Ulysses B. "Bobby" Nunn

 Ulysses B. "Bobby" Nunn Snr. (September 20, 1925 – November 5, 1986)

He was a R&B singer with the musical groups The Robins and original bass vocalist of The Coasters. Nunn was a welterweight boxing champion in the U.S. Air Force. After his discharge in 1947 he moved to Watts, California. He became a member of the A-Sharp Trio with Billy Richards, Roy Richards, and Ty Terrell, and they eventually became The Robins. Nunn would record some duets with Little Esther as well as some solo recordings in the early 1950s. In 1952 he recorded for Sage & Sand Records with Bobby Byrd and Ty Terrell. Bobby Byrd is better known as Bobby Day of "Rockin' Robin" fame. In 1955, Nunn and Carl Gardner split from The Robins to become The Coasters with Leon Hughes and Billy Guy. After leaving The Coasters, he teamed with another former Coaster Leon Hughes to record as The Dukes in 1959. Nunn recorded backup vocals with a vocal group for Dorsey Burnette on Imperial Records. These two songs "Try" and "You Came As A Miracle" were recorded on August 28, 1958 and were released as a single in March 1959. In 1965, Nunn arranged the song "Whip It On Me Baby" by The O'Jays on Imperial Records. This song was earlier recorded by fellow Coaster Billy Guy on Double-L Records in 1963. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Nunn had his own group of Coasters called "The Coasters Mark II" with members Grady Chapman, Bobby Sheen, and Billy Richards, Jr. In 1985, Nunn's group of The Coasters had appeared on the NBC variety show "Our Time" hosted by Karen Valentine, "Fabian's Good Time Rock 'N' Roll" oldies special, and a Churches Chicken commercial . Nunn died from heart failure on November 5, 1986 at age 61, and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles, CA.