Anwar Robinson

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Anwar Robinson
Background information
Birth name	Anwar Farid Robinson
Born	April 21, 1979 (age 27)
Origin	West Orange, New Jersey
Occupation(s)	Singer/Music Teacher
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Piano
Years active	2004-present

Anwar Farid Robinson (born April 21, 1979) is an American singer/songwriter/musician who was the 7th place finalist on the fourth season of American Idol.

Robinson grew up in Newark, New Jersey. He first started to sing when he was eight and was accepted to the Newark Boys' Chorus School. He later trained as a tenor in classical technique in college for about four years under Dr. Scott J. McCoy. He graduated in 2001 from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey. Some time later, Robinson, who is also an accomplished pianist, became a junior high school music teacher, settling in Elizabeth, New Jersey and West Orange, New Jersey. Robinson was also a member of a local group called The Perfect Combination.

In 2005, Robinson successfully auditioned for American Idol in Washington, DC. He proceeded to the Top 12, but was voted off on April 20th, after his performance of Earth Wind and Fire's "September" during 1970s dance music week. Only six contestants remained after Robinson's departure.

He went on to tour with the Top 10 contestants of Season Four and sang for over 500,000 people in over 40 cities in the United States and Canada.

Robinson has completed an album of cover songs entitled "The Truth (About Love)". A CD sampler is now available from his fan site [1]. Also, he is currently working on original material for his second album, "The Truth II", according to his MySpace [2].

[edit] American Idol performances

Top 24 - "Moon River"
Top 20 - "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye)
Top 16 - "What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong)
Top 12 (Songs of the 1960s) - "House Is Not a Home" (1964)
Top 11 (Billboard #1 Hits) - "Ain't Nobody" (Chaka Khan, 1983) (the song charted at #22 on the pop charts and #1 on the R&B charts)
Top 10 (Songs of the 1990s) - "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly, 1996) (Bottom 3)
Top 9 (Broadway musicals) - "If Ever I Would Leave You" (from the musical Camelot)
Top 8 (Songs from year of birth) - "I'll Never Love This Way Again" (Dionne Warwick,1979)
Top 7 (1970s dance music) - "September" (Earth, Wind and Fire, 1978) (Bottom 3; voted off)

[edit] External links

American Idol Season 4
Carrie Underwood \| Bo Bice \| Vonzell Solomon \| Anthony Fedorov \| Scott Savol \| Constantine Maroulis Anwar Robinson \| Nadia Turner \| Nikko Smith \| Jessica Sierra \| Mikalah Gordon \| Lindsey Cardinale