I am amazed that a song, talking about tomorrow's birthdays and if someone opens a thread for tomorrow already, that's fine... but I'm amazed, the song "Sunny" is so popular. The song by Bobby Hebb.
His birthday is July 26th as well.
Look at all the people who have recorded it, I don't get why it would be so popular, repeating myself. And what a story to go with the song:
"Sunny" is a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."[1]
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Hebb wrote the song in the 48 hours following a double tragedy on November 22, 1963, the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Hebb's older brother Harold was stabbed to death outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by both events and many critics say that those events and critically the loss of his older brother inspired the lyrics and tune. According to Hebb, he merely wrote the song as an expression of a preference for a "sunny" disposition over a "lousy" disposition following the murder of his brother.[2]
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Many other artists have recorded versions of the song. Georgie Fame's and Cher's issues both charted in the UK Top 75 in 1966. Other covering artists include Ray Conniff, Andy Williams, Shirley Bassey, Public Enemies, Richard Anthony, James Brown and Marva Whitney, Wes Montgomery, Robert Mitchum, the Classics IV, the Electric Flag, Jose Feliciano, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Earl Grant, Mary Wells, Paul Carrack, David Clayton-Thomas, Jamiroquai, Stanley Jordan, Marion Rung, Mina, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Mathis, Les McCann, Chris Montez, The Head Shop, Leonard Nimoy, Wilson Pickett, Los york's, Del Shannon, Nick Cave, Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass and Ray Brown, Dusty Springfield, Helge Schneider, War, Kathy Hampson's New Elastic Band, Ajico, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Twinset featuring Barnaby Weir, The Electric Flag, Terrorgruppe and The Walker Brothers.
Chilean singer Buddy Richard recorded the song in Spanish in 1964 with the title "Cielo" (meaning "darling" or "honey").
Serbian-Yugoslavian singer Bisera Veletanlić recorded a version in Serbo-Croatian in 1967.[6]
Checkmates, Ltd. released a version of the song on their 1967 debut album, Live! At Caesar's Palace.[7]
Luis Miguel recorded the song in Spanish for his 1987 album Soy Como Quiero Ser.
Frank Sinatra covered "Sunny" with Duke Ellington on their collaborative album, Francis A. & Edward K..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_(song)
All kinds of foreign versions of the song.
It's a bit like "Sukiyaki", that song is widely recorded but this one is even more widespread it appears. I don't have a great appreciation for the song; maybe it should be there though.
That's another thing we don't see nowadays I don't think, all of the covers. Say "By the time I get to Phoenix", tons of people recorded that. I've always kind of liked that song and some other Glenn Campbell songs.
