THE ROBINS - Oh Why / All Night Baby - WLPRO RCA 45rpm - PREVUE - R&B - rare

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This item is one original pressing 45 rpm vinyl record:

LABEL:  RCA Victor

ARTIST:  The Robins

ISSUE No:  47-5271

SIDE A:  Oh Why  -  [Nunn - R. Richard - Leonard - W. Richard, Jr. - Chapman - De Lagarde]

SIDE B:  All Night Baby  -  [Nunn - R. Richard - Leonard - W. Richard, Jr. - Chapman - De Lagarde]

MATRIX No:  E3-VW-0021 / 0018

YEAR:  1953

NOTES:  White label, RECORD PREVUE coming attractions,

CONDITION:  Good or better.

CONDITION NOTES:  This record unfortunately spent much of its life without a paper sleeve. It has been cleaned in an ordinary manner, and a placed into a new white paper sleeve.

GRADING:  Visual only, with a bright light.

WE HAVE A NO RETURN POLICY:

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

California´s first "bird" group was formed when Ty Terrell Leonard and the Richard brothers Billy and Roy met at Alameda High School in San Francisco in 1945, and formed the "A-Sharp Trio" (no recordings). The trio came to Hollywood a year later, and in 1949 they were joined by Bobby Nunn, who worked at Johnny Otis´ and Alu Bardi´s club "The Barrelhouse" in Watts. The group became the third of the trend setting bird groups after the Ravens and the Orioles. Grady Chapman joined the group as lead singer and fifth member in 1953.

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Remembering An R&B Pioneer: Robins' Magical Tenor Lead, Grady Chapman, Dies At 81

Grady Chapman, whose expressive high tenor lead graced a host of rhythm and blues vocal group harmony records by the Robins during the mid-1950s died January 4, 2011 at a Los Angeles, California hospital, according to the singer's daughter, Tania.  The 81-year old's death was attributed to congestive heart failure. Born in Greenville, South Carolina on October 1, 1929, Chapman came to the West Coast as a youngster and joined the already established Robins in 1952.  Discovered by Johnny Otis, the Robins had begun recording in 1949 and appeared on a handful of labels including Excelsior, Aladdin, Score, Savoy, Regent, Modern, RPM, and Recorded in Hollywood, under their own name, pseudonyms including the Four Bluebirds and the Nic-Nacs, and backing other artists including Little Esther and Mickey Champion. Chapman first recorded with the Robins- Ulysses "Bobby" Nunn, Terrell "Ty" Leonard, and Billy and Roy Richard- in Hollywood for RCA-Victor on January 21, 1953.  Over the course of three sessions held between January and September, Chapman fronted the Robins on the haunting ("My Heart's The Biggest Fool" and "How Would You Know"), the humorous, ("Ten Days in Jail"), and the soulful ("Oh Why").
(c) 2011 Todd Baptista

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