found: History of rhythm and blues vocal groups [SR] p1983:container (The Robins)
found: Otis, J. Johnny Otis presents The Robins, Little Esther, The Nic Nacs [SR] p1983:label (The Robins; The Nic Nacs) container (The Robins, Johnny Otis' vocal group; became known as the Nic Nacs with vocalist Mickey Champion; recorded as the Nic Nacs in 1950; recorded as the Robins in 1951-1953; also known as the Blue Birds)
found: All music guide, Dec. 20, 2007(The Robins; Los Angeles R&B vocal group; forerunners of the Coasters; began as the Four Bluebirds (no hdgs. in OCLC) in 1947, then became the Robins; original members: Ty Terrell, Billy Richards, Roy Richards, and Bobby Nunn, with Carl Gardner and Grady Chapman added in 1954)
found: Coasters (Musical group). The very best of the Coasters [SR] p1994:container (The Robins) insert (R&B vocal group originally signed to Spark Records in 1954; members Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn left in 1955 to form the Coasters with Leon Hughes and Billy Guy)
found: Oxford music online, July 17, 2017:Encyclopedia of popular music (Robins; Los Angeles, California, USA-based vocal group formed in 1947; previously known as the 4 Bluebirds but changed their name to the Robins for an Aladdin Records session; disbanded in 1955, with members Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn leaving to form the Coasters with Billy Guy and Leon Hughes)
found: Wikpedia, July 17, 2017(The Robins; successful and influential African-American R&B group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal groups who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop sound; music producers and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller took two members of the Robins to form the Coasters)
