Singer, song writer, Bobby Hebb has died at the age of 72. He is the man who wrote the instant pop standard, the 1966 classic that every body (Cher, Johnny Rivers, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra with Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Seasons, the Four Tops, James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Les McCann, Dusty Springfield, Marvin Gaye, Wilson Pickett and Jose Feliciano), have recorded -- the song, "Sunny." Anyone who was/is into the pop music of the last half of the 20th century has heard his music.

The Associated Press reports, Bobby Hebb wrote the song after suffering the loss of his older brother Harold who was killed in a knife fight outside a Nashville nightclub.

Bobby Hebb had a singing and a recording career. He even, at various points in his long career, toured with the Beatles and with the Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff.

Well, who hasn't heard the song "Sonny," and wanted to send their appreciation to the author?

Bobby Hebb, R.I.P.