Artist
Bobby Hebb
Bobby Hebb is a soul artist from Nashville, US formed in 1938. 7 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Nashville, US · Best soul albums
- 7
- Releases
- 1966–2023
- Active years
- 1938
- Formed
Artist
Bobby Hebb is a soul artist from Nashville, US formed in 1938. 7 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Nashville, US · Best soul albums
Most popular
Sunny
1966
Bobby Hebb was born Robert Von Hebb in Nashville, Tennessee. Hebb's parents, William and Ovalla Hebb, were both blind musicians. Hebb and older brother, Harold Hebb, performed as a song-and-dance team in Nashville beginning when Bobby was three and Harold was nine. Hebb performed on a TV show hosted by country music record producer Owen Bradley, which earned him a place with Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff. Hebb played spoons and other instruments in Acuff's band. Harold later became a member of Johnny Bragg and the Marigolds. Bobby Hebb sang backup on Bo Diddley's "Diddley Daddy". Hebb played "West-coast-style" trumpet in a United States Navy jazz band, and replaced Mickey Baker in Mickey and Sylvia. On November 23, 1963, the day after John F. Kennedy's assassination, Bobby Hebb's brother, Harold, was killed in a knife fight outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by both events and sought comfort in songwriting. Though many claim that the song he wrote after both tragedies was the optimistic "Sunny", Hebb himself stated otherwise. He immersed himself in the Gerald Wilson album, You Better Believe It!, for comfort. "All my intentions were just to think of happier ti…
