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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000" background="0732c2c3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Harold "Jukebox" Robinson</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT> |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harold Jukebox Robinson"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>Biography</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discography"><U>Discography</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Videos"><U>Videos</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Hometown"><U>My Hometown</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press Information"><U>Press Information</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> Biography</div> <div> Harold "Jukebox" Robinson is a native of Tuskegee,  Alabama and has been performing professionally since the age of fifteen. While playing with the "Corvettes", Jukebox backed up such names<IMG SRC="04e07b60.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="182" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> as Tom Joyner and the Duponts on the campus of Tuskegee University on numerous occasions. He also played on the same show with Tyrone Davis and Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson. He went on to earn his B.A. Degree from Alabama State University and later completing his Masters of Music from The University of Miami.   While in Miami he jammed with several music legends including Ben Vereen, Connie Francis, Kirk Whalum, Howard Hewitt & Stevie Wonder,  just to name a few...   Jukebox was also a member of the U.S. Navy Band for four years and was stationed at Pearl Harbor, HI.</div> <bR> <div> After serving as an Assistant Band Director for the <IMG SRC="0537f860.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="134" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Marching Hornets of Alabama State University for three years, he moved to Bessemer,  Alabama where he taught instrumental band for the school system for six years. He resigned from teaching elementary band in the Birmingham City School System after three years to launch his Professional career in earnest. He has played for Dr. Frank Adams, Jim Bell, Robert Moore, and most recently Ona Watson who are all in the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Jukebox played drums with the Birmingham Heritage Jazz Band under the direction of Dr. Tolton Rosser, Birmingham, AL..</div> <bR> <div> Robinson is an Adj. Professor at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. He teaches for the Music Recording & Industry Program under the School of Communications . </div> <bR> <div> Excluding the one cover tune on the album, Jukebox wrote all the songs featured on <I><B>LOVE IS AS LOVE DOES</B></I>. He played drums, keyboards and sang lead & background vocals on this project. He was accompanied by Don Jones (Bass) and Thomas Wolfe (Guitar), and daughter Tracie Robinson (Vocals). Sound was recorded and mixed by Vic Bell. Cover graphics were done by Melanie Robinson.   <I><B>LOVE IS AS LOVE DOES</B></I> was released on January 20, 2002 at "The 22nd Street Jazz Cafe", Birmingham, AL, where over a hundred people showed up for the CD release party. Since the release, Jukebox has appeared on Radio, (WVAS-FM, Montgomery, AL) Television, (Ch 6, Tuskegee, AL; Channel 42, Birmingham, AL) and newspapers, (ASU Today February,  2002 issue & the Auburn/Opelika News, May 24, 2002).   <I><B>LOVE IS AS LOVE DOES</B></I> is selling in Japan, Germany, London, Italy and the UK as well as in the U.S., merchandised by <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jukebox" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jukebox"><U><B>cdbaby.com</B></U></A></FONT>.   <I><B>LOVE IS AS LOVE DOES</B></I> was selected for promotional representation at the 2003 MIDEM event in Cannes, France by Amethyst Entertainment, Inc. in Texas. The event took place  January 19th - 23rd and hosted some 10,000 music industry professionals from the US and 30 countries around the world. This event launched the careers of such great artist as Elton John and Sonny & Cher.</div> <bR> <div> Jukebox was featured on the cover of the Montgomery Advertiser's Entertainment Weekly GO! Magazine on October 24, 2004 when he performed at River Walk Amphitheater. He competed for a spot on the Jubilee Festival and his composition "Party" was selected to be placed in the 2004 CD Compilation and distributed to over 5000 vendors.</div> <bR> <div> LOVE IS AS LOVE DOES has won the Directors Award in the 2005 Nashville International Spring Song & Lyric Contest. Paramount Group's Norman Daniels states that Robinson shows very promising talent. He has excellent possibilites for success, and should pursue his career to the fullest extent. Jukebox was also awarded a Songwriter Contract from Paramount Group.</div> <bR> <div> LOVE IS AS LOVE DOES is being played in rotation on CELEBRATE RADIO which is on-the-air on satellite across Europe and the Middle East via satellite, on shortwave to Central and South America, North Africa and Southeast Asia via shortwave radio and everywhere else in 24/7 stream on the web. Don Fass of CELEBRATE RADIO says they love the music and want to promote and feature Jukebox and his music on the radio.