Chanteur et pianiste Rhythm 'n' Blues US né Frank Isaac Robinson, le 28 Décembre 1938 à Detroit (Michigan).

Born in Detroit in December 28,1938, Frank Robinson started playing the piano at a very young age. His natural talent playing the blues was immense, winning him a local talent show at the age of three. In 1946, Sugar Chile, as he came to be known, played for Harry S. Truman at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Sugar Chile’s career took off, and he became an incredibly famous child star selling out theaters and breaking box office records and was among the very first black child stars ever to be. Sugar Chile signed a deal with Columbia Records getting him on the Billboard RnB chart and in 1950s began touring with Count Basie and his orchestra. Time went by and Sugar Chile’s career faded out, as most child stars do, and he decided to got to school, playing small jazz gigs every now and then. Sugar Chile’s influence on America is immeasurable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Chile_Robinson

Talents : Vocals, Piano

Style musical : Boogie Woogie, Jazz, Blues

https://youtu.be/YhFlE4mFqA4  

Numbers Boogie (1949)

Vooey Vooey Vay (1949)

Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard) (1949)

Bouncing Ball Boogie (1950)

Whop, Whop (1952)

Years in activity :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 10 20

78 t., Singles & EP

09/1949 78 t. CAPITOL 57-70037 (US) .

Numbers Boogie / After School Blues

09/1949 SP CAPITOL 54-70037 (US) . Numbers Boogie / After School Blues
1949 78 t. CAPITOL 57-70056 (US) . Vooey Vooey Vay / Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard)
1949 SP CAPITOL 54-70056 (US) .

Vooey Vooey Vay / Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard)

03/1950 78 t. CAPITOL 897 (US) .

Say, Little Girl / Bouncing Ball Boogie

03/1950 SP CAPITOL F897 (US) . Say, Little Girl / Bouncing Ball Boogie
05/1950 78 t. CAPITOL 1060 (US) . The Bases Were Loaded / Sticks And Stones
05/1950 SP CAPITOL F1060 (US) .

The Bases Were Loaded / Sticks And Stones

1950 78 t. CAPITOL 1259 (US)

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Christmas Boogie

1950 SP CAPITOL F1259 (US) . Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Christmas Boogie
11/1950 SP CAPITOL CASF 3085 (US)

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer / Christmas Boogie

1951 78 t. CAPITOL 1386 (US) . Broken-Down Piano / I'll Eat My Spinach
1951 SP CAPITOL F1386 (US) .

Broken-Down Piano / I'll Eat My Spinach

09/1951 78 t. CAPITOL CL. 13562 (UK) .

Numbers Boogie / Bouncing Ball Boogie

09/1951 78 t. CAPITOL CL. 13589 (UK) .

After School Blues / Caldonia

1951 78 t. CAPITOL 1526 (US) . Baby Blues / The Donkey Song
1951 SP CAPITOL F1526 (US) .

Baby Blues / The Donkey Song

1951 78 t. CAPITOL C 1529 (DK) .

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Christmas Boogie

1951 78 t. CAPITOL 1719 (US) . The Green Grass Grew Grew All Around / The Hunky Man
1951 SP CAPITOL F1719 (US) . The Green Grass Grew Grew All Around / The Hunky Man
1952 78 t. CAPITOL 2197 (US) .

Whop, Whop / Hum-Drum Boogie

1952 SP CAPITOL F2197 (US) . Whop, Whop / Hum-Drum Boogie
1952 78 t. CAPITOL CP183 (US) .

Whop, Whop / Bouncing Ball Boogie

10/1952 78 t. CAPITOL CL. 13796 (UK) .

Lazy Boy's Boogie / Whop, Whop

195? EP ALABAMA EP AL 335 (US)

PIANO BOOGIE - Whop Whop / Say Little Girl / Frustation Boogie / Numbers Boogie / Go Boy Go / Vooey Vooey Vay

2012 SP CAPITOL F2197/54-70037 (?) (bootleg) .

Whop, Whop / Go Boy Go / Numbers Boogie


Albums

1955 LP 12" CAPITOL T 589 (US)

Boogie Woogie - St. Louis Blues / Lazy Boy's Boogie / Caledonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard) / Hum-Drum Boogie / Detroit Rag / Go, Boy, Go / Number's Boogie / Yancey Special / Bouncing Ball Boogie / Whop, Whop / Say, Little Girl / Frustration Boogie

1980 LP 12" Oldie Blues ‎OL 2828 (NL)

Go Boy Go - Numbers Boogie / Yancey Special / Bouncing Ball Boogie / Whop, Whop / Say, Little Girl / Frustration Boogie / Lazy Boy's Boogie / Caldonia / Hum-Drum Boogie / Go, Boy, Go / Baby Blues / Broken Down Piano / I'll Eat My Spinach / Vooey, Vooey, Vay / After School Blues / Christmas Boogie

198? LP 12" Duo DR 3101 (NL) Go Boy Go - Numbers Boogie / Yancey Special / Bouncing Ball Boogie / Whop, Whop / Say, Little Girl / Frustration Boogie / Lazy Boy's Boogie / Caldonia / Hum-Drum Boogie / Go, Boy, Go / Baby Blues / Broken Down Piano / I'll Eat My Spinach / Vooey, Vooey, Vay / After School Blues / Christmas Boogie
1986 LP 12" Charly R&B ‎CRB 1126 (UK)

Junior Jump - Go Boy Go / Say Little Girl / Bases Were Loaded / Sticks And Stones / Whop Whop / Yancey Special / I'll Eat My Spinach / Caldonia / Numbers Boogie / Frustration Boogie / Lazy Boy's Boogie / Bounding Ball Boogie / After School Blues / Christmas Boogie

04/2003 CD Classics CLASSICS 5052 (F)

The Chronological Sugar Chile Robinson 1949-1952 - Vooey, Vooey Vay / After School Blues / Numbers Boogie / Caldonia / Say Little Girl / Bouncing Ball Boogie / Rudolph The Red-Noses Reindeer / Christmas Boogie / Sticks And Stones / The Bases Were Loaded / Broken-Down Piano / I'll Eat My Spinach / Easy Blues / The Donkey Song / The Hunkie Man / The Green Grass Grows All Around / Whop, Whop / Lazy Boy's Boogie / Frustration Boogie / Go, Boy, Go / Detroit Rag / Saint Louis Blues / Yancey Special / Hum-Drum Boogie

08/2007 CD Rev-Ola CRBAND 23 (UK)

Go Boy Go! - Numbers Boogie / After School Blues / Vooey Vooey Vay / Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) / Say, Little Girl / Bouncing Ball Boogie / Sticks And Stones / The Bases Were Loaded / Broken-Down Piano / I'll Eat My Spinach / Christmas Boogie / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer / Baby Blues / The Donkey Song / The Hunkie Man (Ice Cream Man) / The Green Grass Grows All Around / Whop! Whop! / Hum-Drum Boogie / Lazy Boy's Boogie / Detroit Rag / Frustration Boogie / Go Boy Go / St Louis Blues / Yancey Special / BONUS TRACKS : Caldonia (from No Leave, No Love) / Sugar Chile Boogie - Hen House Door - Robinson Boogie - Tuxedo Junction  (from the soundtrack of A 1947 short film) / After School Blues (from 1951 Universal International Featurette) / Numbers Boogie (from 1951 Universal International Featurette)

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