Sunny Songs: Sunny
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (78209)
United States
July 12, 2025 10:23am CST
Time for a boat ride! I’m off to explore the Wabash and Erie Canal. But first, lunch at Chuy’s and another sunny song. Here’s a song that most people know and a name most people have long forgotten.
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
Yeah, you don’t remember the name of Bobby Hebb. This was his biggest hit, although he did have two more songs that scraped into the top 40 (so he, technically, wasn’t a one-hit wonder).
Isn’t this a happy song? Hebb wrote it after his brother was stabbed to death. 
It obviously starts with a down feeling (“yesterday my life was filled with rain…you smiled at me and really eased the pain”) then moves on to brighter things. That’s hard to do.
I’m thankful he was rewarded with success with this song that he wrote as a tribute to his brother.
Sunny
Written by Bobby Hebb
Recorded by Bobby Hebb
From Sunny, 1966
Thank you for the truth you let me see:
It obviously starts with a down feeling (“yesterday my life was filled with rain…you smiled at me and really eased the pain”) then moves on to brighter things. That’s hard to do.
I’m thankful he was rewarded with success with this song that he wrote as a tribute to his brother.
Sunny
Written by Bobby Hebb
Recorded by Bobby Hebb
From Sunny, 1966
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@snowy22315 (195112)
• United States
12 Jul
Wabash and Erie canal? Didn't"t know that existed..good tune.
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@FourWalls (78209)
• United States
12 Jul
There were a lot of canal systems running from the Great Lakes to major waterways (the Ohio or the Mississippi, or big tributaries like the Wabash) for transportation. With the rise of the railroad the canal system dried up, figuratively speaking.
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@snowy22315 (195112)
• United States
12 Jul
@FourWalls I am only familiar with the Erie running from Albany to Buffalo and the C and O. I am not sure how the Wabash got intertwined with the Erie The canal system wasn't just on the Geat Lakes to my knowledge
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@FourWalls (78209)
• United States
12 Jul
@snowy22315 — no, it wasn’t. There were canals all throughout the Midwest.
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@porwest (106438)
• United States
19 Jul
@FourWalls It breeds art, for better or worse.
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@Orson_Kart (7703)
• United Kingdom
14 Jul
I know this song, but the Boney M version of it. They were big here in the 70’s. The male member of the group was a crazy dancer. 
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@FourWalls (78209)
• United States
14 Jul
They only had one hit here in America, “Rivers of Babylon.”
@Ineeddentures (13313)
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12 Jul
Oh yes I know that song.
Recognised it the moment the video started.
It's an ok song
Quite pleasant
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@Ineeddentures (13313)
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13 Jul
@FourWalls
No
I wouldn't have even given it much thought if any to be honest
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@RasmaSandra (88403)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Jul
Not a favorite but an OK song
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@FourWalls (78209)
• United States
13 Jul
It’s not a “favorite” with me either, but mention the topic of sunny songs and it immediately comes to mind.
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@AliCanary (3373)
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12 Jul
That's really sweet. I had no idea of the backstory, but I do remember the song really well!
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@FourWalls (78209)
• United States
13 Jul
It’s hard to forget this one. Such a lovely song.
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@LindaOHio (199078)
• United States
12 Jul
Yes and yes! You're right. I don't remember the name Bobby Hebb.
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@FourWalls (78209)
• United States
13 Jul
They probably stopped saying his name about 45 years ago after playing it.
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@Beestring (15772)
• Hong Kong
12 Jul
Yes, I know this song and like it. But I think I just heard of the song by another singer.
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@FourWalls (78209)
• United States
13 Jul
It could be. Many people covered popular songs back then, and you’d end up with half a dozen different versions!
