Comments on: Tribute to Robbie Snowden 1948-2009

By: Tony Hart

Tony Hart — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 02:10:47 +0000

Hi guys.
This may sound very odd but my Mother had a cruise from the UK around Europe late summer in 1974 on the T.S.S Lenoid Sobinov around the Helsinki- Copenhagen-Southhampton route. And she had a..em Shall we say “an encounter” with a member of one of the entertainment staff is all i know.It can only be one of five or six people max! And here i am 39 years later. Long story short as i can.
I always thought i was never really my dads biological child, and when i was about eleven years young i found out this was true.
when i managed to speak to my mum properly about it years later i asked her. Are you sure? And she looked me square in the eye and said yes. So i asked. How are you so sure? And she replied. When you see him you will know because you look like his brother. (i am more than willing to send a photo)Quite alike i think. Lips and all!
Only the other day for some reason i got out the ships information that my mother kindly gave before she passed away bless her. I have spent some time going through the possibilitys and i think i have found him.
If anybody is willing to help me prove that this is so. or iliminate Robbie from the equation then any help would be greatfully recieved.
This is no prank and i do not wish any upset to anyone or cause trouble through this. I just need to know the truth. Love and light to you all.
I would love to speak to Ronnie Burns if possible. From his words to Robbie i think he’s on my wave length from his words to Robbie.
Sincearly Tony Hart x ( my mum’s name Sheila Hart by the way if that helps?)R.I.P
My email is hartt075@gmail.com
Mob UK 07508189432

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:57:27 +0000

Fond memories, a privilege to have known you briefly xx

By: ray bullock

ray bullock — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:44:50 +0000

Robbie Snowden was favourite of mine in the 60’s. I followed his career at the time, not quite sure whether “PRETTY FLAMINGO”, was a cover he released or a mimed song from those shows in those days. One funny thing was when i was at highschool was that,if I ever had to give a false name for whatever, I always used Rob Snowden. He was so popular in WA at the time……RIP

By: Keith Bird

Keith Bird — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:26:48 +0000

Have just learned of Robbies’ passing and find it hard to believe.

I ran dances in Wagga Wagga and Griffith in the 1960s and hired Robbie on numerous occasions. He was a gentleman and I have fond memories of the time we spent together.

Many years later he found out that I owned a jewellery shop in Cairns and used to call in to say hi in his capacity as cruise director .

My condolences to his family .

By: Anne Floyd

Anne Floyd — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:27:37 +0000

I used to go to Club 17 every week and loved Robbie. I still have his singles (I am now 56) and moved back to England in 1967. I can’t believe I found all this about him and am so sorry to hear that he has passed away.

By: Linda O'Brien

Linda O'Brien — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:22:30 +0000

I knew Robbie back in the late sixties, when he came to Brisbane he would visit me and my family. I am very saddened to hear of Robbie’s passing, he was such a gentleman with a kind heart. My deepest wishes for Robbie’s family.

By: Francis Edwards

Francis Edwards — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:53:14 +0000

Back in the late 60’s, I was known as Chris James (stage name created by a manager who thought that my real name wasn’t good enough) and like Robbie, recorded on the Clarion label.

I was conscripted and sent to Vietnam. These days, being some 36 years later and issues behind me, I have been able to get back up and want to mention that Robbie in many ways contributed to this.

I met him while living on the Gold Coast a few years back when I was assisting a child protection charity group.

He asked if I had any recorded music and if I did, he said he would try and get me some exposure on the local radio station that he worked for.

I didn’t have any music at the time but will never forget the fact that he was willing to go to bat for someone who was a competitor back in the day. What a genuine and beautiful soul!

May he rest in the peace that he so justly deserves.

By: Laurie Baker

Laurie Baker — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:03:01 +0000

Sadly, I only found out today that Robbie had passed away, I find it hard to accept that only a few months ago at the Channel 7 Reunion I spent a couple of hours with Rob; he was tanned, looked great and enthusiastically sharing his future plans in his retirement. We discussed his earlier illness and he was so confident about the future and enjoying every bit of his life.

I was privileged to have worked with Robbie on Club 17 and to be counted as a close friend during those Perth years, he was always generous with his friendship and yet his humble and passionate disposition, brought him many friends and success. I will never forget those crazy times; the fun, the pranks, the music and the dreams we shared as the Club 17 gang.

Robbie, you were taken from us far too soon and your departure leaves a great void. God bless bud.

Laurie

By: Ken Jackson

Ken Jackson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:45:42 +0000

It was a big jump from the confines of Perth in the late 60’s to The Gold Coast in the mid 80’s but Robbie was the same ‘smiley face’ with the same totally unassuming attitude & boyish appeal. I worked with him at 4GG in 1986, while I was reading news & writing & producing station commercials he was ‘out front’ for the station doing the job he did so well of promotions. He seemed to me as though he had hardly aged in 20 years & his boyish enthusiasm hadn’t waned in the slightest. His work ethic reminds me of a quote:

Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.

God speed Robbie,

Ken Jackson

By: kim newman

kim newman — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:46:30 +0000

I have just heard of Robs death (8th Jan) I am shocked and saddened I only spoke to him briefly at the reunion
Back in 1965 I was a mimer on Club Seventeen and Rob was the 17 year old office boy at A J Williams I talked him into miming on the show. While he was extremely reticent the offer of 10 pounds was too bigger carrot. For his first appearance he mimed Down in the Boondocks the then current hit by Billy Joe Royal.
He was so popular on the show his foray into the pop world was inevitable. He wrote to me when I was overseas that he was on the cover of Everybodys magazine. It was typical of his modesty that he couldn’t comprehend his success. Great memories Sad loss