Robin Ward
b. Jackie Ward, c.1941, Nebraska, USA. Robin Ward is best remembered for her 1963 US Top 20 single Wonderful Summer. Ward and her family moved to Los Angeles when she was a child and, although she sang, she did not turn professional until her early '20s, when she was already married and a mother. She recorded two singles, which were unsuccessful, before Dot Records released Wonderful Summer, a ballad which celebrated the joys of a summer romance. She recorded a follow-up which intended to apply the same magic to winter but it failed and Ward's career never regained its momentum.