I remember seeing this band in Hammond Indiana and remember that the drummer was just great...love the lyrics and cadence of this...this is a Chicago 60s classic. Gotta email this to old friends from those days
Our band backed up the Robbs at a Oshkosh HS Senior Prom. He's not with us anymore but Dee Robb was one of the coolest and nicest person a ever met in that industry.
Saw them many times a CYO (Christian Youth Organizations) dances in the late 60's. They were a great band!!! The place was always packed when they played.
I'm not sure about the name change? I think they stopped recording and decided to get into production. They opened a recording studio called Cherokee in Hollywood. I believe the company is still going strong.
Thanks for this one, they changed their name to Cherokee in the end of 60' . My favorite is : "Girl I've got news for you" a really smash hit !! Play it loud guys !
Nice Posting retrod1. The Robbs put on a great show back in the early 70's. I saw them in Fond du Lac, WI. They always had fun performing and the crowd loved them!
@68enxy I am glad someone else remembers seeing them at the "Cow Palace" at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds. That was so long ago,but yet a great memory. thanks for sharing! Mike.
I used to have thealbum that this song was on! My cousin sent it to me from Cal. Back in the sixties. I used to crank it up full blast! Many, many thanks to you for posting this song!!!
I'm from Milwaukee and too young to remember The Robbs. I have an older brother that was in a band of his own. He knew the Robbs, and spoke about their music often. This video/song is the first time I have heard them. Can't understand why they never made it. Great song and band.
Saw these guys in Hospital Corps. school Gr.Lakes in early 66.. That's the last time I've thought about them .. I recall thinking they looked just like the "Byrds" back then...
I used to do product development and design for the Robb brothers at their Cherokee recording studio in the 1980s and 1990s. What a great group of guys! Unfortunately Dee Robb passed away in Feb 2008 from a rare form of throat cancer. Bruce has become quite the successful businessman and I do not know what Joe is up to these days. Thanks for tracking down this song!
God I was in LOVE with DEE ROBB! They won a battle of the bands and got to be on Dick Clark's show "Where the Action Is" on every afternoon! I raced home from school to be there at 4:00!! (Mark Lindsay was a close second) Oh to be a teenybopper again......
I heard this song on the radio back when it came out - ONCE - and didn't catch the name of the group. It stayed with me until a few years ago, when I found it on eBay! A true lost gem of folk-rock. It should have been a giant hit with its great lyrics and fine 12-string jingle-jangle.
Edklex, Listen about 20 times again (and again and again...) Forget about your "hipster talk" notion, it is KNOCKED down and kicked. This is not only the logical lyric, it is also what is actually sung. But if you want to hear "like" and be a "hipster" go ahead -- it remains a great song by a great group.
Same thing happened to me! I had the 45 when I was 5 years old in a pile of records my Dad gave me. I loved this song and the record was lost a few years later. This song would pop into my head and I never could remember the name of the group until I looked it up a few years ago, Managed to find a 45 of the song and burned it to disc.
That`s wild. I didn`t remember the song but I had a friend (now passed) who had a record store in Rock Island Il. and I used to go in there and scrounge for 60s rock that I didn`t have. I found this 45 one day and popped it on his turntable. It`s got a great hook and I`m glad I found it. Hearing stories like yours make me enjoy it that much more...
Great tune. I remember seeing these guy's on the old ABC show "Where the Action Is". It was the last song I heard the day I left for the service. Too bad there isn't some video of them to go along with the tune. This could still be played out by a good band today.
The Robbs evolved into Cherokee in 1971 and had a top 20 hit in Minneapolis with "Girl, I've Got News For You". This song is great, please post it if anyone has. Thanks.
I remember seeing this band in Hammond Indiana and remember that the drummer was just great...love the lyrics and cadence of this...this is a Chicago 60s classic. Gotta email this to old friends from those days
abbysnoni 6 months ago
R.I.P Dee. You will be missed.
aimeemannfan2010 11 months ago
Our band backed up the Robbs at a Oshkosh HS Senior Prom. He's not with us anymore but Dee Robb was one of the coolest and nicest person a ever met in that industry.
pdsul6578 1 year ago
Saw them many times a CYO (Christian Youth Organizations) dances in the late 60's. They were a great band!!! The place was always packed when they played.
buzzbeier 1 year ago
I'm not sure about the name change? I think they stopped recording and decided to get into production. They opened a recording studio called Cherokee in Hollywood. I believe the company is still going strong.
aimeemannfan2010 1 year ago
Thanks for this one, they changed their name to Cherokee in the end of 60' . My favorite is : "Girl I've got news for you" a really smash hit !! Play it loud guys !
sixtiesrecords 1 year ago
Nice Posting retrod1. The Robbs put on a great show back in the early 70's. I saw them in Fond du Lac, WI. They always had fun performing and the crowd loved them!
mikeletz 1 year ago
@mikeletz I also saw them in Fond du Lac, at the "Cow Palace"
68enxy 1 year ago
@68enxy I am glad someone else remembers seeing them at the "Cow Palace" at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds. That was so long ago,but yet a great memory. thanks for sharing! Mike.
mikeletz 1 year ago
I used to have thealbum that this song was on! My cousin sent it to me from Cal. Back in the sixties. I used to crank it up full blast! Many, many thanks to you for posting this song!!!
