{"id":3478,"date":"2013-01-13T14:40:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T19:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2013-02-14T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:47:27","slug":"sunny-and-the-sunliners-my-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3478","title":{"rendered":"Sunny and the Sunliners – My Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Sunny and the Sunliners – My Dream<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I thought I\u2019d get the week off to a very mellow start.<\/p>\n

About a month ago there was a discussion on an internet message board I frequent about favorite b-sides.<\/p>\n

One of the records posted was a disc that I recognized immediately as having already owned.<\/p>\n

The catch being that I had never listened – all the way through anyway \u2013 to the side that was posted.<\/p>\n

The record in question was \u2018My Dream\u2019 by Sunny and the Sunliners.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I do not recall exactly when (or how) I bought the 45 in question, but I do know that I picked it up for the (actual) b-side, a funky cover of Tender Joe Richardson\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Hip Huggin\u2019 Mini\u2019.<\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s entirely possible I dropped the needle on the other side of the record, I\u2019m sure I lifted it again as soon as I heard that it was a ballad, an act of sacrilege that places the acquisition of the 45 many years in the past, when I was still prone to doing unpleasant things like that.<\/p>\n

Anyhow\u2026my curiosity piqued, I dug out the 45, placed it upon the Edison machine and was promptly poleaxed.<\/p>\n

First and foremost because the music coming out of the victrolinator was a very smooth, very groovy bit of low-rider soul, but also because I had not noticed (this story being a long string of ignorant moves) that this side of the record \u2013 \u2018My Dream\u2019 \u2013 was also a cover, this time of the tune by the Harvey Averne Dozen<\/strong> (another unjustly ignored b-side already in my crates).<\/p>\n

Sunny and the Sunliners (connected to The Sunglows but ultimately a different band, see Ana-B’s comment below) were a mostly Chicano R&B\/soul band from San Antonio, TX that hit the R&B charts three different times in 1963 and 1964.<\/p>\n

Though they were away from the national charts after that they continued to record through the 60s and 70s.<\/p>\n

Led by vocalist Sunny Ozuna,<\/strong> they cooked up a very tasty stew of R&B, soul, rock and even a bit of funk, not at all unusual in 1960s Texas, but done especially well in their case.<\/p>\n

It seems that \u2018My Dream\u2019 charted locally in 1968 (the original versions of both sides were released that year), and then again, two years later in Hawaii!?!<\/p>\n

\u2018My Dream\u2019 is el supremo, back seat makeout music, with some sweet falsetto backing vocals and some especially nice lead guitar.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of those records that you\u2019ll find yourself listening to over and over again, digging into the sound and appreciating something new every time.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it too and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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