January 18th: A good day in The Evolution of Rock 'n Roll for The Robins, Rosie Hamlin and Young Holt Unlimited

JANUARY 18^th:

A Few Monster Hits From This Date In The Evolution of Rock ‘n Roll…

January 18, 1955: The Robins hit #79 with "Smokey Joe's Cafe"…

January 18, 1961: Rosie and the Originals

 hit #1 with "Angel Baby"…

January 18, 1969: Young-Holt Unlimited hits #3 with "Soulful Strut"…

AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN’!!!

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July 23, 1954: The Robins at Hollywood's Trocadero Club

July 23, 1954:
The Robins, later to find international fame as The Coasters, play the second night of two weeks at The Trocadero, Hollywood, California, USA.

They were pushing their latest hits, like:

And the consequences of  prison life associated with being framed...

Not long after this engagement, THE ROBINS became THE COASTERS

—Novelty Hitmakers of the 1950s and 1960s; 

Tunes like Charlie Brown, Idol With A Golden Head, Yakety-Yak and...

(LITTLE EGYPT! Sorry this was removed due to alleged copyright infringement)

 

DOWN IN MEXICO!

 

 And they are still doing it today!

 

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