Robert James Byrd, *01-07-1930 Firt Worth, TX, +27-07-1990
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS also member of Four Flames, Hollywood Flames, and Bob and Earl (witg Earl Lee Nelson)
Ca early 1957? unknown – Bobby Byrd (orch.cond. by Don
Ralke)
001 GB 4092 IF WE SHOULD MEET AGAIN Zepryr ZR 70-018
002 GB 4093 LOOBY LOO Zepryr ZR 70-018
Ca early 1957? New York City– Robert Byrd And His Birdies
(orch.cond. by Don Ralke)
003 RB-1 BIPPIN' AN' BOPPIN' (OVER YOU) Spark 501 Jamie 1039
004 RB-2 STRAWBERRY STOMP Spark 501 Jamie 1039
early 1957 Hollywood, CA – Bobby Day (orch. conducted by
Maxwell Davis)
005 C 2013/ Δ13751 SO LONG BABY Class 207 Highland 2004 /LP
5002 CHDCH 200
006 C 2014 COME SEVEN Class 207/LP 5002 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH
200
Mid 1957 Unknown – Bobby Day And The Satellites
007 C 2021/Δ16487 LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE 211 /LP 5002 RNDF
208 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
008 C 2022/Δ16509 WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK TO CAPISTRANO 211
/ COL-CD-5074 CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
009 BEEP-BEEP-BEEP 215 /LP 5002 RNDF 208 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH
200
010 DARLIG IF I HAD YOU 215 /LP 5002 CHDCH 200
early 1958 Unknown – Bobby Day
011 C 2042 HONEYSUCKLE BABY 220 /LP 5002 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH
200 CDCHD 834
012 C 2043 SWEET LITTLE THING 220/LP 5002 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH
200 CDCHD 834
013 C 2052 LITTLE TURTLE DOVE 225 /LP 5002 RNDF 208 CHDCH
200 CDCHD 834
014 C 2053 SAVING MY LIFE FOR YOU 225/LP 5002 CDCHD 834
Spring 1958 Unknown – Bobby Day
015 C 2062/Δ22430 ROCK-IN' ROBIN 229 R-133 Highland 2004/LP
5002 RNDF 208 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
016 C 2063/Δ22431 OVER AND OVER 229 R-133 R-136/LP 5002 RNDF
208 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
Fall 1958 Unknown – Bobby Day
017 C 2082/Δ26058 THE BLUEBIRD, THE BUZZARD AND THE ORIOLE 241
/ RNDF 208 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
018 C 2083/Δ26059 ALONE TOO LONG 241/ CHDCH 200
Ca early 1959 Unknown – Bobby Day
019 C 2090 THAT’S ALL I WANT 245 / RNDF 208 COL-CD-5074 CHDCH
200 CDCHD 834
020 C 2091 SAY YES 245/ CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
021 C 2104 MR AND MRS ROCK N' ROLL 252/ RNDF 208 COL-CD-5074
CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
022 C 2105 GOTTA NEW GIRL 252 / RNDF 208 CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
Ca Mid 1959 Unknown – Bobby Day (Producer: Georgie Rene)
023 C 2110/Δ30419 AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE 255/ COL-CD-5074 CHDCH
200 CDCHD 834
024 C 2111/Δ30420 LOVE IS A ONE TIME AFFAIR 255/ CHDCH 200
025 C 2114 THREE YOUNG REBS FROM GEORGIA 257 / COL-CD-5074 CHDCH
200 CDCHD 834
026 C 2115 UNCHAINED MELODY
257/ CHDCH 200
Ca Fall 1959 Unknown – Bobby Day And The Blossoms
027 C 2132/ Δ33323 MY BLUE HEAVEN 263/ COL-CD-5074 CHDCH 200
028 C 2133 Δ33324 I DON'T WANT TO 263/ COL-CD-5074 CHDCH 200
Prob. btw 1957-1959 Unknown – Bobby Day
029 DON'T LEAVE ME HANGIN' ON A STRING 705 / RNDF 208
030 WHEN I STARTED DANCING 705/ RNDF 208
