
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, July 30, 1990                   TAG: 9007300097
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A/4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

`ROCKIN' ROBIN' BARD BOBBY DAY, 60, DIES

Singer Bobby Day, whose songs "Little Bitty Pretty One" and "Rockin' Robin" soared to the top of rock 'n' roll charts in the 1950s, has died of cancer, a family friend said Sunday.

Day, 60, was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital July 15 and died Friday, said Karen Castillo, owner of Desert Rose Productions and Solid Gold Entertainment Management in Daggett, Calif.

He had been treated for an ulcer for the past year and doctors discovered an intestinal tumor when he was last hospitalized, Castillo said.

On 1958, Day wrote and recorded "Little Bitty Pretty One" - named for his wife, Jackie. His version of the Jimmie Thomas song "Rockin' Robin" hit No. 2 on the billboard charts in 1958. The song became a hit again many years later for the Jackson 5.

Day recently appeared in the nationwide tour "Thirty Years of Rock 'n' Roll" with Donnie Brooks and Tiny Tim.

by CNB