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Tier 2 · legacy legend
Tad Robinson
Person · male · United States · New York City · born 1956 · recording since 1994
American soul blues singer
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Also known as Тад Робинсон
Timeline
10 events▣ Album 8◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: One to Infinity
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography140 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1355088106
Biography
Tad Robinson (born June 24, 1956) is an American singer, harmonica player, and songwriter.
Robinson was born in New York City and grew up there. He graduated from the New Lincoln School in Manhattan, New York and attended Indiana University's school of music in Bloomington before graduating in 1980. He played regionally with a group called the Hesitation Blues Band, then moved to Chicago, where he became the vocalist for Dave Specter & the Bluebirds, singing on their 1994 album Blueplicity for Delmark Records. In 1994, he released his first album under his own name on the same label; seven more have been released, five of those on the Severn imprint.
Robinson has performed at notable festivals in several countries including the US, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. He has been a Hohner harmonica endorsee since 1985.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 31 | 68.2th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (9 release groups · 8 studio albums)
Albums · 8
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:37
1Empty Apartment Blues4:492Coming Home3:523At the End of the Tunnel4:374Eight Days a Week3:555Trouble in Mind4:016Can't Print It Fast Enough4:257One to Infinity5:298Walking in the Sunshine4:399Lonely Man3:3110Raining in New York4:4711Little Rascal3:0012Give Love a Chance5:321998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:52
1Last Go Round5:112Payback5:453If I Had it to do Again5:254Some of my Best Friends are the Blues5:055Have You Heard From My Baby6:076The Waiting Game3:487Since You’ve Been Gone6:238I’ve Got to Go3:409No Exit Blues4:1710More and More3:0611Another Song, Another Day5:5212Shine A Light4:132004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:31
1They Say3:522Did You Ever Wonder?4:493The Bitter And The Sweet3:364Too Late To Turn Back Now4:055Woman Trouble5:546Your Love Is Amazing4:267Suffering With The Blues2:438Welcome Home4:179Pockets Full Of Nothing5:3710My Love Is Real4:4111Dying From The Blues5:312007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:00
1Long Way Home5:302Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)3:563Up And Down World4:294You Get To Keep The Love3:435He's Movin' In (To Her Life)4:246More Good Than Bad3:467Two Of A Kind Blues3:598Broken-Hearted Man4:279When You're Ready4:0810Love Is Everything3:5011Back For More3:482010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:47
1Rained All Night4:402Full Attention Blues4:313You Name It I've Had It3:164On And On5:055I'm In Good4:436Just Out Of My Reach5:077Sunday Morning Woman4:528Half Smile5:439Turn To The Music3:5710Get Back To Love4:532015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:08
1Soul Lover4:172Call Me5:063Lonely Talking4:164He's Moved On5:075Lead Me On3:266Mellow in Love3:537Love Is a Winner3:118Blue Yesterday4:159While You Were Gone4:5210Nightwatch5:1111Need Some Better4:3512Call Me, pt. II4:592019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:43
1Changes5:422Full Grown Woman3:143Search Your Heart4:274Love in The Neighborhood5:145Wishing Well Blues3:176You Got It5:017You Are My Dream3:198Make It With You5:259Real Street4:1910Long Way Home5:452025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:31
1Keep It in the Vault4:472Out of Sight and Out of Mind5:153Somewhere There's a Train3:524(I'm) Down to My Last Heartbreak3:505Deeper Than You Think4:576It's Private Tonight4:087Keep Your Heart Open for Love4:408Up in the Air3:089Forgive and Forget4:0210This Time3:52
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Live at Lucerne Blues FestivalSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 55:071Tell Me What’s the Reason4:41 2Ah’w Baby5:35 3Waitin’ on Somebody2:47 4By Your Side5:26 5Best Kept Secret4:17 6I’ll Take Care6:53 7What Love Did to Me4:34 8One More Chance With You4:25 9Country Girl4:29 10I’m on My Way3:50 11Just a Little Bit More4:21 12Cross My Heart3:49 | Live | 1998 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Tad Robinson head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 31 | 68.2th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul Bus(band) | — | present | |
| Kevin Anker Soul Experience(band) | — | present | |
| BluesEase(band) | — | present | harmonica |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tad_Robinson.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb4099a9-ec53-4efe-9242-13b37cff7743discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb4099a9-ec53-4efe-9242-13b37cff7743core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7674248genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7674248seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Robinsonbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Robinson
Why this artist is in the database
- List of soul musicians
Tier rule: genre canon: soul
Image: Frederic Lemé · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q7674248 · MusicBrainz: fb4099a9-ec53-4efe-9242-13b37cff7743
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