Przyjęli nazwę "A-Sharp Trio",póżniej "Four Bluebirds", lecz nie dokonali żadnych nagrań.Rok póżniej przenoszą się do Hollywood,a w 1947r pozyskują nowego członka zespołu Bobby'ego Nunna [ur.20.09.1925r-zm.5.11.1986r],który wcześniej współpracował z Johnny Otisem.W 1953r do grupy doszlusował jej nowy lider Grady Chapman [ur.1.10.1929r],który niedługo po tym zostaje zastąpiony przez Carla Gardnera,zespół jednak ukonstytuował się jako sekstet po powrocie Gardnera.Chapman nagrywa także solo dla Imperial.
W 1955r Nunn i Gardner odchodzą do formującego się właśnie Coasters.The Robins nagrał dwa przeboje-pierwszy w 1950r "If It's So Baby" razem z orkiestrą Johnny Otisa dla Sawoy i "Smokey Joe's Cafe" nagrane w 1955r dla Atco.Innymi członkami grupy byli też H.B. Barnum (w latach 1956-1957);Bobby Sheen (1958-1961).
| Single | ||||||
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| My baby done told me | Four Bluebirds | 04.1949 | - | - | Excelsior 540 | |
| Around about midnight/You sure look good to me | Robins | 05.1949 | - | - | Score 4010 | |
| Don' t like the way you' re doing/Come back baby | Robins | 06.1949 | - | - | Aladdin 3031 | |
| If i didn' t love you so/If it' s so baby | Robins | 12.1949 | - | - | Savoy 726 | [written by Richards, De Lagarde, Leonard] |
| Double crossing blues/ | Robins | 01.1950 | - | - | Savoy 731 | |
| Turkey hop Part.1 & 2 | Robins | 02.1950 | - | - | Savoy 732 | |
| Our romance is gone/There ain' t no use beggin' | Robins | 03.1950 | - | - | Savoy 738 | [written by Otis, DeLagarde, Robins] |
| I' m living O.K./There' s rain in my eyes | Robins | 06.1950 | - | - | Savoy 752 | [written by Otis, DeLagarde, Robins] |
| I' m through/You' re fine but you' re not my kind | Robins | 09.1950 | - | - | Savoy 762 | [written by Otis, DeLagarde, Robins] |
| Rockin'/That' s what the good book says | As Robbins | 03.1951 | - | - | Modern 807 | [written by Nunn, Taub] |
| (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I/My hearts the biggest fool | Robins | 02.1953 | - | - | RCA 5175 | [written by Bill Trader] |
| Oh why/All night baby | Robins | 04.1953 | - | - | RCA 5271 | [written by Nunn, R. Richard, Leonard, W. Richard, Jr., Chapman, De Lagarde] |
| How would you know/Let' s go to the dance | Robins | 08.1953 | - | - | RCA 5434 | [written by W. Richard, Chapman, Leonard, R. Richard, Nunn] |
| My baby done told me/I'll do it | Robins | 10.1953 | - | - | RCA 5486 | |
| Ten days in jail/Empty bottles | Robins | 10.1953 | - | - | RCA 5489 | [written by Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber ] |
| Get it off your mind | Robins | 12.1953 | - | - | RCA 5564 | [written by Joe Thomas] |
| I made a vow/Double crossin' baby | Robins | 02.1954 | - | - | Crown 106 | [written by Erwin] |
| Key to my heart/All i do is rock | Robins | 07.1954 | - | - | Crown 120 | |
| Framed/Loop de loop mambo | Robins | 09.1954 | - | - | Spark 107 | [written by Leiber, Stoller] |
| If teardrops were kisses/Whadaya want | Robins | 01.1955 | - | - | Spark 110 | [written by Leiber, Stoller] |
| One kiss/I love Paris | Robins | 03.1955 | - | - | Spark 113 | [written by Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber] |
| I must be dreaming/The hatchet man | Robins | 05.1955 | - | - | Spark 116 | [written by Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber] |
| Smokey Joe' s Cafe/Just like a fool | Robins | 08.1955 | - | 79[1] | Spark 122/Atco 6059 | [written by Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber] |
| Cherry lips/Out of the picture | Robins | 03.1956 | - | - | Whippet 200 | [written by Scott] |
| Hurt me/Merry-Go-Rock | Robins | 06.1956 | - | - | Whippet 201 | [written by Greines, Freeman ] |
| That old black magic/Since i first met you | Robins | 10.1956 | - | - | Whippet 203 | [written by Arlen, Mercer] |
| A fool in love/All of a sudden my heart sings | Robins | 03.1957 | - | - | Whippet 206 | [written by Townsend, Striker] |
| Every night/Where' s the fire | Robins | .1957 | - | - | Whippet 208 | [written by Brooks, Buckner ] |
| In my dreams/I keep your mind on me | Robins | .1957 | - | - | Whippet 211 | [written by Ford, Boyd] |
| snowball/You wanted full | Robins | .1958 | - | - | Whippet 212 | [written by Scott Johnson, Alvin B. Johnson ] |
| Quarter to twelve/Pretty little Dolly | Robins | 09.1958 | - | - | Knight 2001 | [written by A. Johnson, E. Johnson] |
| It' s never too late/A little bird told me | Robins | 11.1958 | - | - | Knight 2008 | [written by A. Johnson, E. Johnson] |
| Just like that/Whole lot of imagination | Robins | 10.1960 | - | - | Arvee 5001 | [written by Barnum, Cristy, Nitzsche] |
| Oh, no!/Live wire Suzie | Robins | 12.1960 | - | - | Arvee 5013 | - |
| Baby love/We loved | Robins | .1961 | - | - | Gone 5101 | |
| How many more times/White cliffs of Dover | Robins | 03.1961 | - | - | Lavender 001 | [written by Carl White][produced by Jim Lee] |
| Mary Lou loves to hootchy kootchy coo | Robins | 03.1961 | - | - | Lavender 002 | [written by P. Kaufman, M. Anthony][produced by Indigo Records] |
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