![]() | ![]() | ![]() source: http://bolstablog.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/sugar-chile/ ![]() Sugar Chile Robinson Frank Isaac Robinson b. December 26, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan discography | ![]() | ![]() source: Front cover of Oldie Blues OL 2828 | ![]() |
# | year of release | title / label / notes |
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1 | 1945 | Lionel Hampton's Jubilee![]() Introduction & theme: One O'Clock Jump Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra - Loose Wig Sugar Chile Robinson - Caldonia Boogie Woogie # - Sugar's Boogie Woogie # [] ![]() Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra - Moonglow Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra (Madeleine Green, voc) - I'm Gonna Love That Guy Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra (Joey Preston, dr) - Chasing With Chase Signoff & theme: One O'Clock Jump ![]() # pre-recording dates: November 1945; date of dubbing: November 26, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; [] Joey Preston, dr; Lionel Hampton & Orchestra (final flourish only) ![]() Ernest "Bubbles" Whitman (M.C.), Verne Smith (announcer) 30:17
(=) Joyce LP 5008 |
2 | 1945 | Lionel Hampton's Jubilee![]() - Introduction & theme: One O�Clock Jump Jimmy Mundy and his All Stars - Hello, Goodbye, Forget It Kay Starr - Good-For-Nothin' Joe "Dizzy" Gillespie and his Rebop Six - Shaw Nuff ![]() Jimmy Mundy and his All Stars - Jimmy's Idea "Sugar Chile" Robinson & Harry "The Hipster" Gibson - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy # Kay Starr - Honeysuckle Rose Jimmy Mundy and his All Stars - One O�Clock Boogie Count Basie and his Orchestra - Signoff & theme: One O�Clock Jump ![]() # pre-recording dates: Fall 1945; date of dubbing: December 10, 1945; rec. live at Billy Berg's in Hollywood, CA; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; Harry 'The Hipster' Gibson, voc, p ![]() Ernest "Bubbles" Whitman (M.C.), Verne Smith (announcer) 27:17
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3 | 1949 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - Numbers Boogie (4724) @ youtube - After School Blues (4723) @ youtube ![]() rec. July 28, 1949 in Los Angeles, CA; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; Leonard Bibbs, b; Zutty Singleton, dr = Telefunken C 80094 (Germany) 7 inch 45 rpm |
4 | 1949 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - Vooey, Vooey, Vay (4722) @ youtube - Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard) (4725) @ youtube ![]() rec. July 28, 1949 in Los Angeles, CA; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; Leonard Bibbs, b; Zutty Singleton, dr = Capitol 13.589 |
5 | 5/1950 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - Say, Little Girl (5502) @ youtube - Bouncing Ball Boogie (5503) @ youtube ![]() rec. January 24, 1950 at Campbell Studios, Detroit, MI; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; James Richardson, b; Theodore 'Red' Saunders, dr = Capitol C80171 |
6 | 7/1950 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - Sticks And Stones (5506) # @ youtube - The Bases Were Loaded (5507) @ youtube ![]() rec. January 25, 1950 at Campbell Studios, Detroit, MI; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; James Richardson, b; Theodore 'Red' Saunders, dr # Capitol LC-6586 |
7 | 12/1950 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (5504) @ youtube - Christmas Boogie (5505) @ youtube ![]() rec. January 24, 1950 at Campbell Studios, Detroit, MI; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; James Richardson, b; Theodore 'Red' Saunders, dr = Capitol 3393 = Capitol 32030 |
8 | 2/1951 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - Broken-Down Piano (5508) # @ youtube - I'll Eat My Spinach (5509) @ youtube ![]() rec. January 24, 1950 at Campbell Studios, Detroit, MI; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; James Richardson, b; Theodore 'Red' Saunders, dr = Capitol C 607 (Ca) # Capitol LC-6586 |
9 | 1951 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - Baby Blues (6287) @ youtube - The Donkey Song (6288) @ youtube ![]() rec. April 9, 1951 in New York City; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; unknown, ts; b; dr |
10 | 1951 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - The Hunkie Man (The Ice Cream Man) (6289) @ youtube - The Green Grass Grows All Around (6290) @ youtube ![]() rec. April 9, 1951 in New York City; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; unknown, ts; b; dr |
11 | 1952 | SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON![]() - Whop, Whop (10293) @ youtube - Hum-Drum Boogie (10300) # @ youtube ![]() rec. c. July 1952 in Detroit, MI; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p, # celeste; James Richardson, b; Theodore 'Red' Saunders, dr |
