Biography
The Helen Robinson Youth Choir
Effective period / Period of releases: 1956 - 1968
Members: Helen Robinson, Ida Johnson, Lindsay Heard, Edward Hatcher, Aubrey Pettis, Robertine Swoope, Charlene Martin, Connie Davis (2), Yvonne Hutch, Curtis Cade, Joseph Henderson (2), Herman Hosch, Notric Whitehill, Isaac Chew, Beverly Whitaker, George Nelson (3), Joe Ledbetter, Barbara Murphy Adams, Brenda Reese, Mae Emma Little, Robert Robinson (9), Equila Hicks, Gertrude Joy, Milbra Gardner, Dorothy Rush, Jeanette Robinson Jones, Luvenia Hosch
Founded by leader Helen Robinson in 1951 to occupy her seven children, distracting them from the less savory influences of their Chicago South Side neighborhood. Bounced around labels from Vee Jay to lesser known imprints and eventually to Atlantic. Ceased recording in 1972.