Sunny & the Sunglows

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Sunny & the Sunglows (formed by songwriter Jimmie Lewing and Sunny Ozuna in Palacios, Texas) an American musical group in 1959 and later known as Sunny & the Sunliners after moving to San Antonio, Texas.

Career[]

The group's members were all Chicano with the exception of Amos Johnson Jr., and their style was a blend of rhythm and blues, tejano, blues, and mariachi.^[1] They first recorded in 1962 for their own label, Sunglow. Okeh Records picked up their single "Golly Gee" for national distribution that year, and in 1963, Huey P Meaux, a producer from Louisiana and owner of Tear Drop Records, had them record a remake of Little Willie John's 1958 hit, "Talk to Me, Talk to Me". The single "Talk to Me" (b/w "Every Week, Every Month, Every Year"), released on Tear Drop Records, went to No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart, No. 12 on the US R&B Singles chart, and No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1963.^[2]

Members[]

• Sunny Ozuna – lead vocals
• Vincent Chente Montez – vocals (Bass)
• Manuel Guerra – leader
• Rudy Guerra – tenor sax
• Gregg Ramirez – bass
• Henry Nanez – guitar
• Manuel Martinez – guitar
• Tommy Luna – tenor sax
• Andy Ortiz – piano (Sunglows era)
• Arthur Gonzalez – electric piano
• Martin Liñan – alto sax
• Gilbert Fernandez – tenor sax
• Amos Johnson Jr. – trumpet
• Bobby Solis – drums
• Joel Dilley – bass
• Joe Cortez III – keyboards, vocals (1977–78)
• Johnny Guerra – guitar, vocals
• Carlos Hernandez – alto sax, vocals
• Jimmy Solis – tenor sax, vocals
• Bobby Gutierrez – tenor and bari sax
• David Silva – trumpet
• Roger Rivera – trombone
• David DeLaGarza – keyboards
• Frank Ardila – guitar
• Charlie Sandoval - percussion

Discography[]

• Talk to Me (Tear Drop Records, LP2000 1964)
• All Night Worker (Tear Drop, LP2019 1964)
• Las Vegas Welcomes (Tear Drop, 1964)
• Adelante (Key-Loc, 1964)
• The Original Peanuts (, LP103 1965)
• Smile Now Cry Later (Key-Loc 3001 1966)
• Live in Hollywood (Key-Loc 3003 1966)
• Little Brown Eyed Soul (Key-Loc, 1968)
• The Versatile (Key-Loc, 1969)
• Young, Gifted and Brown (Key-Loc, 1971)
• El Orgullo de Texas (Key-Loc, 1974)
• El Preferido (Key-Loc, 1974)
• Yesterday...& Sunny (Teardrop Records, 1976)
• Siempre (Key-Loc, 1976)
• Palabritas (Key-Loc, 1976)
• Andale Mi Amor (Key-Loc, 1977)
• This Is My Band (Key-Loc 3006 1977)
• Live in Las Vegas (Key-Loc, 1978)
• Yesterday and Sunny Vol. II (Key-Loc, 1978)
• Grande Grande Grande (Key-Loc, 1978)
• Vengo a Verte (Key-Loc, 1979)
• Cry (Key-Loc, 1980)
• El Amante Sunny & The Sunliners (Freddie Records – LP-026 1981)

References[]

External links[]

Official site