
I tend to avoid posting charting records, let alone big hit records like this #5 charting record. However, this is being posted as a compare and contrast to the remade version I have posted by Mike Curb. Here you can hear how Robin originally intended the song to sound. If i remember correctly, Robin recorded this on a reel to reel tape recorder in his living room in his apartment in Hawaii, adding his own overdubs one layer at a time. As my 45 is not in the greatest condition, audio for this track was dubbed from a Time Life cd that the song appears on (and it was checked multiple times against the 45 to make sure it was the exact same version). To dispell a rumor, this song was NOT written for his dying sister (who is actually alive and well in Columbia, Missouri), he simply put her name on it to keep himself out of trouble with the girls at his highschool (I'm sure every single one of them wanted their name on the record, and would be mad if it wasn't, so he added none of them, to keep the playing field fair). Robin has a website where he can be reached, as well, however I have never tried to contact him. You can hear great records like this one live every night on www.topshelfoldies.org!
Robin
Luke
Susie
Darlin'
Darling
Suzie
1958
Original
Hit
Version
Mike
Curb
Topshelf
Oldies