The wise old owl, the big black crow, Flappin their wings singin go bird, go. Jon from Oakridge, OrDay's version is the best. Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee, Every little bird in the tall oak tree.Frank from Valley Stream, NyI think he should've used his real name on the.Steve Dotstar from Los Angeles, CaThis chick about drove me nuts playing this original record on a jukebox over and over.Robin- (Continued on page 43) THE SENSATIONAL NIGHTINGALES Burying Ground. Ray King and the Kingmen (Rock a Billy Hall of Fame) Ray sold him the song and Bobby had the rights, but he was not the writer. Its a catchy tune that the teen-agers will. Keith from Patterson, LaRockin Robin was not written by Bobby Day, Bobby purchased the song from Ray King who was the writter.Day also performed "The Bluebird, The Buzzard, and The Oriole" on 'AB' that day it reached #54 on the Top 100. In 1964 the Rivieras released their version, they peaked at #96. Michael Jackson covered it in 1972 as "Rock-in Robin" he peaked at #2 on both the Top 100 & R&B charts. 4th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart it peaked at #2 (for 2 weeks) & spent 21 weeks on the Top 100.Īnd on October 13th, 1958 it reached #1 (for 2 weeks) on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 18th, 1958 Bobby Day performed "Rockin' Robin" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'.įour months earlier on Aug.On the R&B Singles chart Michael was at #2 for one week and the #1 record for that week was "In the Rain" by the Dramatics. Barry from Sauquoit, N圜oncerning the next post below the two weeks that Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin" was at #2 on the Top 100, the #1 record for both those weeks was "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards.Īnd for Michael Jackson's two week stay at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack.* This is the way Billboard spelled the title of the song in their magazine. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1958.Don from KentuckyRocking Robin is the dumbest lyrics I have ever heard. Fas圓5What’s weird is the song is about a girl named robin from what ive heard.Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet Well, the pretty little raven at the bird bandstand Rockin' robin, Rock-rock-rockin' robin' Go rockin' robin 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight Verse 2 Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee, every little bird in the tall oak tree The wise old owl, the big black crow flappin' their wings singin' 'go bird, go' Chorus Rockin' robin, Rock-rock-rockin' robin' Go rockin' robin 'cause we're. They started going steady and bless my soul Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand (Tweedilly-tweedilly-deet) (uh-uh-uh-uh-uh) (tweet-tweet)Ī pretty little raven at the bird bandstand 'Cause we're really gonna rock tonight (tweet-tweedilly-tweet)įlappin' their wings singin', "Go, bird, go" Rock-rock-rockin' robin' (tweet-tweedilly-tweet) Love to hear the robin go tweet-tweet-tweet Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song (Tweedilly-tweedilly-deet, tweedilly-tweedilly-deet)
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