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Sugar Chile Robinson

p, org, *1938 US, Detroit
Singer / Musician of Blues and Jazz
A.k.a. Frank Isaac Robinson

b : 12/28/1938 Boogie Woogie piano player. At the age of 2 he could play piano, at 5 he appeared in public and at 9 he made his first record. He performed for President Harry S. Truman at the White House Correspondent's Association Dinner in 1946, becoming the first African-American to be invited. "Numbers Boogie" reached No. 4 on the Billboard R&B charts in 1949. He was pushed into stardom too soon and disappeared from the scene a few years later. In 2016, President Obama invited Robinson back to the White House Correspondent's Dinner to celebrate the 70th anniversary of his appearance there.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Organ
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Blues
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Rock
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Whop, WhopSugar Chile Robinson2012Single
The Chronological Sugar Chile Robinson 1949-1952Sugar Chile Robinson2003Compil.
Junior JumpSugar Chile Robinson1986Album
Go Boy GoSugar Chile Robinson1980Album
Boogie WoogieSugar Chile Robinson1955Album
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Christmas BoogieSugar Chile Robinson1952Album
Whop, WhopSugar Chile Robinson1952Single
Whop, Whop / Hum-Drum BoogieSugar Chile Robinson1952Album
Whop, Whop / Lazy Boy's BoogieSugar Chile Robinson1952Album
Broken-Down Piano / I'll Eat My SpinachSugar Chile Robinson1951Album
Baby Blues / The Green Grass Grows All AroundSugar Chile Robinson1951Single
Numbers Boogie / Bouncing Ball BoogieSugar Chile Robinson1951Album
Sticks and Stones / The Bases Were LoadedSugar Chile Robinson1950Single
Say, Little Girl / Bouncing Ball BoogieSugar Chile Robinson1950Single
Numbers Boogie / After School BluesSugar Chile Robinson1949Album
Vooey Vooey VaySugar Chile Robinson1949Single
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Christmas BoogieSugar Chile RobinsonAlbum
Piano BoogieSugar Chile RobinsonSingle
The Hunkie Man / The Green Grass Grows All AroundSugar Chile RobinsonAlbum
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