The Sunnysiders

The Sunnysiders were an American country group who enjoyed brief success in the mid-1950s.

The group scored a hit with the song "Hey! Mr. Banjo", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1955. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:ajfoxqqgldte~T5 Billboard Singles] , Allmusic] The single's popularity prompted their label, Kapp Records, to issue a full-length album under the band's name; however, the group had only recorded three songs at the time, and so the 1955 LP "Hey! Mr. Banjo" is actually comprised mostly of tracks recorded by a group called The Happy Harts. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:acfpxqqald6e Review of "Hey! Mr. Banjo"] , Allmusic]

Among the group's members were banjoist Fred Morgan and singer Margie Rayburn, who later scored a top ten hit of her own in the U.S..

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