The Robins

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The Robins were an American R&B vocal group from the 1950s, best known as a precursor to the Coasters and for their influential role in early rock and roll harmony singing.

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The Robins canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American R&B vocal group ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1940s ⓘ
early 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Four Bluebirds ⓘ
associatedAct Leiber and Stoller ⓘ
The Coasters ⓘ
basedIn Los Angeles ⓘ
collaboratedWith Jerry Leiber ⓘ
Mike Stoller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
formedIn Los Angeles ⓘ
formedInPeriod mid-1940s ⓘ
genre doo-wop ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
influenced The Coasters ⓘ
influencedGenre early rock and roll harmony singing ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
member Billy Richards ⓘ
Bobby Nunn ⓘ
Bobby Sheen ⓘ
Carl Gardner ⓘ
Grady Chapman ⓘ
H.B. Barnum ⓘ
Roy Richards ⓘ
Ty Terrell ⓘ
notableAs precursor to The Coasters ⓘ
notableFor comic narrative songs ⓘ
notableWork Framed ⓘ
Riot in Cell Block #9 ⓘ
Smokey Joe’s Cafe ⓘ
linked to: Smokey Joe's Cafe
originalName The Four Bluebirds ⓘ
partOfMovement West Coast R&B scene ⓘ
early rock and roll ⓘ
recordLabel Modern Records ⓘ
RCA Victor ⓘ
Spark Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic blues-influenced arrangements ⓘ
call-and-response vocals ⓘ
storytelling lyrics ⓘ
vocalStyle harmony singing ⓘ
vocalType male vocal group ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mike Stoller → collaboratedWith → The Robins ⓘ
Bobby Sheen → memberOf → The Robins ⓘ
Bobby Sheen → associatedAct → The Robins ⓘ
Johnny Otis → discovered → The Robins ⓘ