</div> <bR> <div> Jukebox performed on drums at Alabama State University School of Music Recital Hall on November 28, 2005 along with Dr. Douglas Bristol, trombone, Bo Berry, trumpet, Sam Williams, flute and sax, Tim Payton, bass and Coleman Woodson III, piano, for An Evening of Jazz Concert. Coleman plays piano for the former American Idol Ruben Studdard & Just a Few Cats. He has a classical piano degree from UAB in Birmingham, AL and has released a CD with Just a Few Cats on sale now. Sam Williams retired from the U.S. Air Force Band and is the leader of the local group Tapestry.  A DVD of the concert is available for viewing on the web at <A HREF="http://www.haroldjukeboxrobinson.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.haroldjukeboxrobinson.com"><U>www.haroldjukeboxrobinson.com</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> Robinson performed on drums/vocals with the band KB & The Kool Kats at Bogy's in Montgomery on 1/20/06. A video of the engagement is available on the web for viewing at www.haroldjukeboxrobinson.com. If you like Motown, Oldies, and a little Country music then check out the DVD. </div> <bR> <div> Jukebox is showing his One Man Band DVD, recorded June 16, 2006 as an audition dvd to solicit all Agents, Club Owners, Wedding Planners,  Activity Directors, Entertainment Directors, etc. who seeking GREAT entertainment for their upcoming events. The DVD is available for viewing on the web. Your business is greatly appreciated.</div> <bR> <div> Love Is As Love Does, the single will be featured on Mere Music International/Fame Games Radio Station in Spain in January, 2007. The song will air on the 10th-17th of the month. Fame Games has over a million listeners in Spain.This will be edition #117. Please tune in and listen to the music.</div> <bR> <div> Thang Called Love was rated 13 in Mere Music International/ Fame Games Edition #103 in the top 20 songs for November, 06. These songs were rated on their cross over music appeal and judged before being placed in the compettition. Here is the review by MMI.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Narrow" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> We really liked the down-to-Earth, solid values of this performance and song. All the right elements are here - good vocal, nice melody, good rhythm and vibe... There's just one thing, though: it sounds like it could have been written and produced in the 70's. This, in and of itself, is not a problem, but if you're seeking feedback for how a song like that might go down in <I>today's</I> market - you'd need to make a number of adjustments. Firstly, the song itself - everything is very much on one level - the chorus should have more of a lift, perhaps by revising its melody, or perhaps just by arranging it differently. Next, very importantly, the arrangement needs to fast-forward 30 years. It's not <I>what</I> instruments are playing, but <I>how</I> they're playing. The <I>groove </I>of the song should be more prominent, the instrumental performances more bold and distinct. There need to be some additional instrumental flavors, something like a warm and fat Rhodes, coming in and out in just the right places, for example... You'll find that just by changing or improving the instrumentation, you'll transform the song - and that in turn will give you new ideas for how to make the melodic structure work even better. Nitpicking aside, however, this is a very credible demo of a seasoned performer and writer.</div> <bR> <div> The scores were:</div> <div> <I>(Minimum 0, Max 15 points)</I></div> <div> Song: 12.5</div> <div> Production: 12.0</div> <div> Performance: 14.0</div> <div> <B>FINAL SCORE: 12.8</B> </div> <div> <B><U>The Fame Games Verdict:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> A very credible demo of what this performer and writer can do. But - it's clearly still a work in progress, at least seen from the perspective of what we believe the popular market is all about these days</div> <bR> <div> Jukebox is in the studio putting the final touches on his next CD. He is also working on videos of single tracks on Love Is As Love Does. These videos will be placed on the web for view in the near future so stay tuned. Robinson plans on releasing a single from the upcoming CD/DVD in the next few weeks. This project has new music written and performed by Robinson with the assistance of Darryl(DJ)Jones, singer/songwriter/producer/performer who played guitar and co- wrote several hits for the Commodores as a member of the Mean Machine. He also toured with Lionel Richie, Atlantic Star and others and is now performing/producing with Robinson. Jukebox will </div> <div> feature several tunes written/performed & produced by Darrel"DJ"Jones on his up coming CD entitled CHAPTER TWO soon to be released on CD BABY. DJ is a native of Biloxi, MS but was raised in Tuskegee, AL. He attended Berkely School of Music in Boston MA and studied Guitar before joining the Commordores as a member of the Mean Machine. He also played drums and sang background vocals. He later toured with Lionel Richie playing guitar when he began his solo career and can be heard on the recordings of both groups.