Just got word that Bobby Hebb died. Pull out that Sunny 45 and give it a spin. RIP, Bobby.

One of the all time greats, as webby says, love love love, a part of our youth, sad news indeed R.I.P BOBBY HEBB

Love me has got to be one of the most beautiful soul ballads ever. A truly sad loss indeed.

Just got word that Bobby Hebb died. Pull out that Sunny 45 and give it a spin. RIP, Bobby.

" Thank you for the sunshine that you gave "

RIP Bobby .

Malc

RIP has to be a chance of getting Love Love Love out for what it is a classic

Another of the Greats Gone.

R.I.P. Bobby Hebb

Sad news another one of the greats gone

RIP Bobby

SAD NEWS INDEED R.I.P BOBBY HEBB. YOU BROUGHT A LOT OF HAPPINESS INTO PEOPLES LIVES THROUGH YOUR MUSIC.

God bless you Bobby - you have left a wonderful legacy.

Love Love Love - what a truly uplifting, joyous piece of soul music - you just can't dance to it without a smile on your face !!!

RIP Bobby Hebb

God,l'm gutted.......l really am....Sunny was good but Love,Love,Love, will always be a Northern Soul Classic without doubt..

R.I.P. Bobby Hebb

Love Love Love was the track that got me started. Still sing out loud when I'm dancing around to it. The Soul Police were never called because they sang along to it also!!

God Bless You Bobby Hebb!

RIP Bobby - Love,love,love what a record- still spine tingling after all these years.

Manus

you wanna change me - THE BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP mate

you wanna change me - THE BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIP mate

Agree Mark

Awesome track. Plus 'Love' epitomises the Casino for me.

R.I.P Bobby

Ian G

oh blimey !! Hopefully 'Love love love' will be blasting out this sat ( Ian G ), very sad news RIP Mr Hebb.

Ian & Debbie

Edited August 4, 201015 yr by parkash

Sad news.

It was the songs he gave me that made my days seem brighter.

R.I.P. Bobby Hebb

James Brown tribute followed by Bobby Hebb interview.....................

Edited August 4, 201015 yr by KevinKent

'Love is a smile you gave me............' treasured memories from what seems like and is a different world

RIP Bobby Hebb

Another one buys a ticket to the Biggest Soul Festival ever

R.I.P Bobby

T.C

Love Love Love, Bobby thanks for the memories they will live on.

A worldwide recognised talent.

RIP

A very sad loss indeed.

RIP Bobby.

Sad sad news...

Rest in peace Robert Von Hebb.

Just got word that Bobby Hebb died. Pull out that Sunny 45 and give it a spin. RIP, Bobby.

Gave mine a spin last night, that record never fails to make me happy - R.I.P Bobby.

Ste.

Very sad news, You Want To Change Me is one of my best loved tracks, R.I.P.Bobby.

R.I.P. 'BOBBY BOY'

YOUR MUSIC TOUCHED SO MANY & WILL DO SO FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

PETE

bobby hebb - one of soul music's unsung hero's, who had a brief glimpse of the limelight with a multi - million seller worldwide with the anthemic "sunny", revered and covered by so many artists then, and since....but to the world of northern soul it was even more greatly appreciated for the b-side hidden away almost...from everyone else's view...."love,love,love" a speeding express train of a dancer, whose verve and dynamism remains undiminished on the dance floors of the uk...it spans five decades and never lets up.

bobby also gave us another great collectors item in "you want to change me" and this has proved to be a favourite request at venues, taken at a tad slower speed but still effusing great panache and style in his vocals and the lavish arrangement. his was a talented very much understated, yet the northern soul scene will forever hold up his contribution as a shining example of what drives us all.

amongst all the covers of sunny, one that stands out , is an ironic testimony to the fact, even the legends appreciate a good tune....with marvin gaye and until recent years, his previously unheard and unissued version, you have an indicator of someone we all love wanting to give praise to the smaller guy for creating a classic that he obviously felt, was right in his bag....thats a tribute indeed.

its already been said here but bobby, youre in a much bigger venue now...our world may be a colder place without you but up there, they're having a hot time!!....god bless, r.i.p. bobby hebb

This is really sad, I was negotiating with one of his German friends to bring him to Cleethorpes in 2009 when he was struck down by a chest infection, he already had bad lungs.

Apart from his Northern hits (I agree Love Love Love was one of the first to get me into the scene) we always wanted to hear him perform Sunny for our Sonny. There is also the excellent Would You Believe, sung by William Hunt and Kenny Lonas that he wrote that I've never heard Bobby's original of.

It's great that Ian Levine and crew caught him for SWONS and we have that visual image of him.

Thanks for everything Bobby

"Love Love Love" epitomises the northern soul sound

RIP Bobby

This is really sad, I was negotiating with one of his German friends to bring him to Cleethorpes in 2009 when he was struck down by a chest infection, he already had bad lungs.

Apart from his Northern hits (I agree Love Love Love was one of the first to get me into the scene) we always wanted to hear him perform Sunny for our Sonny. There is also the excellent Would You Believe, sung by William Hunt and Kenny Lonas that he wrote that I've never heard Bobby's original of.

