Comments on: Tribute to Robbie Snowden 1948-2009

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

By: Don Wood

Don Wood — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:20:09 +0000

I was lucky enough to work with Robbie on the Fairstar and the Minghua and we had a great time talking about the 60’s music scene over a quiet beer. He was always happy and loved life – so sad that he left so early.

By: Viva

Viva — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:03:36 +0000

It was so sad hearing about Rob last month. My thoughts turned to 1968, and the flat Rob and Marty shared in East St Kilda, and long nights with too much beer, and Rob’s backing band of loony Tasmanians, and the stunning Rosa, and Michael Chugg, and the awful Harry Nilsson song “Freckles” that seemed to put a full stop on Rob’s career as a pop star.

I don’t need Youtube. I can hear Rob singing “Surrounded by a Ray of Sunshine” to this day.

Vale, Rob

By: Bruce Wishart

Bruce Wishart — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:39:29 +0000

It’s Christmas Eve and a phone call has informed me of the passing of Robbie Snowden, I remember a young man with a smile that couls light up the sky. Of an unrealised talent that surprised us all. He wasn’t a bad office boy either.
Farewell Robbie.
Happy memories – and now – sad moments Bruce Wishart

By: Dave Power

Dave Power — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:48:04 +0000

Rob was someone who I met only on a handful of occasions but always made me feel as though we’d been friends a long time. Conversations we had are a fond memory to me now. Time spent with Robbie was time well spent and I truly consider myself privileged to have made his aqquaintance.

Carol and I send our deepest sympathy to Lol, keep your chin up Kid!

Dave Power