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Here, he operated such legendary record labels as Red Robin, Fire, Fury, and Enjoy, and released countless classic blues, r\u0026amp;b, rock 'n' roll, vocal group, and hip-hop sides by Wilbert Harrison, Gladys Knight and the Pips, King Curtis, Elmore James, Buster Brown, Sonny Terry \u0026amp; Brownie McGhee, Lee Dorsey, Tarheel Slim and Little Ann, Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford, Grandmaster Flash and Spoonie Gee to name just a few. Robinson was born in April 16, 1916 in South Carolina. For this near-centennial celebration of his life and work, author John Broven, who told Robinson's story in his 2009 book Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers, will be on hand to share his memories of Bobby Robinson, as will Radio Hofstra's Gordon Skadberg, musician Bob Malenky, and others. ARSC president Matt Barton will moderate. So to paraphrase Wilbert Harrison's \"Kansas City,\" you might take a train, you might take a plane, but if you have to walk, please get here just the same and celebrate the life and music of Bobby Robinson!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Barton became the Curator of Recorded Sound at the Library of Congress in 2008. From 1996 to 2003, he was production coordinator of the Alan Lomax Collection CD series. He has written extensively on recorded music and sound, and is a contributor to the 2012 book The Ballad Collectors of North America. In May of this year, he will conclude his two-year term as President of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Broven is a renowned expert on the rock 'n' roll era and has served as a consultant at Ace Records in the UK. A one-time co-editor of Blues Unlimited and co-founder of Juke Blues Magazine, he is the author of \u003cem\u003eRhythm and Blues in New Orleans\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSouth to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eLess than a mile south from where the New York chapter of ARSC holds it monthly meetings stood Bobby's Happy House, a record store at West 125th Street and Eighth Avenue where the legendary Bobby Robinson held forth for over sixty years. Here, he operated such legendary record labels as Red Robin, Fire, Fury, and Enjoy, and released countless classic blues, r\u0026amp;b, rock 'n' roll, vocal group, and hip-hop sides by Wilbert Harrison, Gladys Knight and the Pips, King Curtis, Elmore James, Buster Brown, Sonny Terry \u0026amp; Brownie McGhee, Lee Dorsey, Tarheel Slim and Little Ann, Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford, Grandmaster Flash and Spoonie Gee to name just a few. Robinson was born in April 16, 1916 in South Carolina. For this near-centennial celebration of his life and work, author John Broven, who told Robinson's story in his 2009 book Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers, will be on hand to share his memories of Bobby Robinson, as will Radio Hofstra's Gordon Skadberg, musician Bob Malenky, and others. ARSC president Matt Barton will moderate. So to paraphrase Wilbert Harrison's \"Kansas City,\" you might take a train, you might take a plane, but if you have to walk, please get here just the same and celebrate the life and music of Bobby Robinson!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMatthew Barton became the Curator of Recorded Sound at the Library of Congress in 2008. From 1996 to 2003, he was production coordinator of the Alan Lomax Collection CD series. He has written extensively on recorded music and sound, and is a contributor to the 2012 book The Ballad Collectors of North America. In May of this year, he will conclude his two-year term as President of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJohn Broven is a renowned expert on the rock 'n' roll era and has served as a consultant at Ace Records in the UK. 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