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Robert James Byrd (July 1, 1930^[1] – July 27, 1990), known by the stage name Bobby Day, was an American rock and roll and R&B singer, multi instrumentalist, music producer and songwriter. He is best known for his hit record 'Rockin' Robin', written by Jimmie Thomas.^[2]

Biography[edit]

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Day moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 15. As a member of the R&B group the Hollywood Flames^[2] he used the stage name Bobby Day to perform and record. He went several years with minor musical success limited to the West Coast, including being the original 'Bob' in the duo Bob & Earl with singer Earl Nelson. In 1957 Day formed his own band called the Satellites, following which he recorded three songs that are seen today as rock and roll classics.^[3] Despite the similarity in personal and group names, this is not the Bobby Byrd that sang with, and was the founder of, the Famous Flames, the vocal group with which James Brown first began his career.

Day's best known songwriting efforts were 'Over and Over', later made popular by The Dave Clark Five in 1965,^[4][5] and 'Little Bitty Pretty One', popularized by Thurston Harris in 1957,^[6]Clyde McPhatter in 1962, and the Jackson Five in 1972. However, Day is most remembered for his 1958 solo recording of the Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 hit, Rockin' Robin, written by Leon Rene under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold record.^[7] 'Rockin' Robin' was a song covered by Bob Luman at Town Hall Party on October 28, 1958, The Hollies in 1964, Gene Vincent in 1969, Michael Jackson in 1972, and by McFly in 2006.

Harris' version of 'Little Bitty Pretty One' appears in the 1996 motion picture Matilda as Matilda learns to control her telekinetic powers.

In 2012–2013, his uncharted recording, 'Beep-Beep-Beep', was the musical soundtrack for a Kia Sorento television commercial shown nationwide in the U.S.

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Day died of prostate cancer in 1990 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.^[8]

Singles[edit]

• ^AB-side of 'Rockin' Robin'

References[edit]

1. ^Talevski, Nick (May 2006). Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN978-1846090912.
2. ^ ^abDoc Rock. 'The Dead Rock Stars Club 1990 – 1991'. Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
3. ^'Bobby Day Biography'. AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
4. ^Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 188. ISBN0-214-20512-6.
5. ^Chris Kenner. 'Greatest Hits - The Dave Clark Five : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
6. ^'Little Bitty Pretty One – Thurston Harris : Listen, Appearances, Song Review'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
7. ^Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 100. ISBN0-214-20512-6.
8. ^Boyer, Edward J. (July 30, 1990). 'Bobby Day; Had No. 2 Hit With 'Robin''. Los Angeles Times.

External links[edit]

• Bobby Day discography at Discogs as Bobby Day
• Bobby Day discography at Discogs as Robert Byrd
• Bobby Day discography at Discogs as Bobby Day & The Satellites

'Rockin' Robin' (originally released as 'Rock-In Robin' on the Class Records 45 single) is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas, and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's biggest hit single, becoming a number two hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and spent one week at the top of the charts (number one hit) in R&B sales.^[2]Michael Jackson recorded his own version of the song in 1972, which reached greater success.

• 4Michael Jackson version

Personnel[edit]

• Bobby Day - vocals
• Plas Johnson - piccolo^[3]
• Earl Palmer - drums^[4]
• Barney Kessell, guitar^[5]

Copyright status[edit]

The copyright for Rockin' Robin expired in 1986 after the owners never renewed the copyright.^[6][7]

Charts[edit]

Michael Jackson version[edit]

In 1972, Michael Jackson released his own version of 'Rockin' Robin', which was released as a single from his gold-certified solo album titled Got to Be There as a follow-up single of the song of the same name. It was the biggest hit from the album, hitting number 1 on the Cash Box singles chart and peaking at number 2 on both the Billboard Hot 100, behind 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' by Roberta Flack,^[11] and the Billboard soul singles chart, behind 'In the Rain' by the Dramatics^[12].

Track listing[edit]

• A. 'Rockin' Robin' – 2:30
• B. 'Love Is Here and Now You're Gone' – 2:51

Chart performance[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Bush, John. 'Rockin' Robin – Song Review'. AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
2. ^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 148.
3. ^de Heer, Dik (September 2015). 'Plas Johnson'. Rockabilly.nl. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
4. ^Scherman, Tony (1999). Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 174. ISBN978-1-56098-844-1.
5. ^'Barney Kessel – Credits'. AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
6. ^Nichols, Tom (2013). THEY NEVER RENEWED: SONGS YOU NEVER DREAMED WERE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. p. 1.
7. ^'How this public domain song 'Rockin' Robin' became so popular'. Galaxy Music Notes. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
8. ^'Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Chart Positions Pre 1989 Part 3'. Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
9. ^ ^ab'Bobby Day – Awards'. AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
10. ^ ^abLecocq, Richard; Allard, François (2018). 'Got to Be There'. Michael Jackson All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. London, England: Cassell. ISBN9781788400572.
11. ^'The Hot 100'. Billboard. April 22, 1972. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
12. ^'Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs'. Billboard. April 15, 1972. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
13. ^'Go-Set Australian charts'. Go-Set. July 22, 1972. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012.
14. ^'Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989, part 2'. Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
15. ^'Top RPM Singles: Issue 7632.' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
16. ^'The Irish Charts – Search Results – Rockin' Robin'. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
17. ^'Official Singles Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
18. ^ ^ab'Got to Be There – Awards'. AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2014.