Robin Ward - Winter's Here (1964)

Bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at #123 in 1964. This recording was a big hit in Hong Kong. Robin had a hit during the previous year with "Wonderful Summer". Under her real name, Jackie Ward, she was a popular session singer. Robin is her daughter's name.

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[Wolfsky9]

A Timeless Classic from a lady who should have been as bif as Lesley Gore. I know--I was there, in the 60's. Wolfsky9, 64 y/o now.

[TheLimePopsicle]

Agreed, there were a lot of female singers who deserved greater fame.

[Doug Celeste]

How can this WONDERFUL song be such a BIG hit in Hong Kong (of all places!) and NOT in the USA?? What a shame......but thanks again for posting this gem in excellent audio clarity!

[TheLimePopsicle]

You're welcome, thanks for commenting!

[SandySummers]

Should have been a big hit.

[Doug Allen]

Wolfsky, Just reading a few of your comments and they mirror my thoughts exactly. Born in '48 too, and wish that just for a moment, I could go back to that better time when these great songs were being made, never knew then that they would be gone and how much I would miss them.

[TheLimePopsicle]

Thanks for commenting!

[Doug Celeste]

Thanks so much for posting this WONDERFUL song in fine audio clarity! Too bad this song came out when the Beatles and the British Invasion were just becoming VERY popular on the radio and dominated the songs we heard. So many of the girl-group songs then disappeared and that was sad. If this song had come out in 1963 or a year earlier. it may have received more airplay and done better on the charts. Though Robin's "Wonderful Summer" is her best song, I also love this tune and "Dream Boy".

[Doug Celeste]

You said so much in so few words and thanks for sharing how I also feel. I was 11 when this song came out and it sounds as lovely and fresh today as it did almost 50 years ago. Just goes to show how timeless these oldies are, esp. the girl group sound of the early 1960's. Robin had such a luscious voice that today exudes nostalgia with this song and my other favorites by her:

"Wonderful Summer" and "Dream Boy". She also does great background vocals on Shelby Flint's "Lonely Cinderella".

[Wolfsky9]

I am wistful, just listening & realizing how many of the singers who made my youth, are gone. But then, so is my youth, & the world I was raised in. Love, LOVE, this song, Feb. '64, I was 17 y/o. Wolfsky9

[calindesmoines1]

Robin Ward's real name is Jacqueline Elosise McDonnelll. She was born in Hawaii and raised in Nebraska. The great Perry Botkin directed the orchestra on this recording.

[mspsycho48456]

This music always takes me back to another place and time! A GOOD place.