Summer 1960 unknown – Bobby Day
031 TEENAGE PHILOSOPHER Rendezvous R-130/ RNDF 208 CDCHD 834
032 UNDECIDED
Rendezvous R-130 R-175/ RNDF 208
033 GEE WHIZ R-136 /CDCHD 834
1961 unknown – Bobby Day
034 LIFE CAN BE BEAUTIFUL R-146 / COL-CD-5074 CHDCH 200
CDCHD 834
035 I NEED HELP R-146/CDCHD
843
036 KING'S HIGHWAY R-158
037 WHAT FOOLS WE MORTALS BE
R-158/CDCHD 834
1962 unknown – Bobby Day
038 OOP-I-DU-PERS BALL R-167/ CHDCH 200 CDCHD 834
039 DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME R-167 / CHDCH 200
040 SLOW POKEY JOE R-175/CDCHD 834
Ca October 1962 RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Blvd.,
Hollywood, CA – Bobby Day (Producer: Marty Cooper)
041 N2-PW-3298 ANOTHER COUNTRY, ANOTHER WORLD RCA 47-8133
042 N2-PW-3299 DOWN ON MY KNEES 47-8230
043 N2-PW-3300 KNOW IT ALL RCA 47-8133
27 February 1963 [14:20-17:20] RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Bobby Day (Bobby Day [vcl], Glen Campbell [gt], Tommy Tedesco [gt], Bill Pitman [gt], Ray Pohlman [gt], Jimmy Bond [bass], Hal Blaine [drums], Leon Russell [piano], Steve Douglas [sax]. Producer: Marty Cooper)044 PPA3-2872 JOLE BLON (LITTLE DARLING) 47-8230
045 PPA3-2873 BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ 47-8196/RNDF 208
046 PPA3-2874 PRETTY LITTLE GIRL NEXT DOOR 47-8196
19 December 1963 [14:00-17:00] RCA Victor Studio, 6363 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Bobby Day (+ Glen Campbell [gt], Tommy Tedesco [gt], Hal Blaine [drums], Leon Russell [piano], orch, cond. by Perry Botkin, Jr. Producer: Marty Cooper)
047 PPA3-6409 WHEN I SEE MY BABY SMILE 47-8316
048 PPA3-6410 ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE 47-8316
048a PPA3-6411 PLAY BROTHERS
Summer 1965 unknown – Bobby Day And The Nature Boys
(Producer: Bobby Day)
049 Δ58833 KEEP THE BALL ROLLING Byrdland 001
050 Δ58833X I DON'T NEED NO INFORMATION (ABOUT MY GAL)
Byrdland 001
Ca 1966 unknown – Bobby Day
051 YOUR LOVE RB-003
052 DARKEST CORNER (OF THE ROOM) RB-003
053 R 5325 JUST A FEELING IN THE GHETTO (PART I) Byrdland
RB-005
054 R 5326 JUST A FEELING IN THE GHETTO (PART II) Byrdland
RB-005
Summer 1967 unknown – Bobby Day
055 LRS 10071 SPICS AND SPECKS Sure Shot 5036
056 LRS 10072 SO LONELY (SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE) Sure Shot 5036
ALBUMS
Class LP-5002 Rockin' With Robin: Rockin' Robin; Darling If
I Had You; Sweet Little Thing; Saving My Life For You; Little Turtle Dove; Over
And Over; Little Bitty Pretty One; Come Seven; Honeysuckle Baby; When The
Swallows Come Back To Capistrano; Beep Beep Beep; So Long Baby – 10-58
(reissued in 1960 on Rendezvous M 1312)
Class LP-5002/CS-5002 Rockin' With Robin: Bippin’And Boppin‘;Rockin'
Robin; Mr. And Mrs. Rockj Snd Roll; Sweet little Thing; Thrtee Young Rebs From
Georgie; Little Turtle Dove; Over And Over; The Bluebird, The Buzzard And The
Oriole; Little Bitty Pretty One; Honeysuckle Baby; Gotta new girl; I Don’t Want
To That’s All I Want; Ain’t Gonna Cry No More – 73 (probably bootleg)
Rhino RNDF 208 Best Of Bobby Day: Buzz, Buzz, Buzz; Little
Bitty Pretty One; When I Started Dancin'; Little Turtle Dove; Undecided; Don't
Leave Me Hangin'; Beep, Beep, Beep; Rockin' Robin; Over And Over; Mr. and Mrs.
