Off Topic . . . Who's this ? ? ?

[Mike Nye]

OK . . . it's Off Topic . . . but Who's this ? ? ?

http://www.wimp.com/oldschool

[Ray Bohlken]

Mike I think it's this movie and the last name in the credits in this list is the piano player Frank Sugarchile Robinson. I hope this is the answer.
Ray

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Leave,_No_Love

[Mike Nye]

Mike I think it's this movie and the last name in the credits in this list is the piano player Frank Sugarchile Robinson. I hope this is the answer.
Ray

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Leave,_No_Love

NOPE . . . YUP . . . MAYBE . . .

[Norm]

There are some sites that claim this is Little Richard.
They are in error.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038779/


lists all the participants in the movie and Ray has it right.

Frank 'Sugar Chile' Robinson

Date of Birth
28 December 1938, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Height
4' 5" (1.35 m)
Mini Biography
Born Frankie Robinson in Detroit, the youngest of seven children born to Clarence and Elizabeth Robinson. He was nicknamed "Sugar Chile" by his mother. Although neither parent was a musician, Frankie began playing piano by ear at the age of two. At the age of three, he won a talent show at the Paradise Theatre in Detroit. By six, he was playing guest shots with Lionel Hampton's band and the Frankie Carle Orchestra. In 1946, he made a cameo in the Van Johnson film "No Leave, No Love" performing "Caldonia". In March 1946, Robinson performed at a gala in Washington DC for President Truman. He played four numbers including "Caldonia" during which he shouted out, "How'm I Doin', Mr President?" This became a popular catch-phrase. In 1947, he was the subject of a seven-minute film entitled "Frankie 'Sugar Chile' Robinson." In 1949, Robinson made his first recordings for the Capitol label. His first two releases were "Numbers Boogie", which made it to number four on the Billboard R&B charts, and "Caldonia" which reached number 14. Robinson toured and recorded until 1952, when he requested that he be allowed to return to school. He graduated from Northern High School at age 15. He went on to attend Olivet College in Michigan, and graduated with a degree in psychology in 1960.

[Ray Bohlken]

Great job, Norm. I tried to find more info on Frank Robinson, but came up short.
Ray

[Mike Nye]

Actually the film clip was FORWARDED to me by a fellow CB'er stating the boy as 'Little Richard' Penniman, who BTW will be 80 in December of this year.

I knew it wasn't he as the kid in the film clip appears to be 6 or 7, and Richard would have been between 13-14 in 1945 or 46 when the film was shot.

[Norm]

Agreed. I first saw it as one of those email things. I always take a minute and check "news" like that I get via emails because people seem, too often, to believe if they get it via email it just Must Be So. It only takes a couple of minutes to check this stuff. When I saw Mike's post I remembered seeing the thing before and knew where to look.

Unfortunately, some people will stubbornly insist that the kid is Little Richard because they got an email to that effect.

[Vidar Lund]

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