[1] Born in Bressay and raised in Nesting, he was first introduced into the instrument by his neighbor Willie Hunter Snr.
He was first taught to play the instrument by Gideon Stove, and later on stopped playing traditional Shetland music, but proceeded with a more north-eastern Scottish style.
His son, Neil Scott Robertson was involved in many of his compositions as a pianist.
Arthur Robertson died on 6 February 2000.
[citation needed] Robertson composed over 300 tunes, most of them published in five volumes.