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chile/

Sugar Chile
Robinson
Frank Isaac Robinson
b. December 26, 1935 in Detroit,
Michigan

discography
source: Front cover of Oldie Blues OL 2828

"Sugar Chile" Robinson 78 rpm / 45 rpm / EPs / LPs / CDs

# year title / label / notes

of release

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

discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)

© responsible for contents: Stefan Wirz

Armed Forces Radio counting 'American Music' since 12/08/2019

 Service
AFRS Jubilee program 159

(=) Joyce LP 5008

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
2 1945 - 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

Armed Forces Radio

Service
AFRS Jubilee program 162

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

Capitol 57-70037
3 1949
= Telefunken C 80094 (Germany)

= Capitol C311 (Ca)

7 inch 45 rpm
= Capitol 54-70037

4 1949 SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON

- Vooey, Vooey, Vay (4722) @ youtube (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)
discography
- Caldonia (What Makes Your Big©Head So Hard)
responsible for(4725) @Stefan
contents: youtube
Wirz
rec. July 28, 1949 in Los Angeles, CA; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; Leonard Bibbs, b; Zutty Singleton, dr
counting 'American Music' since 12/08/2019
 Capitol 57-70056

= Capitol 13.589

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

5 5/1950

Capitol 897
= Capitol C80171

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

6 7/1950
Capitol 1060

= Capitol C389 (Ca)

# 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 1259 discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)

© responsible for contents: Stefan Wirz

counting 'American Music' since 12/08/2019

 = Capitol CAS-3085 (1952)
= Capitol 3393
= Capitol 32030

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

8 2/1951

Capitol 1386
= Capitol C 607 (Ca)
# Capitol LC-6586

SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON

- Baby Blues (6287) @ youtube
- The Donkey Song (6288) @ youtube
9 1951
rec. April 9, 1951 in New York City; Sugar Chile Robinson, voc, p; unknown, ts; b; dr

Capitol 1526

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

10 1951

Capitol 1719

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

11 1952

Capitol 2197
discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)
© responsible for contents: Stefan Wirz
- Lazy Boy's Boogie (10294) # *
- Frustration Boogie (10295) # * counting 'American Music' since 12/08/2019
 - 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)

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]
12 1953
10 inch 33 rpm LP

Capitol LC 6586 (UK)

Sugar Chile Robinson: Boogie Woogie!

track sequence of side A ???
- 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]
13 1955
- Frustration Boogie [Capitol LC 6586]
12 inch 33 rpm LP

Capitol LP T-589 (US)

14 19?? Lionel Hampton's Jubilee

Lionel Hampton and his orchestra
- Loose Wig discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)
Sugar Chile Robinson © responsible for contents: Stefan Wirz
- Caldonia Boogie Woogie #
- Sugar's Boogie Woogie # []
counting 'American Music' since 12/08/2019
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
158 / 159

Joyce LP 5008

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]

Duo LP DR-3101 (NL)

notes by Martin van Olderen

discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)

© responsible for contents: Stefan Wirz

= Oldie Blues OL 2828 (NL 1983)Oldie

countingBlues discography
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 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]

16 198? 7 inch 45 rpm EP

Alabama EP AL335

"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
17 1986 - After School Blues
- Christmas Boogie
compiled and coordinated by Bob Fisher
notes by Fred Dellar

Charly CRB 1126 (UK)

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 discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)
- The Hunkie Man © responsible for contents: Stefan Wirz
- The Green Grass Grows All Around
- Whop, Whop counting 'American Music' since 12/08/2019
 - Lazy Boy's Boogie
- Frustration Boogie
- Go, Boy, Go
- Detroit Rag
- St. Louis Blues
- Yancey Special
- Hum-Drum Boogie

Classics CD 5052 (Fr)

"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
19 2007 - 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)
notes by Dave Penny

Rev-Ola CD CRBAND 23
(UK)

Additional information appreciated !!!

discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)
© responsible for contents: Stefan Wirz

Sources / Further reading: counting 'American Music' since 12/08/2019

- 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

discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)

© responsible
AP newsfeatures photo for contents:
of Sugar Chile RobinsonStefan Wirz
1954; source: eBay auction
(from photo back side: "Although he still plays boogie-woogie, 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, now age 14 and a high school student in Detroit,
Mich., is more deeply interested in plans to becomecounting
a doctor. Here Music'
'American he does his
since homework. He gets A and B marks in all his subjects. His
12/08/2019
professional piano playing is now restricted to holidays and vacations. He made about $1,500 Thanksgiving week at the Apollo Theatre in
New York. He thinks that by the time he [?] for college he may have ended his [?] career.")

; click to enlarge!
Sugar Chile Robinson biography / discography
at Hallelujah, Rock 'n' Roll! (in Spanish)

05/13/2018)

discography (latest date of editing: 10/17/2018)

© responsible for contents: Stefan Wirz

counting 'American Music' since 12/08/2019