Bobby Robinson Story 1951-1960

Bobby Robinson Story 1951-1960

Overview

Bobby Robinson may not be a household name, but his influence is subtly pervasive in the 21st century. Born in South Carolina, he moved to New York City after serving in the Army during World War II, where he opened a record shop in Harlem. Branching out into record production, he worked with Ahmet Ertegun for a time at Atlantic Records before he began to establish a series of his own independent labels, which would go on to include Red Robin Records (established in 1952), Whirlin' Disc Records (1956), Fury Records (1957), Everlast Records (1957), Fire Records (1959), and Enjoy Records (1962), and later he worked as an early hip-hop producer in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. This expansive four-disc box set collects some of the early sides Robinson produced and released through his various labels between 1951 and 1960, and it's quite an archival treasure trove of blues, R&B, and doo wop.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/27/2011
Label: Jsp Records
UPC: 0788065714222
catalogNumber: 77142
Rank: 86560

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Bobby's Boogie
  2. Ghost Town
  3. Earthquake
  4. Wiggles
  5. Crying My Heart Out
  6. Stumbling Block Blues
  7. Number Nine Blues
  8. Harmonica Hop
  9. Doggin' My Heart Around
  10. Don't Dog Your Woman
  11. Daisy
  12. Highway Blues
  13. Shake Baby Shake
  14. Hard Rock
  15. Jump For George
  16. Second Floor Rear
  17. Juicy Fruit
  18. Too Much Competition
  19. My Kinda Woman
  20. Shim Sham Shimmy
  21. Drunk Again
  22. Your Heart Must Be Made of Stone
  23. Lost Everything
  24. The Hammer
  25. Jackpot

Disc 2

  1. Pour the Corn
  2. Wildcat Tamer
  3. Number Nine Train
  4. Kansas City
  5. Listen My Darling
  6. Going Back To My Hometown
  7. After Hours Blues
  8. Cheating Baby
  9. Don't Wreck My Life
  10. 1960
  11. Goodbye Kansas City
  12. Believe Me Darling
  13. C.C. Rider
  14. Why Did You Leave
  15. Half A Heart
  16. Cupid's Little Helper
  17. You Don't Have To Go
  18. Sad Sad Lonesome Day
  19. Little Schoolgirl
  20. Since I Fell For You
  21. Come On Back Where You Belong
  22. (You're Just My Speed) and That's All I Need
  23. Can She Give Me Fever
  24. Your Heart Must Be Made of Stone
  25. It's Too Late
  26. Don't Ever Leave Me

Disc 3

  1. Put On My Shoes
  2. Wild As You Can Be
  3. Good To the Bone
  4. Makin' It
  5. Hard Grind
  6. Kansas City March
  7. Lookout
  8. Fannie Mae
  9. Lost In a Dream
  10. Much Too Late
  11. Lock Me In Your Heart
  12. Bobby's Rock
  13. Make My Dreams Come True
  14. Snoopin' and Accusin'
  15. This is the Life
  16. Why
  17. Please Don't Go (Back To Baltimore)
  18. The Sky is Crying
  19. Held My Baby Last Night
  20. Can't Stay Away, Pt. 1
  21. Can't Stay Away, Pt. 2
  22. Look At My Baby
  23. Keep a Callin'
  24. Gravy Train
  25. All My Life
  26. John Henry
  27. The Madison Shuffle

Disc 4

  1. Forever I'll Be Yours
  2. Anything For You
  3. There is Something On Your Mind, Pt. 1
  4. There is Something On Your Mind, Pt. 2
  5. Don't Dog Your Woman
  6. Is You is or is You Ain't My Baby
  7. St. Louis Blues
  8. When Things Go Wrong
  9. Blueberry Hill
  10. Sincerely
  11. I'm Going But I'll Be Back
  12. Rollin and Tumblin
  13. I'm Worried
  14. Heart Trouble
  15. Booty Green
  16. It Hurts Me To My Heart
  17. You're Still My Baby, Pt. 1
  18. You're Still My Baby, Pt. 2
  19. Jay Walkin'
  20. Done Somebody Wrong
  21. Fine Little Mama
  22. Mojo Hand
  23. Fannie Mae is Back
  24. Candied Yams
  25. Scratch 'N' Twist
  26. Slow Draggin'

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