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About Robert Blackwell
Robert Alexander "Bumps" Blackwell was an American bandleader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as mentoring Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson, Lloyd Price, Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Larry Williams, and Sly and the Family Stone at the start of their music careers.
Everything about Robert Blackwell →- Occupation
- songwriter, record producer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 23, 1918
- Died
- March 9, 1985