Two members of The Robins ended up in The Coasters, but, contrary to popular belief, The Robins were not an early version of The Coasters. Nonetheless, two Robins songs ended up on Their Greatest Recordings: The Early Years by The Coasters, and there is nothing I can do about it.The Robins:
• Smokey Joe’s Café – A hit from the fall of 1955, if you can call a song that reached 79 on the top 100 a hit. A song about fooling around with the wrong girl. Think Come A Little Bit Closer by Jay & The Americans
• Riot In Cell Block #9 – A genuine song about a genuine jail riot. Makes Jailhouse Rock sound like Mary Had A Little Lamb. The Beach Boys rewrote this and called it Student Demonstration Time.
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