Bert Robinson - No More Cold Nights
The elegant & seductive balladeer from the mid 80's came suited up for the pleasure of pleasing his lady of choice. His voice so serious, it brought about the comparisons of Teddy Pendergrass & other powerfully willed crooners to grace the contemporary R&B scene of the 80's. Especially when you put Freddie Jackson, Howard Hewett, Kashif, Miles Jaye, Jeffrey Osbourne, Eugene Wilde, Glenn Jones & Gerald Alston into that equation. And if there was other names that needed to be mentioned, I would just get the discussion started about the crooners of the 80's. The great ones at that!
But Bert Robinson had a sound. After his debut "I Promise You Love" featuring the same producer for Vesta Williams in Attala Zane Giles, Bert broke loose with a top 5 R&B hit in "Heart Of Gold". And for a moment, I thought Bert was about to raise the bar for the status of becoming one of the top crooners of R&B.
Track Listing:
~ Heart Of Gold
~ Won't You Be My Lady
~ Just A Little Love
~ Never Gonna Give You Up
~ Tough Enough
~ No More Cold Nights
~ You Turn Me Out
~ Just Begun To Know You
~ Burning Inside Your Love
~ Still Waiting
Seriously, Capital Records dropped this for the midnight all nighters back in 1987 & the rest was history! With help from Stan Sheppard, Al Hudson, Irene Perkins, Nick Johnson, Attala & Billy Osbourne for his production dept, the listener was treated to an earful of soulful, nightlite slow ballads & mid-tempod 'in the central park' themed serenades.
After "Heart Of Gold" came, "You Turned Me Out" featuring producers Lionel Job & Preston Glass followed suit. Just as you would remember how the 80's gathered your attention for releasing top notch slow melodies (where is it today in 2008?), Bert distinguished himself like another Dennis Edwards's "Don't Look Any Further". Yes, it can draw a comparison.
"Still Waiting" was one of those compositions that sits on your mind. The harmony & melody attracts every detection of Bert laying out his baritone, powerfully projective voice. It sends the meaning of a man very well in love with his ability to transfer his emotions artistically & sensually by voice. The lasting impression on the lady he crooned it to may suggest a moment of thought. She should know its all about the romance!
Bert Robinson, however disappeared. Whereabouts unknown. For the sake of the review, I would love to know if he's still performing anywhere. If y'all know something, please drop a comment into this article.
For now, I'm holding on to the sweet memory of Bert's "Heart Of Gold". And if you can get a connection upon where you can get a great deal for purchase, & if you are one those like myself that chilled out in the 80s with some of the talents mentioned above, please do yourself a favor & seek this one out. Its good music & its something that can be played back today!
In fact, RIGHT NOW!
T
The Urban Music Scene
Here's the Flashback hit of 1987 from Bert Robinson in "Heart Of Gold"!!
I accidensatally stumbled onto Bert Robinsonsons album in reds records shop in brixton london back in the 80's, it has always been my favourite album of all time, and i have been searching for a copy of his album ever since mine was stolen
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Sadly, Bert passed away in mid 2006
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Yes, it's true, Bert has passed on. There is a Facebook tribute page about him: https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-tribute-to-Bert-Robinson/194801223920480
If URLs are not allowed here just search for "A tribute to Bert Robinson". May he R.I.P.
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Last I saw him he was rooming with a seamstress friend of mine and he didnt look like himself. He was very ill, and then I heard later he did pass!
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