The Robins
Encyclopedia
The Robins were a successful and influential American
R&B
group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal bands who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop
sound.
United States
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R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal bands who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop
Doo-wop
The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...
sound.
Original members
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) (lead and bassist) - Terrell "Ty" Leonard (vocals)
- Billy Richard (vocals)
- Roy Richard (vocals)
Singles
- 1949 - My Baby Done Told Me
- 1949 - Don't Like The Way You're Doing
- 1949 - Around About Midnight
- 1949 - Come Back Baby
- 1949 - You Sure Look Good To Me
- 1949 - If Its So Baby
- 1949 - Our Romance Is Gone
- 1949 - If I Didn't Love You So
- 1949 - There's Rain In My Eyes
- 1949 - Double Crossing Blues
- 1950 - The Turkey Hop Pt. I (with The Johnny Otis Orchestra)
- 1950 - The Turkey Hop Pt. II (with The Johnny Otis Orchestra)
- 1950 - Lovers Lane Boogie (with The Johnny Otis Orchestra)
- 1950 - I Found Out My Troubles (with The Johnny Otis Orchestra)
- 1950 - I'm Through (with The Johnny Otis Quintette)
- 1950 - I'm Living OK (with The Johnny Otis Quintette)
- 1950 - (There} Ain't No Use Beggin' (with The Johnny Otis Quintette)
- 1950 - Race Of Man
- 1950 - Baby Bayou Blues
- 1950 - A Falling Star
- 1950 - When Gabriel Blows His Horn
- 1950 - Early Morning Blues
- 1950 - School Girl Blues
- 1951 - Rockin'
- 1951 - That's What The Good Book Says
- 1953 - All Night Baby
- 1953 - My Heart's The Biggest Fool
- 1953 - (Now And Then There's) Such A Fool As I
- 1953 - Oh Why
- 1953 - My Baby Done Told Me
- 1953 - I'll Do It
- 1953 - Let's Go To The Dance
- 1953 - How Would You Know
- 1953 - Don't Stop Now
- 1953 - Get It Off Your Mind
- 1953 - Empty Bottles
- 1953 - Ten Days In Jail
- 1953 - Double Crossin' Baby
- 1953 - I Made A Vow
- 1953 - All I Do Is Rock
- 1953 - Key To My Heart
- 1954 - Riot in Cell Block #9
- 1954 - Smokey Joe's Cafe
- 1954 - Framed
- 1954 - Whadaya Want
- 1954 - The Hatchet Man
- 1954 - One Kiss (titled Led to Another)
- 1954 - I Must Be Dreaming
- 1954 - Just Like A Fool
- 1954 - If Teardrops Were Kisses
- 1954 - Loop De Loop Mambo
- 1956 - Cherry Lips
- 1956 - Out Of The Picture
- 1956 - Merry-Go-Rock
- 1956 - Since I First Met You
- 1956 - That Old Black Magic
- 1956 - A Fool In Love
- 1956 - All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings
- 1956 - Every Night
- 1956 - Where's The Fire
- 1956 - In My Dreams
- 1956 - Keep Your Mind On Me
- 1956 - You Wanted Fun
- 1956 - Snowball
- 1956 - Blues in the Night
- 1956 - How Long
- 1958 - A Quarter To Twelve
- 1958 - Pretty Little Dolly
- 1958 - A Bird Told Me
- 1958 - It's Never Too Late
- 1960 - Just Like That
- 1960 - A Whole Lotta Imagination
- 1960 - Live Wire Suzie
- 1960 - Oh No
- 1961 - How Many More Times
- 1961 - White Cliffs of Dover
- 1961 - Mary Lou Does The Hoochie Koo
- 1961 - Magic Of A Dream