Robert L. Comstock was born December 29, 1941 in Ithaca, New York, and died January 9, 2020 in southern California. He was an American rock and roll singer who rose to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s. As a child, he performed on mandolin and vocals, appearing on radio in Sayre, Pennsylvania by age seven with his brother. In 1958, he formed Bobby and the Counts, releasing their first single "Too Young" / "Tra-La-La" on Marlee Records. The group signed with Triumph Records in 1959 and released a cover of Patti Page's "Tennessee Waltz", which peaked at number 52 on the Billboard pop chart. The band followed with a version of Hank Williams's "Jambalaya", which reached number 90. The group later moved to Lawn Records, where Comstock released "Let's Stomp" in 1963, climbing to number 57 on the US pop chart. The track was written by Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer. Comstock released his solo album Out of Sight in 1966, and later formed the groups Zebra and Comstock Ltd. He performed on Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars tours, appeared in the 1973 film Let the Good Times Roll, and continued touring into the late 1990s.
