Robin Hall (27 June 1936 – 18 November 1998)[1] was a Scottish folksinger, best known as half of a singing duo with Jimmie Macgregor.
[2] Hall was a direct descendant of the famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor as well as of the explorer Mungo Park.
[3] Hall was born in Edinburgh but spent his childhood years in Glasgow and was educated at Allan Glen's School.
[1] He formed a musical partnership with Jimmie Macgregor in 1960, and they appeared extensively on BBC Television – on the Tonight programme,[4] on the White Heather Club,[1] and as the hosts of the seminal London Folk Song Cellar.
[1] His body was found by police on 18 November 1998 at his home in Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow, where he had lived alone since the end of his second marriage.