US & UK hit charts

Songs Written by Bobby RobinsonTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Top songs: #1: Honey - #2: Will 2K - #3: Ya Ya - #4: The Message - #5: Warm and Tender Love

The Vocaleers

1953

Is It a Dream
The Vocaleers

22 pts

R&B

[Red Robin 114]
written by Joe Duncan & Bobby Robinson

The Bonnie Sisters

02/1956

Cry Baby
The Bonnie Sisters

59 pts

[Rainbow 328]
written by Morgan C. Robinson

& Lawrence Robinson

The Lovers [1°]

1959

It's Too Late
The Lovers [1°]

7 pts

R&B

as Tarheel Slim and Little Ann
[Fire 1000]
written by Allen Bunn & Bobby Robinson

Buster Brown

05/1960

John Henry (The Steel Driving Man)
Buster Brown

4 pts

105

[Fire 1020]
written by Buster Brown, Bobby Robinson

& Clarence Lewis

The Ducanes

07/1961

I'm So Happy (Tra La La)
The Ducanes

3 pts

109

[Goldisc 3024]
written by Bobby Robinson

Lee Dorsey

08/1961

#3 Ya Ya
Lee Dorsey

139 pts

R&B

[Fury 1053]
written by Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson

& Morris Levy

Buster Brown

02/1962

Sugar Babe
Buster Brown

13 pts

R&B

[Fire 507]
written by Bobby Robinson

Jackie and the Starlites

04/1962

I Found Out Too Late
Jackie and the Starlites

8 pts

R&B

[Fury 1057]
written by Izore Williams, Bobby Robinson

& Robert Dunn

Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford

06/1962

I Need Your Loving
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford

74 pts

R&B

[Fire 508]
written by Don Gardner, Bobby Robinson

, James McDougal & Clarence Lewis

Petula Clark

10.

06/1962

Ya Ya Twist
Petula Clark

68 pts

written by Clarence Lewis, Lee Dorsey, Maurice Levy & Morgan Robinson

Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford

11.

08/1962

Don't You Worry
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford

27 pts

R&B

[Fire 513]
written by Bobby Robinson

& Don Gardner

David Rockingham Trio

12.

11/1963

Dawn
David Rockingham Trio

15 pts

[Josie 913]
written by Bobby Robinson

Percy Sledge

13.

07/1966

#5 Warm and Tender Love
Percy Sledge

from Warm & Tender Soul

101 pts

R&B

[Atlantic 2342]
written by Bobby Robinson

& Clara Thompson

Archie Campbell and Lorene Mann

14.

09/1968

Warm and Tender Love
Archie Campbell and Lorene Mann

from Tell It Like It Is

1 pts

ctry

[RCA Victor 47-9615]
written by Bobby Robinson

& Clara Thompson

Willie Hightower

15.

04/1969

It's a Miracle
Willie Hightower

7 pts

130

R&B

[Capitol 2226]
written by Willie Hightower & Bobby Robinson

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

16.

07/1982

#4 The Message
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

from The Message

136 pts

dance

R&B

featuring Melle Mel & Duke Bootee
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #51]
[Sugar Hill 584]
written by Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Bobby Robinson

Steve Miller Band

17.

09/1988

Ya Ya
Steve Miller Band

from Born 2B Blue

12 pts

rock

as Steve Miller
[Capitol 44222]
written by Lee Dorsey, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis & Morgan Robinson

Mariah Carey

18.

09/1997

#1 Honey
Mariah Carey

from Butterfly

410 pts

dance

R&B

sixth song in hot 100 history to debut at #1
[Columbia 78648]
written by Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Stevie J, Q-Tip, Bobby Robinson

, Stephen Hague, Ronald Larkins, Malcolm McLaren & Larry Price

DeeJay Punk-Roc vs. Onyx

19.

02/1999

Roc-In-It
DeeJay Punk-Roc vs. Onyx

13 pts

written by DeeJay Punk-Roc, Bobby Robinson

, Charles B. Simmons, Darryll Barksdale, Fredro Scruggs Jr., Joseph Jefferson, Kirk Jones & Tyrone Taylor

Will Smith

20.

10/1999

#2 Will 2K
Will Smith

from Willennium

224 pts

R&B

featuring K-Ci
[Columbia 79287]
written by Will Smith, Bobby Robinson

, Mick Jones [The Clash], Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon, K-Ci & Lennie Bennett

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

21.

07/2004

The Message
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

7 pts

R rm
written by Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Bobby Robinson

Ricky Martin

22.

01/2006

Drop It on Me
Ricky Martin

from Life

3 pts

120

featuring Daddy Yankee
[album cut]
written by Ramon Ayála, Mohandas Dewese, George Pajon Jr., Bobby Robinson

& Francisco Saldaña