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Bobby Hebb
Bobby Hebb poses for a studio portrait in 1966 in the United States. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)
Behind The Song
05.21.26
This 1966 One-Hit Wonder Has a Tragically Dark Backstory, but You’d Never Know Looking at the Title
By
Melanie Davis