Trivia

Pamela, Robert's wife, played Wally's girlfriend on Leave it to Beaver series.

Robert hitch-hiked to Hollywood with $75 and his suitcase and guitar. He made the journey in 36 hours. He found a boarding house room for $2 bucks a night. He sat on his bed and sang with his guitar, while his land-lady listened. She introduced him to a press agent who gave John Wayne his name. The press agent's name was Walter Compton. He listened to Robert sing and called the big band singer, Artie Wayne. Artie loved the songs and promptly moved me to his multi-million dollar home on Mandeville Canyon Road, right across from actor Robert Mitchum's home. Artie's home was the last Frank Lloyd Wright home built before the architect died. Vita Halliburton Wayne, Artie's wife Was the heir to the Oil Companies fortune.

He signed a recording contract with Del-fi Records, as their first artist, right after Ritchie Valens died.

Robert eventually signed a great contract as an artist-writer-producer, with Warner Brothers Records, and had a lot of his favorite records out with them.

Robert wrote some songs for Artie Wayne and they recorded them, with about 4 of mine with me singing, at the Capital Records tower recording studio. Our records were released on RKO-Unique Records, owned by Twenty Century Fox Studios.

In 1967, Robert made about $5000 a week writing and directing the Date.

In Italy, making the spaghetti western "Colt in the Hand of the Devil", Robert made 3 million lire, or about $5000. This is about the same thing Clint Eastwood made for "Fist full of Dollars.".

Robert wrote some songs for Artie Wayne and they recorded them, with about 4 of mine with me singing, at the Capital Records tower recording studio. Our records were released on RKO-Unique Records, owned by Twenty Century Fox Studios.

His record, entitled "Little Neva", went to number 8 in many of the countries top 10 music charts.

Robert eventually signed a contract as an artist-writer-producer, with Warner Brothers Records, and had a lot of his favorite records out with them.

His record, entitled "Little Neva", went to number 8 in many of the countries top 10 music charts. He went to Memphis, Tenn. for our first stop, of a nationwide record promotion tour, and after the concert, went to Elvis's home and stayed up all night with Elvis and me singing every song we knew.