Bobby Day
An important cog in Los Angeles' doo wop community during the '50s, Bobby Day wrote three often-covered early rock classics in 1957-1958. Day was part of the Hollywood Flames, one of the area's top R&B vocal groups, and briefly part of Bob & Earl, later to hit without Day on "Harlem Shuffle." Day formed his own group, the Satellites, in 1957, cutting the original "Little Bitty Pretty One" for Class Records. A nearly identical cover by Thurston Harris beat the original out, so Day countered with the driving "Rockin' Robin" in 1958, an R&B chart-topper. Its flip, "Over and Over," was a hit in its own right, although the Dave Clark Five's 1965 revival is better remembered today. Day waxed a few more hits for Class in 1959, including "That's All I Want" and a derivative "The Bluebird, the Buzzard & the Oriole," flitting from label to label during the '60s.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Rockin’ Robin (Sped Up)
Pop - Released by Delta Music - Bobby Day on Jun 21, 2023
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The Rockin' Adventures of Bobby Day
Rock - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on Nov 26, 1959
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rockin' Robin
Rock - Released by Class & Rendezvous on Jan 1, 1958
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Best of Bobby Day
Rock - Released by Class & Rendezvous on Sep 20, 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Rockin' Robin (Digitally Remastered)
Pop - Released by Nub Music on Dec 11, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Rockin' Robin / Little Bitty Pretty One (Rerecorded Version)
Pop/Rock - Released by K-Tel on Dec 19, 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Oh! What a Night / Rockin' Robin
Rock - Released by Warwick Records on Apr 14, 1965
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
New Wings
Punk / New Wave - Released by Runaway Records on Jan 8, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
His Greatest Tracks (Remastered)
Pop - Released by Nub Country Records on Oct 13, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo