Isaac L. "Banjo Ikey" Robinson (July 28, 1904 – October 25, 1990) was an American

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ist and vocalist. Born in Dublin, Virginia, United States, Robinson moved to

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, in 1926, playing and recording with Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, and Jabbo Smith during 1928 and 1929. In 1929, Robinson recorded in Chicago with

Georgia Tom Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 – January 23, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music. He penned 3,000 songs, a third of them gospel, inc ...

, billed as The Hokum Boys. Their track, written by Dorsey, "I Had to Give Up Gym" was an early dirty blues song, sometimes described as hokum. His groups included Ikey Robinson and his Band (w/ Jabbo Smith), The Hokum Trio, The Pods of Pepper, Windy City Five, and Sloke & Ike.

Film

*''Louie Bluie'' (1986). Directed by Terry Zwigoff.

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WorldCat entry

Ikey Robinson recordings
at the

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1904 births 1990 deaths American banjoists Musicians from Virginia 20th-century American singers People from Dublin, Virginia 20th-century American male singers {{String-musician-stub