Sunny & the Sunglows were an American musical group formed in 1959 in San Antonio, Texas

Texas

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The group's members were all chicano

Chicano

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s with the exception of Amos Johnson Jr., and their style was a blend of rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues

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, tejano

Tejano

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, blues, and mariachi

Mariachi

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. They first recorded in 1962 for their own label, Sunglow. Okeh Records

Okeh Records

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 picked up their single "Golly Gee" for national distribution that year, and in 1963, Huey P Meaux

Huey P Meaux

Huey Purvis Meaux was an American record producer and recording studio owner .Meaux was born in Wright, Louisiana...

, a producer from Louisiana

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 and owner of Tear Drop Records

Tear Drop Records

Tear Drop Records was a record label founded in Winnie, Texas in the early 1960s by record pioneer and radio personality Huey P Meaux. As a DJ, Meaux was known as the "Crazy Cajun", a name that stuck with him throughout his long, music career....

, had them record a cover version

Cover version

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 of Little Willie John

Little Willie John

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'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

Tear Drop Records

Tear Drop Records was a record label founded in Winnie, Texas in the early 1960s by record pioneer and radio personality Huey P Meaux. As a DJ, Meaux was known as the "Crazy Cajun", a name that stuck with him throughout his long, music career....

 (#3014), went to #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #12 on the US Black Singles chart and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 in late 1963. The group followed this release with several further covers - "Rags to Riches" (Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett

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) b/w "Not Even Judgment Day", "Out of Sight-Out of Mind" (The Five Keys

The Five Keys

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) b/w "No One Else Will Do", and "La Cacahuata" (The Peanuts

The Peanuts

is a Japanese vocal group consisting of twin sisters Emi Itō and Yumi Itō . They were born in Tokoname, Aichi, on April 1, 1941; soon after their birth, the family moved to Nagoya....

) b/w "Happy Hippo".

Members

• Sunny Ozuna - lead vocals
• Manuel Guerra (Leader)
• Gregg Ramirez (Bass)
• Henry Nanez (Guitar)
• Tommy Luna (Tenor sax)
• Andy Ortiz (Piano) (Sunglow's Era)
• Arthur Gonzalez (Electric Piano)
• Martin Liñan (Alto Sax)
• Gilbert Fernandez (Tenor Sax)
• Amos Johnson Jr. (Trumpet)

Discography

• Put me in Jail
• Talk to Me / Rags to Riches (Tear Drop Records
  Tear Drop Records
  Tear Drop Records was a record label founded in Winnie, Texas in the early 1960s by record pioneer and radio personality Huey P Meaux. As a DJ, Meaux was known as the "Crazy Cajun", a name that stuck with him throughout his long, music career....
  
  , 1963)
• All Night Worker (Tear Drop, 1964)
• The Original Peanuts (Sunglow Records, 1965)
• Smile Now Cry Later (1966)
• Live in Hollywood (1966)
• This Is My Band