Odia Coates

Odia Coates passed away in 1991 at the age of forty-nine of breast cancer. Bobby Day died of cancer in 1990 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. They recorded several more duets that produced Top 10 & Top 20 hits such as 1974's "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" plus in 1975 "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone" and "There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love." Coates went on to record on her own, meeting with modest success. Sometimes referred to as a one-hit wonder, despite numerous recordings with a variety of record companies, after "Rockin' Robin" Bobby Day never achieved a Top 40 hit again. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1974. However, Day is most remembered for his 1958 solo recording of the Billboard Hot 100 No.2 hit, "Rockin' Robin", a song covered by Michael Jackson in 1972. Coates is best remembered for her duet with Paul Anka called " (You're) Having My Baby" that went to No. Bobby Day's best known songwriting efforts were "Over and Over" made popular by the Dave Clark Five in 1965 and "Little Bitty Pretty One" popularized by the Jackson Five in 1972.

From an early age, she sang in her church choir and eventually became a member of the Southern California State Youth Choir. In 1957, Day formed his own band called the "Satellites" following which he authored three songs that are seen today as Rock and Roll classics. The daughter of an evangelical minister, she was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi but as a young girl her family moved to Watts, California. He went several years with minor musical success limited to the West Coast. Odia Coates (1942 - May 19, 1991) was an American singer. As a member of the R&B group, the Hollywood Flames, he used the stage name Bobby Day to perform and record. Byrd in Fort Worth, Texas he moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of fifteen.

Born Robert J. Bobby Day (born July 1, 1928 - died July 27, 1990, was an African American musician.