It's great that Ian Levine and crew caught him for SWONS and we have that visual image of him.

Thanks for everything Bobby

I second that

P:)

Edited August 4, 201015 yr by paup-ine

I second that

P:)

The vibes on Love, Love, Love still give me chillbumps. Then Bobby's vocal.....You really did leave us with some kind of magic.

Rest in Peace Bobby.

Best

Kev

RIP Bobby

I was only reading in the last week about him being a neighbour and friend of an artist I was researching, and him being responsible for encouraging numerous talents to take the brave step to give up their day jobs and become professional singers.

According to this article he was held in great esteem more so as a songwriter for other artists, and very little was written about his singing, although it did mention several groups he was part of. Does anyone know if this was how he made his living as a songwriter ? Wish I'd kept these pages, they were a fascinating read.

Of course Love, Love, Love was his monster but don't dismiss the remaining parts of his output, search out his version of " I Was A Boy When You Needed A Man" if you like a bit of melodic but sparse x-over, "I Love Everything About You", " Some Kinda Magic", but as already mentioned " Love Me" (fabulous) "You Wanna Change Me" along with "L.L.L." all livid in the shadow of "Sunny" for the great mass of - and that's a shame.

thanks bobby, for great tunes and great times.

very sad news R.I.P. Bobby

Echoing what Ady has said. Bobby was due to perform at Baltic Soul 2009, but pulled out due to illness-I know Ady wanted him for Cleethorpes that year as well.

sad to say another one I never got to see live, although he had been doing regular performances on the continent , such a shame.

RIP Bobby

you left us with a "Classic" in Sunny

and I doubt if many on here have not danced to "Love, love, love" or "You want to change me" at some point during their time on the scene

Rob & Karen

R.I.P. Bobby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruo3vvKlLDU

Edited August 4, 201015 yr by soulmaguk

Goodbye Bobby Hebb. Thanks for the great memories. We all Love, Love, Love you.

as a footnote a line from love,love,love that has to be one of the standouts of all-time:

"when i look into your soft eyes, i melt like candy jam"......TOP THAT!, TOTALLY ACE LYRICS!! :thumbsup:

You want To Change Me my fave, and the flip to Love Love Love.

R.I.P. Bobby

Love,Love,Love is Good.......You Want To Change Me is just the dogs and one of my all time fav's.........But has anybody heard of Everything Coming Up Roses?? Its QUALITY!!

RIP Robert:(

ANOTHER RARE TALENT GONE RIP BOBBY. MY FAVES ARE......YOU WANT TO CHANGE ME AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT UNTIL YOU LOSE IT (FROM HIS SUNNY LP) QUITE PROPHETIC REALLY.

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/more/soul-library/22275-bobby-hebb-you-dont-know-what-you-got-untill/

BRI PINCH

This is so sad, I doubt there's anyone on this Forum who hasn't danced with joyful abandon to "Love Love Love" Goodnight God Bless Bobby Hebb... sleep well. xx

Edited August 4, 201015 yr by isis

Too sad. RIP Bobby.

very sad news, a monster talent, I like the footage of him on The Beat DVD series. RIP

just read the news. R.I.P. Bobby Hebb. just played a few of his tunes here.

jacob

Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain.

The dark days are gone, and the bright days are here,

My Sunny one shines so sincere.

Sunny one so true, I love you.

Great words from a great singer, as someone already said here Love, love, love epitomises the early Northern Soul scene as does You want to change me the later years. By all accounts a great person. I remember some years ago at a NS venue coming across a UK Philips copy of Love, love, love.......................for a £1.00 !! I thought at the time what a piece of wonderful music for a next to nothing cost.

Rest in peace Bobby. Obviously from the posts above you've left us with some very fine songs. Love, Love, Love being amongst my favourites of all time since the Casino days. You will awalys remain a legend, thanks Dave X

I second that

P:)

And I third that

Edited August 5, 201015 yr by Chris L

Been on holiday and just picked this thread up.

I actually read about Love Love Love before I heard it, thanks to Dave Godin's column in Blues and Soul. I still have it upstairs somewhere.

He quoted some of the lyrics, definitely the "When I llook into your soft eyes I melt like candy jam, I'll do anything to please you, yes anything I can".

I heard it soon after (72?) and it was then re-released on Phillips due to its popularity at the Torch, with Sunny on the B side. I then managed to own it on black US Phillips, on UK as the flip to a Satisfied Mind, and also had the re-release!

I have just given my original English copy to my son Paul, and he has always been under strict orders not to sell it.

To me, along with James Bounty, Prove Yourself a Lady, Queen of Fools, Whats it Gonna Be, and the rest of the Northern Sounds discovered straight after the closure of the Wheel, (Up the Junction, Catacombs, Penedelum, Torch etc) this was one of our scenes milestones. What would it be worth if it was discovered now and there were only a few copies in existence?

It has always been in my top 2 along with Frankie Beverley ITWYW and I will play it with a heavy heart tonight. However, I will also listen to it and raise my glass to Bobby Hebb. He has given me around 38 years of pleasure to date and hopefully a few more years yet of listening to this example of pure class and Nortthern Soul perfection.

Thank you Bobby from the bottom of my heart.

Brian