The Sunnysiders were an American country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 group who enjoyed brief success in the mid-1950s.

The group scored a hit with the song "Hey! Mr. Banjo", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 in 1955. The single's popularity prompted their label, Kapp Records

Kapp Records

Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp . David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca Records and RCA Victor Records. Kapp licensed its records to London Records for release in the UK.In 1967, David Kapp sold his label to MCA Inc...

, to issue a full-length album under the band's name; however, the group had only recorded three songs at the time, and so the 1955 LP Hey! Mr. Banjo is actually made up of tracks recorded by a group called The Happy Harts.

Among the group's members were banjoists Freddy Morgan, Jad Paul, and singer Margie Rayburn

Margie Rayburn

Marjorie Helen Orwig was an American singer....

, who later scored a top ten hit of her own in the U.S.. Roy McGinnis was also a member of the group, and died on February 11, 2008.