Tina Robin (born Harriet Ostrowsky; November 27, 1937"This Day In Music: November 27", maketodayrock.com. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – March 16, 1996) was an American pop singer and entertainer.
Life and career She was born in Newark, New Jersey. She recorded several singles under the name Harriet Kay in 1955. In 1957 she appeared on a popular television quiz show, Hold That Note, and won, gaining recognition for her powerful singing voice and her personality; she was tall, and nicknamed "The Little Dynamo".
She was managed by Buddy Kaye,Dick Kleiner, "Singer Tina Robin Discovers The High Cost Of Stardom", Park City Daily News, September 19, 1957; retrieved June 23, 2014. and recorded for Coral Records, releasing several singles in the late 1950s but with little success. Tina Robin discography, 45cat.com; retrieved 23 June 2014
However, she released an LP, The 4 Seasons, on Coral in 1958, Tina Robin, The 4 Seasons, Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014 and was also a regular performer on the Sing Along television show, presented by Jim Lowe. By 1960, she was managed by Don Kirshner and Al Nevins of Aldon Music,"Team Makes ABC Disks", Billboard, September 5, 1960, pg. 11 and she began releasing singles on the Mercury label. Her only chart success came in 1961, when her recording "Play It Again", written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Howard Greenfield, reached #95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
She also worked as a session singer on many of Goffin and King's demo recordings in the early 1960s. Serene Dominic, Burt Bacharach, Song by Song, Music Sales Group, 2003, pg. 86
Robin continued to sing and perform comedy and impressions in clubs in New York, as well as in Las Vegas, and appeared on the Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson shows.. Retrieved 23 June 2014
Robin died at her home in Cooper City, Florida, in 1996 at age 58.
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