Robert Jolin Osborne (May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017) was born in Colfax, Washington.
Osborne left the air in early 2016 due to an undisclosed health issue. His death was announced by Turner Classic Movies this morning. The cause of death was not immediately announced.
The song "There Goes My Baby" was the first single by the second incarnation of the Drifters (previously known as the 5 Crowns), who assumed the group name in 1958 after manager George Treadwell fired the remaining members of the original lineup. The single reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard R&B chart and on the Cash Box sales chart for two weeks, in the summer of 1959. It was Ben E. King’s debut recording as lead singer of the group and also introduced the idea of using violins.