"Sunny" by Bobby Hebb sounds like it would be a happy-go-lucky song, but it was inspired by two back-to-back tragedies.

Bobby Hebb, whose 1966 pop music classic “Sunny” described a sincere smile from a woman that lifted the singer’s burdens, died Tuesday. He was 72. Family members and a funeral home spokeswoman said ...

Bobby Hebb, whose 1966 pop music classic "Sunny" described a sincere smile from a woman that lifted the singer's burdens, died Tuesday. He was 72. Family members and a funeral home spokeswoman said ...

Bobby Hebb was born in Nashville, Tenn., on July 26, 1938, but lived a good part of his life in Salem and Rockport. One of his first publishers was John R. (nee John Richbourg), owner of “Cape Ann ...

Bobby Hebb, whose 1966 hit “Sunny” was a magnum opus of the era’s sunshine pop, died in Nashville, Tenn., on Aug. 3 of cancer. He was 72. According to a bio in the R&B compilation “Night Train to ...

NASHVILLE, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Singer-songwriter Bobby Hebb has died at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center, his family said. He was 72. The (Nashville) Tennessean confirmed Hebb died Tuesday but did ...

NASHVILLE (AP) Bobby Hebb, whose 1966 hit “Sunny” became a pop classic, died here on Tuesday. He was 72. His death, at Centennial Medical Center, was announced by his family. No cause was given.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Bobby Hebb, whose 1966 pop music classic “Sunny” described a sincere smile from a woman that lifted the singer’s burdens, died Tuesday. He was 72. Family members and a ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)- Bobby Hebb, whose 1966 pop music classic “Sunny” described a sincere smile from a woman that lifted the singer’s burdens, died Tuesday. He was 72. Family members and a funeral ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bobby Hebb, whose 1966 pop music classic “Sunny” described a sincere smile from a woman that lifted the singer’s burdens, died Tuesday. He was 72. Family members and a funeral home ...