DOC0614 1 year ago
What a great song! Thank you for posting it.
aimeemannfan2010 1 year ago
I agree. A great band and song. I wish I
could have seen them perform.
aimeemannfan2010 2 years ago
If the label on this record said, by the "Beatles" it would have been #1 for weeks!
68enxy 2 years ago
I'm from Milwaukee and too young to remember The Robbs. I have an older brother that was in a band of his own. He knew the Robbs, and spoke about their music often. This video/song is the first time I have heard them. Can't understand why they never made it. Great song and band.
R.I.P Dee
aimeemannfan2010 2 years ago
I watched The Robbs at Teensville, in Thiensville. Great Fun.
spook394 2 years ago
Saw these guys in Hospital Corps. school Gr.Lakes in early 66.. That's the last time I've thought about them .. I recall thinking they looked just like the "Byrds" back then...
buts206 2 years ago
This is wonderful...Thanks for posting it on U-Tube. Craig (Krampf) Robb is still such a great drummer!
man5ell 2 years ago
I used to do product development and design for the Robb brothers at their Cherokee recording studio in the 1980s and 1990s. What a great group of guys! Unfortunately Dee Robb passed away in Feb 2008 from a rare form of throat cancer. Bruce has become quite the successful businessman and I do not know what Joe is up to these days. Thanks for tracking down this song!
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soupslop 2 years ago
God I was in LOVE with DEE ROBB! They won a battle of the bands and got to be on Dick Clark's show "Where the Action Is" on every afternoon! I raced home from school to be there at 4:00!! (Mark Lindsay was a close second) Oh to be a teenybopper again......
munizera 2 years ago
I heard this song on the radio back when it came out - ONCE - and didn't catch the name of the group. It stayed with me until a few years ago, when I found it on eBay! A true lost gem of folk-rock. It should have been a giant hit with its great lyrics and fine 12-string jingle-jangle.
mensalicious 2 years ago
What a great song...itunes?? I need this on my ipod!
chefsuz4you 2 years ago
The Robbs rule! great song from the best year in music 1966!!!
keithallison1 2 years ago
Edklex, Listen about 20 times again (and again and again...) Forget about your "hipster talk" notion, it is KNOCKED down and kicked. This is not only the logical lyric, it is also what is actually sung. But if you want to hear "like" and be a "hipster" go ahead -- it remains a great song by a great group.
goal2jtb 2 years ago
a slight correction to the lyrics for verse one:
You ask me girl if now I'm licked
Because I've been KNOCKED down and kicked
JohnTBerg 2 years ago
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Eeklex 2 years ago
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Eeklex 2 years ago
Same thing happened to me! I had the 45 when I was 5 years old in a pile of records my Dad gave me. I loved this song and the record was lost a few years later. This song would pop into my head and I never could remember the name of the group until I looked it up a few years ago, Managed to find a 45 of the song and burned it to disc.
mojorisen74 2 years ago 2
That`s wild. I didn`t remember the song but I had a friend (now passed) who had a record store in Rock Island Il. and I used to go in there and scrounge for 60s rock that I didn`t have. I found this 45 one day and popped it on his turntable. It`s got a great hook and I`m glad I found it. Hearing stories like yours make me enjoy it that much more...
pilesovinyl 2 years ago
Great tune. I remember seeing these guy's on the old ABC show "Where the Action Is". It was the last song I heard the day I left for the service. Too bad there isn't some video of them to go along with the tune. This could still be played out by a good band today.
Mosriteguy 3 years ago
Yes, a very good album. Takes back before 'Purple People' of Sheboygan
Tugboat360 3 years ago
I remember when this song first came out. The band I was in performed it at dances. I still like it.
JCANELAKES 3 years ago
a great teen memory from a underated band . I remember it from when i was 14.
shadowboto 3 years ago
The Robbs evolved into Cherokee in 1971 and had a top 20 hit in Minneapolis with "Girl, I've Got News For You". This song is great, please post it if anyone has. Thanks.
themings 3 years ago
I agree with all these comments. Listen to their fabulous harmonies--vocal and instrumental.
craepacz 3 years ago
thank you thank you thank you
nmcityrocker 3 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this! One of my great memories that I haven't heard for at least 30 years.
lollygag50 3 years ago
Great song from 1966. YOu need to crank it up to really enjoy it!!!!!Listen to those jangly guitars!!!!!!
Big57Bern 3 years ago
Wow, great song, I've been looking for years! Thanks!!!
ThomasMorton99 3 years ago