Sunny & the Sunglows Last updated December 14, 2025 American musical group
Sunny & the Sunglows (formed by songwriters Jimmie Lewing and Sunny Ozuna in Palacios, Texas ) were an American musical group started 1959, and later known as Sunny & the Sunliners in 1963 after moving to San Antonio , Texas .
Career The group's members were all Chicano -born 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 ". [ 2] 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 Billboard R&B chart , and No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ 3] [ 4]
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 Arturo Alderete - bass (1973–75) 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 (Sunglow Records, 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 ↑ Hogan, Ed. "Sunny & the Sunglows Biography" . AllMusic . Retrieved October 27, 2022 . ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5 (2nd ed.). Middlesex, England: Guinness Publishing. p. 4032. ISBN 9781561591763 OCLC 1037434657 . ↑ Martinez, Norma (September 29, 2017). "Sunny Ozuna: San Antonio's Tejano Music Legend" . Texas Public Radio . San Antonio. Retrieved October 27, 2022 . ↑ Cano, Jr., Ray (May 27, 2015). "Sunny and the Sunliners" . Texas State Historical Association . Austin, TX. Retrieved October 27, 2022 . This page is based on this
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