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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Mon Dec 21, 2020, 01:27 PM Dec 2020

'Smokey Joe's Cafe' - Lyrics! - The Robins

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'Smokey Joe's Cafe' - Lyrics! - The Robins (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Dec 2020 OP

Another great one. Freedomofspeech Dec 2020 #1

EPIC find, 'left-of-center2012'!! Budi Dec 2020 #2

Freedomofspeech

(4,829 posts)

1. Another great one.

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Mon Dec 21, 2020, 01:35 PM

Dec 2020

Budi

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2. EPIC find, 'left-of-center2012'!!

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Mon Dec 21, 2020, 01:37 PM

Dec 2020

Thanks.

It was a Broadway Musical too!

Written by the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, this song was inspired by a real cafe, a beanery called "Smokey Joe's" which was right next to an oil well at the corner of Beverly Boulevard and La Cienega.
Oil wells were a very common sight in the early days of Los Angeles, but even at that it was unusual to see a greasy spoon restaurant dwelling in the shadow of one.
This was the last release on Leiber and Stoller's label Spark Records.

Interesting Bio:

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-robins/smokey-joes-cafe

The Robins

The Robins were a successful and influential 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. They were founded by Ty Terrell, and twin brothers Billy Richards and Roy Richards. Bobby Nunn soon joined the line-up.

Also known as: The Robins; A-Sharp Trio; The Four Bluebirds
Origin: San Francisco, California, United States
Labels: Spark; Whippet; RCA
Albums: The Coasters, Since I First Met You,
More..
https://www.google.com/search?q=the+Robins&oq=the+Robins&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60j0j69i60j0j69i61.10483j0j4&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

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