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Pianiste et keyboardiste Country US, né
Hargus Melvin Robbins, le 18 Janvier 1938 à Spring City (Tennessee). Hargus Pig Robbins, aveugle dès l'âge de quatre ans, a
accompagné les plus grands chanteurs de la country (Patsy
Cline, Loretta Lynn,
Dolly Parton,
Connie Smith,
Tanya Tucker,
Crystal Gayle,
Ernest Tubb,
Waylon Jennings,
Willie Nelson,
Bobby Bare, the
Statler Brothers, Gary Stewart et
Kenny Rogers). Il a aussi enregistré
sous le nom de Mel Robbins.
Perhaps the
greatest session pianist/keyboardist ever to grace a Nashville recording studio,
Hargus "Pig" Robbins maintained an amazingly prolific career from the late '50s
on into the new millennium. Robbins was born in Spring City, TN, in 1938; an
accident with his father's knife resulted in the loss of an eye, and he went
completely blind before the age of four. He started taking classical piano
lessons at age seven, and as he advanced, he learned to play country music by
ear, particularly that of his idol, Tex
Ritter. Robbins played the Nashville club scene after graduating and got his
first session gig helping a friend record his demo. He subsequently joined the
musicians' union and got his first big-time exposure on
George Jones' 1959 hit "White
Lightning." Over the next few decades, Robbins played behind a who's who of
country music, recording with Patsy Cline,
Loretta Lynn,
Dolly Parton,
Connie Smith,
Tanya Tucker,
Crystal Gayle,
Ernest Tubb,
Waylon Jennings,
Willie Nelson,
Bobby Bare,
the Statler Brothers,
Gary Stewart, and
Kenny Rogers. Additionally, his
appearance on Bob Dylan's 1966 classic Blonde on Blonde created demand
for his work among folk (Joan Baez, Peter, Paul & Mary) and pop/rock artists (John
Denver, Doug Sahm,
the Everly Brothers,
Ray Charles, Tom Jones, et al.). Robbins
recorded his first solo album, A Bit of Country Piano, in 1963 and issued
three more solo records on the Chart label during the late '60s. Robbins later
returned to solo recording for Elektra, issuing a trio of albums — Country
Instrumentalist of the Year, A Pig in a Poke, and Unbreakable
Hearts — over 1977-1979. Over the '80s and '90s, Robbins was able to
maintain his standing as Nashville's top session keyboardist with a new
generation of contemporary country stars, playing with
Randy Travis,
Alan Jackson,
Travis Tritt,
Mark Chesnutt,
Vince Gill, and
Reba McEntire, among others; he also
backed alt-rock pranksters Ween on their 12 Golden Country Greats album
of 1996.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hargus_"Pig"_Robbins
Talents : Vocals, Piano, Keyboards
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Traditional Country, Western Swing, Nashville Sound
SAVE IT
(1959)
 (Mel Robbins)
TO
KNOW YOU (1959)
ARE
YOU WITH ME (19??)
Fidgety
(1961)
FOREVER
(1963)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 07/1959 | SP ARGO 5340 (US) | Mel ROBBINS -
Save It
/
To Know You
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| 1961 | SP WILDCAT F-820/1 (US) | Mel ROBBINS - Go Ahead On (instr.) / Teenage Tears (instr.) |
| 03/1961 | SP WILDCAT 1001 (US) | Mel ROBBINS - Go Ahead On (instr.) / Teenage Tears (instr.) |
| 12/1961 | SP MR. PEACOCK MP 103 (US) | Mel "Pig" ROBBINS -
Fidgety
(instr.)