![]() - Lazy Boy's Boogie (10294) # * - Frustration Boogie (10295) # * - Go, Boy, Go (10296) # * - Detroit Drag (10297) [] # * - St. Louis Blues (10298) [] * - Yancey Special (10299) * ![]() rec. c. July 1952 in Detroit, MI; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p, [] org; James Richardson, b; Theodore 'Red' Saunders, dr Capitol unissued # Capitol LC 6586 (UK) * Capitol LP T-589 (US) | ||
12 | 1953 | Capitol presents Sugar "Chile" Robinson ![]() - Frustration Boogie [Capitol unissued] - Broken-Down Piano [Capitol 1386] - Numbers Boogie [Capitol 57-70037] - Go, Boy, Go [Capitol unissued] ![]() - Lazy Boy's Boogie [Capitol unissued] - Detroit Rag [sic] [Capitol unissued] - Hum-Drum Boogie [Capitol 2197] - Sticks And Stones [Capitol 1060] ![]() |
13 | 1955 | Sugar Chile Robinson: Boogie Woogie!![]() ![]() - Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard) [Capitol 57-70056] - Go, Boy, Go [Capitol LC 6586] - Detroit Drag [Capitol LC 6586] - St. Louis Blues [Capitol unissued] - Hum-Drum Boogie [Capitol 2197] - Lazy Boy's Boogie [Capitol LC 6586] ![]() - Numbers Boogie [Capitol 57-70037] - Yancey Special [Capitol unissued] - Bouncing Ball Boogie [Capitol 897] - Whop, Whop [Capitol 2197] - Say, Little Girl [Capitol 897] - Frustration Boogie [Capitol LC 6586] ![]() |
14 | 19?? | Lionel Hampton's Jubilee![]() Lionel Hampton and his orchestra - Loose Wig Sugar Chile Robinson - Caldonia Boogie Woogie # - Sugar's Boogie Woogie # [] Lionel Hampton and his orchestra - Moonglow ![]() Lionel Hampton and his orchestra (Madeleine Green, voc) - I'm Gonna Love That Guy Lionel Hampton and his orchestra (Joey Preston, dr) - Chasing The Chase Lionel Hampton and his orchestra - Nola Lionel Hampton and his orchestra (Dinah Washington, voc) - Million Dollar Smile Lionel Hampton and his orchestra - Lady Be Good ![]() # rec. November 26, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; [] Joey Preston, dr; Lionel Hampton & Orchestra (final flourish only) AFRS Jubilee program |
15 | 1980 | Blues & Boogie Woogie by Sugar Chile Robinson: Go, Boy, Go![]() - Numbers Boogie [Capitol 57-70037] - Yancey Special [Capitol LP T-589] - Bouncing Ball Boogie [Capitol 897] - Whop, Whop [Capitol 2197] - Say, Little Girl [Capitol 897] - Frustration Boogie [Capitol LC 6586] - Lazy Boy's Boogie [Capitol LC 6586] - Caldonia [Capitol 57-70056] ![]() - Hum-Drum Boogie [Capitol 2197] - Go, Boy, Go [Capitol LC 6586] - Baby Blues [Capitol 1526] - Broken Down Piano [Capitol 1386] - I'll Eat My Spinach [Capitol 1386] - Vooey, Vooey, Vay [Capitol 57-70056] - After School Blues [Capitol 57-70037] - Christmas Boogie [Capitol 1259] ![]() notes by Martin van Olderen |
16 | 198? | Sugar Chile Robinson: Piano Boogie![]() - Whop, Whop [Capitol 2197] - Say, Little Girl [Capitol 897] - Frustration Boogie [Capitol LP T-589] ![]() - Numbers Boogie [Capitol 57-70037] - Go, Boy, Go [Capitol LP T-589] - Vooey, Vooey, Vay [Capitol 57-70056] ![]() |
17 | 1986 | "Sugar Chile" Robinson: Junior Jump The rage of the age ![]() - 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 ![]() compiled and coordinated by Bob Fisher |
18 | 2003 | "Sugar Chile" Robinson: Classics 1949-1952![]() - Vooey, Vooey, Vay - After School Blues - Numbers Boogie - Caldonia - Say, Little Girl - Bouncing Ball Boogie - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Christmas Boogie - Sticks And Stones - The Bases Were Loaded - Broken-Down Piano - I'll Eat My Spinach - Baby 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 - St. Louis Blues - Yancey Special - Hum-Drum Boogie ![]() |
19 | 2007 | "Sugar Chile" Robinson: Go Boy Go 1949-1952![]() - 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 film "No Leave, No Love") - Sugar Chile Boogie (from the soundtrack of a 1947 short film) - Hen House Boogie (from the soundtrack of a 1947 short film) - Robinson Boogie (from the soundtrack of a 1947 short film) - 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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Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 84 - Dan Kochakian: 'Go Boy Go' - The Sugar Chile Robinson Story (including label shots by Dan Kochakian, Mike Telford & Carl Pellegrino).- Blues & Rhythm 220 (2007), pp. 12-16 - Victor Pearlin, Dave Penny & Dan Kochakian: Sugar Chile Robinson discography.- Blues & Rhythm 220 (2007), p. 16 - JUBILEE PART 2 Programs 101-200 - http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/sugar_chile_robinson.htm - http://www.radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Jubilee - http://home.swipnet.se/dooji/jubilee101-200.pdf - http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/saunders.html - http://www.capitol6000.com/londondiscs.html - http://hyzercreek.com/harry.htm - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources source of left column picture: Front cover of Alabama EP AL335 thanks to Dave Penny and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans
![]() Sugar Chile Robinson source: Blues & Rhythm 23 (1986), p. 28; promotion photo [?], photographer's name not given
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