{{Short description|Scottish folksinger (1936–1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}}

'''Robin Hall''' (27 June 1936&nbsp;– 18 November 1998)<ref name="Larkin50"/> was a Scottish folksinger, best known as half of a singing duo with Jimmie Macgregor.<ref>[http://projects.scottishcultureonline.com/hall-of-fame/robin-hall-and-jimmie-macgregor-mbe/ "Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor MBE"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211024149/http://projects.scottishcultureonline.com/hall-of-fame/robin-hall-and-jimmie-macgregor-mbe/ |date=11 December 2013 }}, Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame.</ref> Hall was a direct descendant of the famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor as well as of the explorer Mungo Park.<ref>[http://www.theballadeers.com/scots/hm_01.htm "Robin Hall & Jimmie Macgregor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010044620/http://www.theballadeers.com/scots/hm_01.htm |date=10 October 2017 }}, The Balladeers.</ref>

==Biography== Hall was born in Edinburgh but spent his childhood years in Glasgow and was educated at Allan Glen's School. After studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, he briefly became an actor.<ref name="Larkin50"/>

He formed a musical partnership with Jimmie Macgregor in 1960, and they appeared extensively on BBC Television – on the ''Tonight'' programme,<ref name=Herald>[http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/real-lives/he-s-set-to-celebrate-his-80th-birthday-but-jimmie-macgregor-is-far-from-over-the-hill-1.1011928 Tom Shields, "He’s set to celebrate his 80th birthday but Jimmie Macgregor is far from over the hill"], ''The Herald'', 8 March 2010.</ref> on the ''White Heather Club'',<ref name="Larkin50"/> and as the hosts of the seminal London Folk Song Cellar. During this period Hall's wearing of a CND badge on television caused some controversy.<ref>{{cite web| last=Guida| first=Nick| title=Robin Hall and Jimmie MacGregor| url=http://www.theballadeersscotland.com/HM_01.htm| accessdate=19 September 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119161143/http://www.theballadeersscotland.com/HM_01.htm| archive-date=19 November 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Both Hall and Macgregor also played as part of the Galliards with Leon Rosselson and Shirley Bland during the 1960s.<ref name="Larkin50">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|pages=182/3}}</ref>

Overall, Hall and Macgregor made over 20 albums during their partnership, which ended in 1981.<ref name=DailyRecord>[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/folk-legend-jimmie-macgregor-im-1077148 Craig McQueen, "Folk legend Jimmie Macgregor: I'm still going strong at 80 with no plans to retire"], ''Daily Record'', 29 November 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title =Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor| url=http://www.footstompin.com/artists/robin_hall_and_jimmie_macgregor|accessdate = 19 September 2007}}</ref> One of their most successful singles was the anthem "Football Crazy", released in 1960 on Decca Records.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | author-link = | title = Robin Hall | publisher = All Celtic Music | date = | url = http://www.allcelticmusic.com/artists/Robin%20Hall.html | doi = | accessdate = 13 October 2008 }}</ref>

Hall went on to make radio programmes for Radio Clyde.<ref name="Larkin50"/>

===Death=== 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.<ref name=Independent>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-robin-hall-1186804.html Karl Dallas, "Obituaries: Robin Hall"], ''The Independent'', 23 November 1998.</ref><ref>[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/folk-singer-robin-hall-found-dead-in-his-home-1.318184 "Folk singer Robin Hall found dead in his home"], ''Herald Scotland'', 19 November 1998.</ref> He appeared to have died some days earlier.<ref name=Independent />

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-robin-hall-1186804.html Karl Dallas, "Obituaries: Robin Hall"], ''The Independent'', 23 November 1998.

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