have - possibly - the From Where I Stand box (or I might utilize that in the 36 page booklet)
Text coming over in the next 24-36 hours
backcover.jpg file not backcover.pdf
CD 4 1, 2
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These are three prototypes
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Bobby also had an intro number performed at Lynn Auditorium on July 26, 2002 and again in Kyoto Japan. The intro # from Japan is included in this collection.
Bobby
Hebb speaks with his words, his melodies and his musical instruments.
Here is Bobby communicating with his guitar and mind in an eloquent and
highly evolved
way.
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Miscellaneous on cover art
Here it is. This photo will be put on PAGE 2 with the text from the current back cover.
That combination - the first photo with the first draft of the back cover text is now combined for the 2nd page, the inside front cover.
The front cover is fine
The back cover will have the same photo you have for the back cover now, the Japanese Bobby Hebb Sunny Cover with the photo of Bobby. I'll have new text for that and new text for the inside back cover which will have - possibly - the From Where I Stand box (or I might utilize that in the 36 page booklet)
Text coming over in the next 24-36 hours
CD 4 1, 2
These are three prototypes
hebb cover cd1 e
COVER FOR THE INSTRUMENTALIST album
in·stru·men·tal·ist
ˌinstrəˈmentl-ist/
noun
noun: instrumentalist; plural noun: instrumentalists
- 1.a player of a musical instrument.
- 2.an adherent of instrumentalism.
From
Boom Records release of Sam Hall Jr. in 1966, most likely recorded much
earlier, to the final recording Bobby made in the studio 2009/2010,
"Breeze," instrumentals have been a major part of Bobby Hebb's career,
something not known to the public that enjoys "Sunny," "A Natural Man,"
"A Satisfied Mind," "Love, Love, Love," and "You Want to Change Me" -
the commercial songs that got the most radio and club play.
"Another Plane of Existence" is a title Bobby performed
with The Kubota Power Jazz Unit on
9-22-00 and again with the Michael Shea Trio on June 29, 2001 for the
opening of the Martini & Rossi Exhibit at the Mass State
Transportation Building. When Bobby recorded in New York City with
Bernard Purdie at Silver Cup Studios, three instrumentals were tracked,
including a studio version of "Another Plane of Existence."
"Prodigal
Stroll" is a tune from the 1981 Dimension Sound Studio / Intermedia
sessions while "Evil Woman Coda" and the Fleetwood Studio
Instrumental are from the 1979 recordings in Revere.
Bobby also had an intro number performed at Lynn Auditorium on July 26, 2002 and again in Kyoto Japan. The intro # from Japan is included in this collection.