Rock And Roll; Gotta New Girl; That's All I Want; Teenage Philosopher; The
Bluebird, The Buzzard and The Oriole - 84
Collectables COL-CD-5074 Rockin' Robin: The Bluebird, The
Buzzard And The Oriole; Over And Over; Come Seven; Honeysuckle Baby; My Blue
Heaven; I Don't Want To; When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano; Beep Beep;
Rockin' Robin; Aint' Gonna Cry No More; Little Bitty Pretty One; Life Can Be
Beautiful; That's All I Want; Mr. and Mrs. Rock 'N' Roll; Sweet Little Thing;
Three Young Rebs From Georgia – 01-90
Ace [UK] CDCH 200 The
Original Rockin' Robin: The Bluebird The Buzzard And The Oriole; Over And Over;
Come Seven; Honeysuckle Baby; My Blue Heaven; I Don't Want To; When The
Swallows Come Back To Capistrano; Beep Beep Beep; Rockin' Robin; Ain't Gonna
Cry No More; Little Bitty Pretty One; Life Can Be Beautiful; That's All I Want;
Mr. and Mrs. Rock 'N' Roll; Sweet Little Thing; Three Young Rebs From Georgia;
So Long Baby; Gotta New Girl; Say Yes; Don't Worry 'Bout Me; Alone Too Long;
Darling If I Had You; Oop-D-Du-Pers Ball; Unchained Melody; Love Is A One-Time
Affair; Little Turtle Dove - 91
Wise Buy WISE 004 Rockin' Robin: Rockin' Robin; The
Bluebird, The Buzzard and The Oriole; Over And Over; My Blue Heaven; Little
Bitty Pretty One; That's All I Want; Mr. and Mrs. Rock 'N Roll; Sweet Little
Thing; Three Young Rebs From Georgia; Gotta New Girl; Say Yes; Unchained
Melody; Love Is A One-Time Affair; Little Turtle Dove - 94
Ace [UK] CDCHD 834 Rockin' Robin: The Best Of Bobby Day:
Rockin' Robin; Over And Over; Little Bitty Pretty One; Bluebird, The Buzzard
And The Oriole; Gee Whiz; Little Turtle Dove; You Made A Boo Boo (Bob and
Earl); When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano; Sweet Pea (Bob and Earl);
That's My Desire (Bob and Earl); Gotta New Girl; Saving My Life For You; Ain't
Gonna Cry No More; Chains Of Love (Bob and Earl); Mr. And Mrs. Rock'n'roll;
When She Walks (Bob and Earl); Honeysuckle Baby; Sweet Little Thing; Say Yes;
That's All T Want; Life Can Be Beautiful; I Need Help; What Fools We Mortals
Be; King's Highway; Oop-I-Du-Pers Ball; Teenage Philosopher; Slow Poke Joe;
Three Young Rebs From Georgia – 03-02
SINGLES
Zephir (1957) as Bobby Byrd
ZR 70-018 If We Should Meet Again / Looby Loo – 04-57 (rev.
Apr. 27)
Spark (1957) Robert Byrd and His Birdies
501 Bippin' An' Boppin' (Over You) / Strawberry Stomp –
12-57 (reissued ion Jamie 1039)
Class
207 So Long Baby / Come Seven – 03-57 (rev. March 9)
211 Little Bitty Pretty One / When The Swallows Come Back To
Capistrano – 08-57 and The Satellites (rev. Aug. 26)
215 Beep-Beep-Beep / Darlig If I Had You – 11-57 and The
Satellites
220 Honeysuckle Baby / Sweet Little Thing – 02-58
225 Little Turtle Dove / Saving My Life For You – 03-58
(rev. March 24, reissued on Highland 1100 in 1964)
229 Rock-in' Robin / Over And Over – 06-58
241 The Bluebird, The Buzzard and The Oriole / Alone Too
Long – 12-58 (rev. Dec. 1)
245 That’s All I Want / Say Yes – 02-59 (rev. Feb. 23)
252 Gotta New Girl / Mr and Mrs Rock N' Roll – 05-59 (rev.
May 18)
255 Ain't Gonna Cry No More/ Love Is A One Time Affair –
07-59
257 Three Young Rebs From Georgia / Unchained Melody - 09-59
(rev. Sept. 21)
263 My Blue Heaven / I Don't Want To – 12-59 (rev. Dec. 14)
C 705 Don't Leave Me Hangin' On A String / When I Started
Dancing - 65
Highland 2004 Rockin’Robin / So Long Baby – 76
Hi-Oldies 405 Rockin’Robin / So Long Baby – 76
Hi-Oldies 426 Little Bitty Pretty One / Little Turtle Dove
Hi-Oldies 447 Over And Over / Sweet Little Thing
Original Sound OBG 4511 Rock-in' Robin / Over And Over – 84
Rendezvous
R-130 Teenage Philosopher / Undecided – 09-60 (rev. Sept.
12)
R-133 Rockin' Robin /
Over And Over – 60 (reissue of Class 229)
R-136 Gee Whiz / Over And Over – 10-60
R-146 Life Can Be Beautiful / I Need Help - 61
R-158 King's Highway / What Fools We Mortals Be – 08-61
R-167 Oop-I-Du-Pers Ball / Don't Worry 'bout Me - 02-62
R-175 Undecided / Slow
Pokey Joe – 62
RCA Victor
47-8133 Know It All / Another Country, Another World – 01-63
47-8196 Pretty Little Girl Next Door / Buzz, Buzz, Buzz –
06-63 (rev. June 8)
47-8230 Down On My Knees / Jole Blon (Little Darling) – 09-63
47-8316 When I See My Baby Smile / On The Street Where You Live–
02-64
Byrdland (1965)
001 Keep The Ball Rolling / I Don't Need No Information
(About My Gal) – 09-65
RB-003 Your Love / Darkest Corner (Of The Room) - 66?
RB-005 Just A Feeling In The Ghetto (Part I) / Just A
Feeling In The Ghetto (Part II) – 66?
Sure Shot (1967)
5036 Spics And Specks / So Lonely (Since You've Been Gone) –
09-67