Gil Robbins obituary

One of the folk group the HighwaymenAlthough Gil Robbins, who has died of prostate cancer aged 80, joined the American collegiate folk group the Highwaymen after they had already achieved fame with their chart-topping 1961 arrangement of Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, he nevertheless made a significant musical contribution to the group's continuing success.The original Highwaymen were all still students when Michael topped the charts in the US, Britain and 20 other countries, but after graduatio...

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