Talkin & Rockin with Robby Robinson - Frankie Valli's Music Director

<p> </p> <p>Robby Robinson is originally from <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litchfield,_Illinois">Litchfield, Illinois</a>. He studied piano from age 7, saxophone from age 8, and started playing in rock bands at age 14. He majored in music at <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Illinois_University">Southern Illinois University</a> of <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardsville,_Illinois">Edwardsville</a>. From high school through college, Robinson played in a variety of bands in the Southern Illinois-St. Louis area, after college he toured the US with <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Driscoll">Phil Driscoll</a> and "Patch & Didi" (with his brother Rex Robinson, Lynn Hamman, and Didi Carr). The Robinson brothers moved to Los Angeles in 1976.</p> <p>From 1976 to 1978 Robinson played, arranged, and produced with a broad range of musicians such as <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a>,<a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)">Tom Jones</a>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Mouzon">Alphonse Mouzon</a>, <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Greco">Buddy Greco</a>, and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_DeMerle">Les DeMerle</a>. In 1978, at the recommendation of long-time friend Richie Gajate Garcia, Robinson joined <a href= "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(band)">Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons</a>, he has been the group's music director, conductor and keyboardist for over 45 years.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>