Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell

Robert "Bumps" Blackwell

Interview by John Pidgeon, Rock's Backpages Audio, October 1983

Songwriter and producer 'Bumps' Blackwell looks back at his illustrious career in pop and R&B: on Sam Cooke and 'You Send Me', Specialty Records and the West Coast indie scene, and at great length about his major discovery Little Richard.

File format: mp3; file size: 41.3mb, interview length: 45' 08" sound quality: ****

Robert ‘Bumps’ Blackwell

Obituary by Fred Dellar, NME, March 1985

ROCK LOST another legendary face-moulder on 9 March, when Robert ‘Bumps’ Blackwell died at his home in Hacienda Heights, near LA. ...