[2] She is known for her version of the traditional song "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day", otherwise known as "Jock Stewart",[3] which was covered by Archie Fisher, The Dubliners, The McCalmans, The Tannahill Weavers and The Pogues.
The first festival saw Robertson, plus Jimmy MacBeath and other valuable source singers, who learned folk songs without the influence of radios or books.
Carmen Higgins has played with Old Blind Dogs, recorded a solo CD, and has appeared regularly on television, radio and in the press.
Maggie Stewart (1902-1983), Jeannie Robertson's aunt, was recorded singing many traditional ballads and telling stories which can be heard via the Tobar an Dualchais website.
[5] In the early 1960s, the folk-singer Andy Hunter learned songs and storytelling from Jeannie Robertson and her family while studying French at the University of Aberdeen.
[6] In 2009, "MacCrimmon's Lament" from Jeannie Robertson was included in Topic Records 70-year anniversary CD boxed set Three Score and Ten.