Complex sentence: Sonny James issued a cover of "Since I Met You, Baby," and it topped the country charts in 1970, paving the way for the album "The Return Of Ivory Joe Hunter" and Hunter's appearance at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Split into simpler sentences: Sonny James issued a cover of Joe's Since I Met You Baby, and it topped the country charts in 1970. This paved the way for the issue of the album The Return Of Ivory Joe Hunter and Hunter's appearance at the Monterey Jazz Festival.