/ Loneliness (instr.) |
| 12/1963 | SP TIME 1070 (US) | Hargus ROBBINS - Happy Boy /
Forever
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| 11/1968 | SP CHART 59-1060 (US) | Hargus (Pig) ROBBINS - Bridge Washed Out / Love's Apparition |
| 07/1969 | SP CHART CH-5022 (US) | Hargus (Pig) ROBBINS - Penguin Walk / Unknown Love |
| 10/1969 | SP CHART CH-5039 (US) | Hargus "Pig' ROBBINS - Tequila Float / Funk Chunkin' |
| 11/1977 | SP ELEKTRA E-45440 (US) | Hargus "Pig" ROBBINS - Diggin' In / Near You |
| 03/1978 | SP ELEKTRA E-45469 (US) | Hargus "Pig" ROBBINS - Canadian Sunset / Roamin' Round |
| 08/1978 | SP ELEKTRA E-45514 (US) | Hargus "Pig" ROBBINS - Little Bitty Pretty One / Forever |
| 04/1979 | SP ELEKTRA E-46037 (US) | Hargus "Pig" ROBBINS - Chunky People / Whatever Happened To The Girls I Knew |
| 07/1979 | SP ELEKTRA E-46512 (US) | Hargus "Pig" ROBBINS - Unbreakable Hearts / Love Love Love |
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Unissued Tracks
| 19?? | Unissued track - Ace CD 473 (#7) / Bear Family CD 16123 (#16) / Chess LP 6025/6 (#10) / Chess LP 9173 (#9) / Chess (England) LP 9124 213 (#7) / Detour LP 204 (#9) / Stomper Time CD 13 (#9) / Vogue LP 522016 (#16) / Vogue CD 670076 (#16) | Mel ROBBINS -
Are
You With Me
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| 19?? | Unissued track - Stomper Time CD 13 (#27) | Mel ROBBINS - Foghorn |
| 19?? | Unissued track - Bison Bop LP 2007 (#2) / Buffalo Bop LP 2007 (#2) / Stomper Time CD 13 (#20) | Mel ROBBINS -
Joy
Ride
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Albums
| 1962 | LP 12" SMASH MGS-27012 (mono) / SRS-67012 (stereo) (US) |
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HULLY GULLY TO THE HITS - Mel "Pigue" ROBBINS - Hey Baby / (Baby) Hully Gully / Blueberry Hill / Searchin' / Lucille / Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu / Splish Splash / I Know / Mother-In-Law / White Silver Sands / Young Blood / Stand By Me |
| 1963 | LP 12" TIME 52107 (mono) / S-21074 (stereo) (US) |
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A BIT OF COUNTRY PIANO - Hargus ROBBINS - Happy Boy / Forever / Night Runner / In The Midnight Hour / Pop Up / Before You Go / General Flunkie / Why Do I Love You / Don't Knock It / I'm Hurting / Rip Tide / Night Life |
| 12/1968 | LP 12" CHART CHM-111 (mono) / CHS-1011 (stereo) (US) |
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ONE MORE TIME - Hargus ROBBINS - Love's Apparition / Almost Persuaded / Bridge Washed Out / Autumn Of My Life / Funk Chunkin' / Big Girls Don't Cry / Strangers / It Keeps Right On A Hurtin' / Tequila Float / Love Takes Care Of Me / Lonely Lovers / Let It Be Me |
| 07/1977 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 7E 1110 (US) |
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COUNTRY INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR - Hargus "Pig" ROBBINS - Diggin' In / Torn Between Two Lovers / Cool Whip / Sweet And Warm / Near You / Get Up And Get It / Sweet Dreams / Muskart Love / Another Lonely Night Ahead / She Never Knew Me |
| 02/1978 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 6E 129 (US) |
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A PIG IN A POKE - Hargus "Pig" ROBBINS - Alley Cat / Canadian Sunset / It Was Almost Like A Song / Roamin' Round / Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue / Little Bitty Pretty One / Blue Bayou / Swingin' Safari / Forever / White Silver Sands |
| 05/1979 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 6E 185 (US) |
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UNBREAKABLE HEARTS - Hargus "Pig" ROBBINS - Unbreakable Hearts / I Don't Care / Too Bad She Don't Love Me / Love Love Love / Whatever Happened To The Girls I Knew / Anna / Chunky People / Get Off And Get On It / Patchwork / Easy Does It |
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