Who Sang "When the red red robin

[man of brass]

Who sang "When the red red robin came bob bob bobbing along, and was executed in the electric chair

[dot.hawkes]

I thought either Ted Bundy or John Wayne gacy but it isn't saying so in their Bios. Was it one of the gangsters from the 40s, cos it is a song from that era.

[reinganum]

Al Jolson (1886-1940) made this song famous - the earliest recording I can find is one he made in June 1926. This was when he was still in vaudeville (music-hall) and before he kicked off sound films the following year!