#575 (Week of 7/26/08 - 8/1/08)

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SHENANIGANS AND HOOSEGOWS - PART ONE

"Ten Days In Jail"/ "Empty Bottles" by The Robins RCA Victor 20-5489 released in 1953

"Don't Stop Now"/ "Get It Off Your Mind" by The Robins RCA Victor 20-5564 released in 1953

[Above image courtesy of Marv Goldberg.]

Above: Photo of The Robins [Top L-R] Ty Terrell (tenor), Billy Richard (baritone), [Bottom L-R] Bobby Nunn (bass), Roy Richard (baritone), and Grady Chapman (lead tenor). This was the lineup for all their recording sessions at RCA Victor. (NOTE: Ty Terrell's actual given name is Terrell Leonard)

Click HERE to view an article about The Robins by Marv Goldberg and Todd Baptista.
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Above: Label images for RCA Victor 20-5489 and RCA Victor 20-5564 recorded on 9/15/53 and released in November and December 1953, respectively. The Robins had six releases on RCA Victor, all in 1953.

Trade Magazine (1953): VICTOR PACTS R.&B. NAMES
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 21—Jack Lewis, young manager and buyer for California Music, one-stop record outlet here, is reportedly seeking out and negotiating with new artists for Victor's r.&b. department.
      Talent signed by Lewis includes the Robins, five-voice vocal group with Savoy previous to going into the service two years ago; Boots Brown, whose disking of "Block Buster" has shown signs of making it; Milton Trenier, kid brother of the Trenier twins, Columbia warblers; and Shorty Rogers, jazz trumpeter and arranger, who will cut bop albums for Victor.

Listen to this week's selections by The Robins:
[Audio restoration by Dave Saviet.]

A. Stream RealAudio (DO NOT USE...LISTEN USING DOWNLOAD REALAUDIO)...          Ten Days In Jail - RCA Victor 20-5489 - 1953        Empty Bottles - RCA Victor 20-5489 - 1953        Don't Stop Now - RCA Victor 20-5564 - 1953        Get It Off Your Mind - RCA Victor 20-5564 - 1953          ALL FOUR SONGS played in sequence   B. Download RealAudio...          Ten Days In Jail - RCA Victor 20-5489 - 1953        Empty Bottles - RCA Victor 20-5489 - 1953        Don't Stop Now - RCA Victor 20-5564 - 1953        Get It Off Your Mind - RCA Victor 20-5564 - 1953     C. Stream/Download Media Player...          Ten Days In Jail - RCA Victor 20-5489 - 1953        Empty Bottles - RCA Victor 20-5489 - 1953        Don't Stop Now - RCA Victor 20-5564 - 1953        Get It Off Your Mind - RCA Victor 20-5564 - 1953

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MORE SELECTIONS BY THE ROBINS (will open in separate windows):

• "Double Crossing Blues" (Little Esther) - Savoy 731- 1950
  
• "There Ain't No Use Beggin'" (+ others) - Savoy 738, etc. - 1950
  
• "Cry Baby" (Mel Walker/The Bluenotes)- Regent 1016 - 1950
  
• "If Teardrops Were Kisses"/"Whadaya Want?" - Spark 110 - 1955
  
• "Just Like A Fool" - Spark 122 - 1955
  

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