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.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Whop, Whop | Sugar Chile Robinson | 2012 | Single |
The Chronological Sugar Chile Robinson 1949-1952 | Sugar Chile Robinson | 2003 | Compil. |
Junior Jump | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1986 | Album |
Go Boy Go | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1980 | Album |
Boogie Woogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1955 | Album |
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Christmas Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1952 | Album |
Whop, Whop | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1952 | Single |
Whop, Whop / Hum-Drum Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1952 | Album |
Whop, Whop / Lazy Boy's Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1952 | Album |
Broken-Down Piano / I'll Eat My Spinach | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1951 | Album |
Baby Blues / The Green Grass Grows All Around | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1951 | Single |
Numbers Boogie / Bouncing Ball Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1951 | Album |
Sticks and Stones / The Bases Were Loaded | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1950 | Single |
Say, Little Girl / Bouncing Ball Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1950 | Single |
Numbers Boogie / After School Blues | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1949 | Album |
Vooey Vooey Vay | Sugar Chile Robinson | 1949 | Single |
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Christmas Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | Album | |
Piano Boogie | Sugar Chile Robinson | Single | |
The Hunkie Man / The Green Grass Grows All Around | Sugar Chile Robinson | Album |