Rare Sunny & the Sunliners Sky High NM Sealed Key Loc Lp Latin Soul Tex-Mex
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** 10-20 Noticed imperfection on front cover of the shrink wrap. The imperfection is located below and to the right of his chin, Part of the imperfection was corrected when rubbed lightly. Will add photo. Also please note light dent in the lower left corner. Added two new photos. **
This vintage Sunny & the Sunliners Sky High Lp album is in mint still sealed condition. The lower corner has a slight bend.
Sunny & the Sunglows were formed from students at Burbank Vocational School in San Antonio, TX, in 1959. Its members were lead singer Sunny Ozuna, Alfred Luna, Tony Tostado, Gilbert Fernandez, and Jesse, Oscar, and Ray Villanueva. Their sound was a mix of Tex-Mex, blues, country, and mariachi. The band started their own Sunglow imprint in 1962. Their single, "Golly Gee," was leased to Columbia Records subsidiary OKeh Records. In 1963, Louisiana producer Huey Meaux produced the Sunglows' cover of Little Willie John's 1958 number five R&B hit "Talk to Me," written by Joe Seneca. Issued on the Tear Drop label, "Talk to Me b/w "Every Week, Every Month, Every Year hit number 11 pop, number 12 R&B on Billboard's charts in fall 1963. Their next singles were covers too: Tony Bennett's "Rags to Riches b/w "Not Even Judgment Day," the Five Keys' hit "Out of Sight-Out of Mind b/w "No One Else Will Do," and Peanuts' "La Cacahuata" b/w "Happy Hippo." Their albums include Talk to Me Rags to Riches (1963), All Night Worker (1964) -- both on Tear Drop -- The Original Peanuts (1965) on Sunglow, Smile Now Cry Later (1966), Live in Hollywood (1966), and This Is My Band (1977). Members of the group can be heard on releases on Key Loc, RPM, Disco Grande, and as Los Stardusters and Sunny and the Sunliners.
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