He began his professional career as a journalist in Seattle, then moved to Bellingham, Washington, San Francisco, California, Carson City, Nevada and finally, after serving in the United States Marines, Robinson moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign correspondent with the United Press International.
He dropped his news work to become a professional manager (directeur artistique) in an American publishing company which, among others, had just signed The Rolling Stones and The Who.
It was at that time he met and began working with Georges Chatelain who had formed the most advanced studio in France with Bernard Estardy.
Robinson, Chatelain and Estardy went on to produce seven Top 10 hits with their artists Gilles Marchal and Martine Habib.
In 1973, Robinson founded Robin Song Music,[2] his publishing company which is now in partnership with the French office of Peermusic.
Robinson also wrote the original, English lyrics to Princess Stéphanie of Monaco's hit, "Irresistible".