Camille Bob

Camille Bob (November 7, 1937 – July 6, 2015), also known as Lil' Bob or Little Bob, was an American rhythm and blues singer and musician who led the dance band Lil' Bob and the Lollipops.

He was born in Arnaudville, Louisiana, and started his music career in the mid-1950s as drummer in a band led by the unrelated Good Rockin' Bob. He soon formed his own dance band, The Lollipops, and first recorded for Goldband Records in Lake Charles in 1957.

As a singing drummer, Lil' Bob's band played Louisiana's dance halls and clubs in the 1960s. They recorded for various small local labels during the early and mid-1960s, before beginning a longer relationship with the La Louisianne label in 1965. The band became best known for their 1965 single "I Got Loaded", and the 1966 album Nobody But You. Many of their 1960s recordings have remained popular on the Northern soul circuit in Britain.

Lil' Bob joined the Jin label in 1968, releasing several singles and an album, Sweet Soul Swinger. From 1971, he recorded as Camille Bob for several local labels. His 1960s recordings for the La Louisianne label were compiled on the CD Little Bob & The Lollipops, issued in 2004. He was still active as a performer in Louisiana in the mid-2000s, but died of cancer in Opelousas General Hospital in 2015, aged 77.

Singles

• "Take It Easy Katy" (Goldband, 1958)
• "You Don't Have To Cry" (Carl, 1962)
• "Help Me Somebody" (Big Wheel, 1963)
• "Are You Ever Coming Home" (High-Up, 1963)
• "Mule Train" (Tamm, 1964)
• "Nobody But You"/"I Got Loaded" (La Louisianne, 1965)
• "So In Need" (La Louisianne, 1965)
• "Life Can Be Lonely" (La Louisianne, 1966)
• "I Can't Take It" (La Louisianne, 1966)
• "Look Out Heartaches" (La Louisianne, 1967)
• "Stop" (La Louisianne, 1969)
• "I Don't Want To Cry" (Jin, 1969)
• "You Know It Ain't Right" (Jin, 1969)
• "Peaches (You Got Some)" (Jin, 1970)
• "I Wake Up Crying" (Whit, 1971)
• "Brother Brown" (Soul Unlimited, 1972)
• "Harry Hippy" (Master Trak, 1980)

Albums

• Nobody But You (La Louisianne, 1966)
• Sweet Soul Swinger (Jin, 1968)
• I Got Loaded (La Louisianne, 2004)