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Red Robinson details the life and career of Red Robinson, one of Canada's most celebrated pioneers of rock and roll. Robinson began spinning hits while in high school in the early 1950s, laying the foundation for what would become a glamorous, impossible-to-stop and ultimately fulfilling career that has made him a household name west of the Rockies.
Raised by a single mother, Robinson worked as a delivery boy to help support the family. From such humble beginnings, he developed a strong work ethic and unflappable moral core that enabled him to pursue a career that has endured. Here is the account of how Robinson pranked his way into his first radio job. Readers will be delighted by behind-the-scenes stories from close encounters with Vancouver's visiting celebrities, like the time Robinson spent an hour with Elvis Presley in the BC Lions dressing room talking cars, women, movies and opera, or when Robinson nearly killed Roy Orbison and Bobby Goldsboro in a 1962 Grand Parisienne convertible while speeding to catch the Nanaimo ferry.
Robinson's vast career highlights are remarkable, from introducing The Beatles to the stage, ushering Randy Bachman to the status of superstardom, and as part of EXPO '86, presenting The Legends of Rock'n'Roll featuring Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Righteous Brothers. Red Robinson recalls the highs, hurdles and triumphs of a celebrated time in rock-and-roll history, presented by the man who dug into the guts, glory and glitz that only a champion of the frontlines of music really can.
"The only thing missing from veteran journalist Brunet's biography of legendary Vancouver, B.C., deejay Red Robinson is his baritone voice coming through the speakers... Robinson himself is modest to a fault, claiming ,"I'm no legend." But as the book delivers page after page of surprising stories, readers may think otherwise."
--Publisher's Weekly, November 14, 2016
“An exceptionally informative, impressively well organized and presented account of an inherently interesting man, Red Robinson: The Last Deejay is an unreservedly recommended addition to community library Contemporary Biography collections.” -- Midwest Book Review, November 2017
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Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781550177695
Hardback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 224 pp
Publication Date: 21/10/2016
BISAC Subject(s): BIO005000-BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, MUS035000-MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, BIO026000-BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs
Description
Red Robinson details the life and career of Red Robinson, one of Canada's most celebrated pioneers of rock and roll. Robinson began spinning hits while in high school in the early 1950s, laying the foundation for what would become a glamorous, impossible-to-stop and ultimately fulfilling career that has made him a household name west of the Rockies.
Raised by a single mother, Robinson worked as a delivery boy to help support the family. From such humble beginnings, he developed a strong work ethic and unflappable moral core that enabled him to pursue a career that has endured. Here is the account of how Robinson pranked his way into his first radio job. Readers will be delighted by behind-the-scenes stories from close encounters with Vancouver's visiting celebrities, like the time Robinson spent an hour with Elvis Presley in the BC Lions dressing room talking cars, women, movies and opera, or when Robinson nearly killed Roy Orbison and Bobby Goldsboro in a 1962 Grand Parisienne convertible while speeding to catch the Nanaimo ferry.
Robinson's vast career highlights are remarkable, from introducing The Beatles to the stage, ushering Randy Bachman to the status of superstardom, and as part of EXPO '86, presenting The Legends of Rock'n'Roll featuring Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Righteous Brothers. Red Robinson recalls the highs, hurdles and triumphs of a celebrated time in rock-and-roll history, presented by the man who dug into the guts, glory and glitz that only a champion of the frontlines of music really can.
"The only thing missing from veteran journalist Brunet's biography of legendary Vancouver, B.C., deejay Red Robinson is his baritone voice coming through the speakers... Robinson himself is modest to a fault, claiming ,"I'm no legend." But as the book delivers page after page of surprising stories, readers may think otherwise."
--Publisher's Weekly, November 14, 2016
“An exceptionally informative, impressively well organized and presented account of an inherently interesting man, Red Robinson: The Last Deejay is an unreservedly recommended addition to community library Contemporary Biography collections.” -- Midwest Book Review, November 2017
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Details
Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781550177695
Hardback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 224 pp
Publication Date: 21/10/2016
BISAC Subject(s): BIO005000-BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, MUS035000-MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, BIO026000-BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs