Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin (Bonus Track Version) (1959)

Tracklist

01. Rockin' Robin
02. Darling If I Had You
03. Sweet Little Thing
04. Little Turtle Dove
05. Over and Over
06. Little Bitty Pretty One
07. Come Seven
08. Honeysuckle Baby
09. When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
10. Beep Beep Beep
11. So Long Baby
12. The Bluebird, The Buzzard & The Oriole (Bonus Track)
13. My Blue Heaven (Bonus Track)
14. I Don't Want To (Bonus Track)
15. Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Bonus Track)
16. Life Can Be Beautiful (Bonus Track)
17. That's All I Want (Bonus Track)
18. Mr. & Mrs. Rock & Roll (Bonus Track)
19. Three Young Rebs from Georgia (Bonus Track)
20. Gotta New Girl (Bonus Track)
21. Say Yes (Bonus Track)
22. Alone Too Long (Bonus Track)
23. Unchained Melody (Bonus Track)
24. Love Is a One-Time Affair (Bonus Track)



Bobby Day was one of the most innovative, dynamic, yet unheralded figures in Rhythm’n’Blues and early Rock & Roll. His 1958 hit "Rockin' Robin" is one of the most memorable and recycled r&r oldies of them all. The secret of Bobby Day’s songs are that they convey everything that is alive and spirited about rock and roll. His music is a non-stop orgy of chirpin’ birds, buzzin’ honeybees and swingin’ cats all tinged with a naive eternal optimism. He was a seriously underrated R&B artist, whose influence reached far beyond his meager chart tally. In fact, other artists have continually had more success recording his songs than Day had himself (Michael Jackson took “Rockin’ Robin” to number 2 in 1972 and the Jackson Five reached the Top 20 with the catchy “Little Bitty Pretty One” that same year). This release contains Bobby Day’s magnificent debut album, Rockin’ Robin (1958). In addition to contributing some of the most memorable rock & roll hits of the 50s, he also recorded a bunch of hard to find B-sides from his early and best years on the Class Records label, which have been included here as bonus tracks.

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