The Robins

The Robins were a successful and influential African-American R&B group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal groups who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop sound.

The music producers and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller took two members of the Robins to form the Coasters.^[1]

Original members

• Bobby Nunn (20 September 1925, Birmingham, Alabama – 5 November 1986, Los Angeles, California), lead and bassist
• Terrell "Ty" Leonard, vocals
• Billy Richard, vocals
• Roy Richard, vocals

Singles

• "My Baby Done Told Me"/"Courtroom Blues" (by Johnny Otis), as the Four Bluebirds (Excelsior 540) (1948)
• "Around About Midnight"/"You Sure Look Good to Me", as the Robbins (Score 4010) (1949)
• "Don’t Like the Way You’re Doing"/"Come Back Baby", as the Robbins (Aladdin 3031) (1949)
• "If I Didn’t Love You So"/"If It’s So Baby" (Savoy 726) (12/1949)
• "Double Crossin' Blues"/"Ain’t Nothin' Shakin'" (by Leon Sims), with Little Esther (backup vocals) (Savoy 731) (1/1950)
• "Double Crossin' Blues"/"Back Alley Blues" (by Beale Street Boys), with Little Esther (backup vocals) (Savoy 731) (1950)
• "Turkey Hop Part One"/"Turkey Hop Part Two" (Savoy 732) (2/1950)
• "Our Romance Is Gone"/"There Ain’t No Use Beggin'" (Savoy 738) (4/1950)
• "I’m Living O.K."/"There’s Rain in My Eyes" (Savoy 752) (6/1950)
• "I’m Through"/"You’re Fine But Not My Kind" (Savoy 762) (8/1950)
• "Cry Baby"/"I'm Not Falling in Love with You" (by Johnny Otis) (Regent 1016) (1950) (Mel Walker & the Bluenotes)
• "Race of Man"/"Bayou Baby Blues", with Maggie Hathaway (recorded in Hollywood #112) (1950)
• "A Falling Star"/"When Gabriel Blows His Horn", as Maggie Hathaway & the Robins (recorded in Hollywood 121) (1950)
• "I Found Me a Sugar Daddy"/"Gonna Have a Merry Christmas", as the Nic Nacs, with Mickey Champion (RPM 313) (12/1950)
• "Rockin'"/"That’s What the Good Book Says", as the Robbins (Modern 20-807) (3/1951)
• "I Found Me a Sugar Daddy"/"You Didn’t Want My Love", as the Nic Nacs (RPM 316) (1951)
• "Schoolgirl Blues", with Maggie Hathaway/"Early Morning Blues" (recorded in Hollywood #150) (1951)
• "I Found Me a Sugar Daddy"/"Gonna Have a Merry Christmas", as the Nic Nacs (RPM 342) (1951)
• "Saturday Night Daddy"/"Mainliner", with Little Esther (backup vocals) (Federal 12100) (7/1952)
• "A Fool Such As I"/"My Heart’s the Biggest Fool" (RCA Victor 5175) (1952)
• "Oh Why"/"All Night Baby" (RCA Victor 5271) (1952)
• "How Would You Know?"/"Let’s Go to the Dance" (RCA Victor 5434) (1953)
• "My Baby Done Told Me"/"I’ll Do It" (RCA Victor 5486) (1953)
• "Ten Days in Jail"/"Empty Bottles" (RCA Victor 5489) (1953)
• "Get It Off Your Mind"/"Don’t Stop Now" (RCA Victor 5564) (11/1953)
• "I Made a Vow"/"Double Crossin' Baby" (Crown 106) (12/1953)
• "Sacroiliac Swing"/"The World Is Changing", as the Drifters (Crown 108) (1954)
• "Key to My Heart"/"All I Do Is Rock", as the Robbins (Crown 120) (2/1954)
• "Riot in Cell Block #9"/"Wrap It Up" (Spark 103) (5/1954)
• "Loop De Loop Mambo"/"Framed" (Spark 107) (1954)
• "If Teardrops Were Kisses"/"Whadaya Want?" (Spark 110) (1954)
• "One Kiss"/"I Love Paris" (Spark 113) (1955)
• "I Must Be Dreamin'"/"The Hatchet Man" (Spark 116) (1955)
• "Smokey Joe's Cafe"^[1]/"Just Like a Fool" (Spark 122) (10/1955)
• "Smokey Joe's Cafe"/"Just Like a Fool" (Atco 6059) (12/1955)
• "Cherry Lips"/"Out of the Picture" (Whippet 200) (7/1956)
• "Hurt Me"/"Merry Go Rock" (Whippet 201) (1956)
• "Since I First Met You"/"That Old Black Magic" (Whippet 203) (1957)
• "A Fool In Love"/"All of a Sudden My Heart Sings" (Whippet 206) (1957)
• "Every Night"/"Where’s the Fire?" (Whippet 208) (1957)
• "In My Dreams"/"Keep Your Mind in Me" (Whippet 211) (1958)
• "Snowball"/"You Wanted Fun" (Whippet 212) (1958)
• "A Quarter to Twelve"/"Pretty Little Dolly" (Knight 2001) (1958)
• "A Little Bird Told Me"/"It’s Never Too Late" (Knight 2008) (1959)
• "Just Like That"/"Whole Lot of Imagination" (Arvee 5001) (1959)
• "Live Wire Susie"/"Oh No" (Arvee 5013) (1960)
• "Ding Dong" (also known as "Saw Wood Mountain")/"Sweet Thing", as the Ding Dongs (Eldo 109) (1960)
• "The White Cliffs of Dover"/"How Many More Times" (Lavender 001) (1961)
• "White Cliffs of Dover"/"Image of a Girl" (Gloria Gold 3101) (B-side by the Safaris)
• "Magic of a Dream"/"Mary Lou Loves to Hootchy Kootchy Koo" (Lavender 002) (1961)

References

External links

• The Robins Story & Discography