In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 105 inbound references to Bobby Day, and connects out to rhythm and blues, AllMusic and Michael Jackson.
Vinony files it under 1930 births, 1990 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Known for
- The Midnight Special — Self1972
- The Dick Clark Show — Self1958
- American Bandstand — Self1957
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1922-04-03
- Active to
- 2019-05-13
Discography
- You're My Thrill1949
- Lullaby Of Broadway1951
- Day Dreams1955
- Day by Day1956
- Day by Night1957
- Cuttin’ Capers1958
- Hooray for Hollywood1958
- Listen To Day1960
- Show Time1960
- What Every Girl Should Know1960
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 237,106
- Total plays
- 965,699
Tags
Robert James Byrd, Sr. (born July 1, 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas; died July 27, 1990 in Los Angeles, California) was an early African American Rock & Roll and R&B singer-songwriter. As a member of the group The Hollywood Flames he used the stage name Bobby Day to perform and record. He went several years with minor musical success limited to the West Coast, including being the original Bob in the duo Bob & Earl. Day is most remembered for his 1958 recording of the hit song Rockin' Robin <a href="
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Worth
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock and roll
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- RCA Victor
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- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- date of birth
- 1928-07-01
- date of death
- 1990-07-27
- place of burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Robert James Byrd
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- pseudonym
- Bobby Day
- name in native language
- Robert Byrd
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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