Bobby Day

Bobby Day died of cancer in 1990 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. From Hyperactive to Interactive (1997)]. 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. Mobb Deep's song Got it Twisted contains the rhythm from "She Blinded me with Science" at a slower speed. 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. The following artists have worked with Thomas Dolby:. 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. In July 1998, Thomas received a Lifetime Achievement in Internet Music award from Yahoo! Internet Life.

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. He has also worked as a producer and a soundtrack composer for both movies and video games. He went several years with minor musical success limited to the West Coast. Dolby performed at the Live Aid concert in London as part of David Bowie's band. As a member of the R&B group, the Hollywood Flames, he used the stage name Bobby Day to perform and record. He is often a major speaker at technology conferences such as Comdex, Websphere and Nokia. Byrd in Fort Worth, Texas he moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of fifteen. Dolby's musical talents have also been put to use recently creating hundreds of digital polyphonic ring tones now found on mobile phones everywhere (including the polyphonic version of the imfamous Nokia signature theme,) which can be sampled or purchased at http://www.retroringtones.com.

Born Robert J. At the second annual Mobile Music Awards, Miami, Florida in 2004 RetroFolio won best of Show and Best New Technology awards. Bobby Day (born July 1, 1928 - died July 27, 1990, was an African American musician. While still remaining on the company board, Dolby stepped down from his position as CEO of Beatnik to pursue other technologically innovative interests, such as founding Retro Ringtones LLC in 2002, which produces the RetroFolio(TM) ring tone asset management software suite for companies involved in the mobile phone ring tone business. [1] (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0GTV/is_3_19/ai_84237143). (formally Headspace), a technology company specializing in mobile phone digital audio formats, such as polyphonic ring tones for mobile phones.