Sunny & the Sunglows

Sunny and the Sunliners and Sunny and the Sunglows were an American Tex-Mex and rhythm and blues band of the 1950s and early 1960s.

The band was founded in Texas in 1957 by the Mexican-born teenagers Sunny Ozuna ( vocals), and Rudy Guerra (saxophone) as Sunny and the Sunglows in San Antonio. Other members were Norwood Perry (bass ), Al Condy (guitar) and George Strickland (drums). The music of the Sunglows first was based on the R & B and country hits from the U.S. radio. Their single Golly Gee, which was moved by the label Okeh Records, in 1962 became a regional hit. 1963 produced Huey Meaux her single Talk To Me, a cover version of a hit by Little Willie John in the year 1958. The single reached number 11 on the Billboard pop charts and number 12 in the R & B charts and remained the only major success of the band.

Another career highlight was a 1962 appearance on Dick Clark's TV show American Bandstand. There, Sunny and the Sunglows were the first band, which consisted solely of musicians of Mexican descent.

After some changes to the band in 1963 called Sunny and the Sunliners. Besides Ozuna now played Alfred Luna, Tony Tostado, Gilbert Fernandez, and Jesse, Oscar and Ray Villanueva in the band. At the suggestion of the now mostly Mexican- found public concerts and recordings now more and more place in Spanish.

Later Sunny Ozuna worked, which is still in the music business as a solo artist. For the album ¿ Qué It Música Tejana? The Legends of the group to which he belonged alongside Carlos Guzman, Freddie Martinez Sr. and Augustin Ramirez, Ozuna was honored in 2000 with the Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album.