Although Robison was a gifted songwriter and occasional bandleader, little material can be found about him today. He wrote several standards, of which several of the sheet music covers are included in the video). Robison played piano and led a few territory bands in the Southwest during the '20s and recorded several dozen sides in New York with his Levee Loungers and the Deep River Boys. He also made sides as part of Busse's Buzzards, His 1929 composition "A Cottage for Sale" became his best-known, with over 100 performances and popular recordings. Robison's last major composition, "Don't Smoke in Bed," was a hit for Peggy Lee in 1948, and he also wrote a book, Willard Robison's Six Studies in Syncopation, for Piano. This outstanding record was made in 1927, with a vocal by Joe Sherman.