</div> <bR> <div> Love Is As Love Does the cd was selected as one of the albums of the month by Celebrate Radio. Love Is As Love Does the single along with Best Part of Me and Thang Called Love were chosen by John O'Day of  WCH Radio to be played in rotation. WCH Radio is located in St. Louis, Mo. Robinson will be performing Christmas Parties in Tallassee, Wetumpka, and Tuskegee and wishes his fans the best this Holiday Season. A single track from his upcoming CD and videos from tracks on Love Is As Love Does will be uploaded on the site soon so be on the look out.</div> <bR> <div>  THANG CALLED LOVE is being featured at Mere Music International's Fame Games Internet radio station. It's current "plays" (all-time) record stands at 1,509 with a daily *average* of 4.43 plays. To hear the feature go to www.meremusic.com but hurry, it will only be there for a week. </div> <bR> <div> Jukebox has just uploaded new video's. Please be sure to check out  ONE DAY, a video of a track on the new CD, CHAPTER TWO</div> <div> soon to be released. There is also a video of  Party, Love Is As Love Does, and Thang Called Love. The video's were recorded at his home in Tuskegee, Alabama in January of 2007 and are now available for viewing on the web-site. ONE DAY the first release from Jukebox's second CD entitled CHAPTER TWO will be featured on Mere Music International/ Fan Games Radio on March 14 - 21 2007 and will soon be released on CD BABY . This will be the international release of this featured track so tune in to MMI/Fan Games edition #126 on MMI. Only 10% of all submission are selected to be featured and MMI has over 600,000 listeners.</div> <bR> <div> CHAPTER TWO the latest project by Robinson is on CDBABY for sale and Digital Distribution. There are six original tunes on this cd.The tracks are mostly up beat dance tunes that everyone can enjoy. Darrel "DJ" Jones produced, recorded and played guitar and keyboards on all selections. His lead and background vocals can also be heard on DOING MY THANG. TREASURE HOUSE STUDIOS, Montgomery, Alabama mastered the cd. ONE DAY and STAND are already being played on internet radio. TUSKEGEE is a tribute to Robinson's home town. GROWNFOLKS PARTAE is a Latin dance tune getting lots of exposure and U & I is a ballad. The lyrics to U & I were written by Theada Samuels, a navtive of Montgomery, Alabama and graduate of Tuskegee University now working in the Department of Human Resources in Tuskegee, Alabama.</div> <bR> <div> There is also a dvd JAZZ AT THE KELLOGG CENTER, Tuskegee University, recorded June 16, 2007 that will be uploaded on the site. This dvd features Coleman Woodson, Jr., Alto Sax, D.C. Conyers, Vocals, Kermit Orr, Keyboards, Darrel Jones, Bass and Jukebox on Drums. This dvd is a Jazz concert of tunes from the 40's 50's and a few of the 70's hits that Baby Boomers will enjoy.Look for a few tunes from this dvd on Youtube, Myspace and Garage Band coming soon.</div> <bR> <div> Robinson will have a Cd Release Party for CHAPTER TWO on July 20. 2007. The party will be at TIGER PAUSE, downtown Tuskegee, Alabama, 117 Westside. Admission is free and CD's will be available for sale. Jukebox will be performing the unpluged version of tracks from CHAPTER TWO and LOVE IS AS LOVE DOES as well as cover tunes by other artists. Robinson will soon upload a video of the track TUSKEGEE on the site for public viewing. </div> <bR> <div> Jukebox will be playing drums with BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL at the Southern Heritage Festival in Birmingham, AL on September 2, at Sloss Furnace. The band will perform from 1 - 2 p.m. BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL will also be in Montgomwery, AL on September 3rd  starting around 5 p.m. Robinson perfoms solo at the TIGER PAUSE on September, 14TH from 7 - 10 p.m. </div> <bR> <div> Robinson(drums), Darryl(DJ) Jones(bass) and Kermit Orr(piano) have formed a trio playing Jazz Standars. The Band is now seeking booking engagements for the trio. The band focuses on music from the Baby Boomer Generation and has received rave reviews. They are now playing in the Auburn/Opelika and Montgomery areas. The trio is also selecting tunes for an upcoming CD full of Jazz Standards from this era. Robinson is also playing solo in venues in Montgomery and Auburn. You can look for him to perform at the Tiger Pause in Tuskegee. He recently auditioned to perform at The Ale House, Mama Lucy's, The Strutting Duck & Fat Daddy's in Auburn, AL and Blue Byrd's, The Shack & Ruddles English Pub in Montgomery, AL..</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Jukebox will be pefrorming originals from CHAPTER TWO and R&B cover tunes at Ruddles English Pub in Montgomery, Alabama on the 28th of Feburary.He will be at The Tiger Pause in  Tuskegee, Alabama in March. Look for him to be at The Strutting Duck in Auburn, Alabama soon and in Atlanta/Columbus, GA  for up coming open-mics. He will begin recording a CD of cover tunes for his next project this Spring.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>