Music producers and songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller took former Robins members Nunn and Carl Gardner, recruited singers Leon Hughes and Billy Guy, and formed the Coasters.
[3] The founding Richards brothers and Tyrell continued to record as the Robins until 1961.
Bobby Nunn died from a heart attack on November 5, 1986.
[5][7] Grady Chapman died of congestive heart failure on January 4, 2011.
Carl Gardner died on June 12, 2011, after many years leading The Coasters.