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THE ROBINS the COASTERS Bogus Coasters 1954 the Robins Timeline THE ROBINSOff Shoot Groups THE COASTERS Off Shoot Groups Bogus Coasters 1954 The Robins Nunn, Gardner, Chapman, Richard, Richard, Terrell 1956 The Robins The Coasters Chapman, Richard, Carl Gardner, Bobby Nunn, Billy Guy, Richard, Terrell, Barnum Leon Hughes 1958 The Robins The Coasters Sheen, RichardsJr, Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, Will Jones, Richard, Chapman Cornell Gunter 1961 The Coasters The Fabulous 1963 The Coasters Mark II Gardner, Guy, Jones, Earl Carroll Coasters Nunn, Sheen, RichardsJr, Gunter, Harper, Tisby, Chapman Randy Jones 1966 The Coasters Nunn, Sheen, RichardsJr, Cornell Gunter & His 1967 RandyJones Coasters 1968 The Coasters Gunter, Harper, Wilson a.o. Gardner, Guy, Carroll, Ronnie Bright 1973 The Coasters Coasters 2+2 Gardner, Carroll, Bright, Hughes, Nunn, Chapman, Jimmy Norman JeromeEvans World Famous 1976 Coasters World Famous 1977 Hughes, Jones a.o. Coasters Guy, Jones a.o. 1980 The Coasters The Coasters Gardner, Norman, Bright Gunter, Duncan, Cook Jones, Guy a.o. Billy Richards' Bobby Nunn Tribute Leon Hughes, the 1987 Coasters Coasters original Coaster RichardsJr, RandyJones Chapman, Sheen, Cornell Gunter's 1990 Hughes, Little Dion a.o. a.o. JeromeEvans, RandyJones Coasters, Inc 1998 The Coasters Duncan, Cook, Pope The Fabulous 1999 Gardner, Bright, Morse, Gardner Jr Billy Guy's Coasters Coasters Marshak's bogus group featuring featuring Grady Chapman Early Clover The Cornell Gunter 2001 The Coasters Coasters Marshak's diff bogus groups of Gardner, Bright, Morse, Lance today THE COASTERS Cornell Gunter's Marshak had managed Billy 2006 The Robins Carl Gardner's Coasters Coasters Richard's group before 2000. The Original Cornell 2007 featuring Grady Chapman GardnerJr, Bright, Morse, Lance featuring Edwin Cook Gunters Coasters There were even more "Coasters" groups formed from "off-springs" of the Off-Shoot groups. Duncan, Pope, Scruggs.
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