Jonathan Edwards is an American country and folk singer-songwriter best known for his 1971 hit single "Sunshine".
real name: John Evan Edwards
labels: Atco Records, Atlantic Records
genres: country music
plays: guitar, voice
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Jonathan Edwards was born John Evan Edwards on July 28, 1946, in Aitkin, Minnesota. At the age of six, he moved with his family to Virginia, where he grew up. At the age of eight, he began singing in church and learning to play piano by ear. While attending Fishburne Military School, he began playing guitar and composing his own songs. As a teenager he began performing in front of audiences.
In 1967, he and his band moved to Boston and played clubs throughout New England. With Joe Dolce on lead guitar, they played cover tunes as well as their own country-blues originals under various names, including the Headstone Circus, St. James Doorknob, and the Finite Minds, and they made an album for Metromedia Records as Sugar Creek.
"Sunshine" is a folk rock song from 1971 by Jonathan Edwards, released as the first single from his debut album Jonathan Edwards. The single reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 15, 1972, and earned a gold record.
In 1980, Juice Newton scored a top-40 hit, peaking at No. 35 on the Billboard country chart with her version of "Sunshine".