| LC control no. | n 91064868 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Robins (Musical group) |
| Variant(s) | Nic Nacs (Musical group) Blue Birds (Musical group : Johnny Otis) Four Bluebirds (Musical group) |
| See also | Coasters (Musical group) |
| Beginning date | 1947 |
| Ending date | 1955 |
| Field of activity | Rhythm and blues music |
| Found in | History of rhythm and blues vocal groups [SR] p1983: container (The Robins) Otis, J. Johnny Otis presents The Robins, Little Esther, The Nic Nacs [SR] p1983: label (The Robins; The Nic Nacs) container (The Robins, Johnny Otis' vocal group; became known as the Nic Nacs with vocalist Mickey Champion; recorded as the Nic Nacs in 1950; recorded as the Robins in 1951-1953; also known as the Blue Birds) All music guide, Dec. 20, 2007 (The Robins; Los Angeles R&B vocal group; forerunners of the Coasters; began as the Four Bluebirds (no hdgs. in OCLC) in 1947, then became the Robins; original members: Ty Terrell, Billy Richards, Roy Richards, and Bobby Nunn, with Carl Gardner and Grady Chapman added in 1954) Coasters (Musical group). The very best of the Coasters [SR] p1994: container (The Robins) insert (R&B vocal group originally signed to Spark Records in 1954; members Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn left in 1955 to form the Coasters with Leon Hughes and Billy Guy) Oxford music online, July 17, 2017: Encyclopedia of popular music (Robins; Los Angeles, California, USA-based vocal group formed in 1947; previously known as the 4 Bluebirds but changed their name to the Robins for an Aladdin Records session; disbanded in 1955, with members Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn leaving to form the Coasters with Billy Guy and Leon Hughes) Wikpedia, July 17, 2017 (The Robins; successful and influential African-American R&B group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal groups who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop sound; music producers and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller took two members of the Robins to form the Coasters) |
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