Bobby Hebb, musician was 72 *

Bobby Hebb, who wrote the 1966 hit "Sunny," died today in Nashville at age 72. He always explained that he wrote the song in response to the slaying of his brother outside a Nashville nightclub and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy a few days before. The videos I can find of Hebb performing "Sunny" are all ads, so here's James Brown singing it (and talking about Hebb) in Paris in 1971.

* I'm told: Hebb opened for The Beatles at Dodger Stadium in 1966. (Not the Hollywood Bowl.)

Here's a link to a Hebb version.