Editing Kate Robbins (section)

==Career==
Robbins' first released recording, in 1978, was the song ''[[Tomorrow (Annie)|Tomorrow]]'', from the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''. Robbins' first chart appearance was as a backing singer, along with her sister Jane, on the minor Top 40 hit "[[Lines (The Planets song)|Lines]]" by [[Liverpool]] group [[The Planets (new wave band)|Planets]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/9065/planets/|title=PLANETS &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref> a spin-off from [[Deaf School]].

Her profile was raised soon afterwards when both she and Jane represented the [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|United Kingdom]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1980]] as part of the group [[Prima Donna (British band)|Prima Donna]]. They finished third.

The following year, Robbins joined the cast of the ITV soap opera ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'', playing the part of a pop singer who was recording a single in the fictional motel's basement recording studio. The song, "More Than in Love", was released commercially in the UK, credited as Kate Robbins and Beyond and gave Robbins a major hit single, reaching number 2 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/I%27m%20So%20Glad%20I%27m%20Standing%20Here%20Today Kate Robbins And Beyond – More Than in Love] Chart Stats</ref> It was her only lead-vocal hit.

In late 1982, Robbins provided backing vocals on the Top 3 single ''[[The Story of the Blues (song)|Story of the Blues]]'' by [[Wah!]].

Robbins wrote the first theme tune to ''[[Surprise Surprise (British TV series)|Surprise, Surprise]]'' performed by [[Cilla Black]].

She provided almost all the female voices on the television show ''[[Spitting Image]]'' in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She sang the lead vocals on "[[The Chicken Song]]" with [[Michael Fenton Stevens]] which reached number 1 in 1986.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/comedy/3558051/Edinburgh-Festival-John-Bishop-and-Kate-Robbins.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111084959/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/comedy/3558051/Edinburgh-Festival-John-Bishop-and-Kate-Robbins.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2012 |work=Telegraph.co.uk |title=Edinburgh Festival: John Bishop and Kate Robbins |first=Charlotte |last=Bailey |date=8 August 2008}}</ref>

The 1986 [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] sketch show ''Robbins'' featured Kate, her brother [[Ted Robbins]], and her sisters [[Amy Robbins]], [[Jane Robbins (sculptor)|Jane Robbins]] and [[Emma Robbins]]. 

She participated in the 1989 ''[[Children's Royal Variety Performance]]'' BBC, singing her own comic songs at the piano, and featured in the original series of ''[[Dead Ringers (series)|Dead Ringers]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]] in 2000.

In 1995, Robbins provided all of the voices, including the male ones, in the children's television series ''[[The Caribou Kitchen]]''.

During the 1990s, Robbins performed a number of different roles as both an impersonator and a singer in the BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy series ''[[A Look Back at the Nineties]]'' and its sequel series ''[[A Look Back at the Future]]''.

Robbins also provided the English language dubbing for Europeans, featured on the [[Channel 4]] series ''[[Eurotrash (TV series)|Eurotrash]]'' and, in 2006, made two appearances on the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme ''[[Just a Minute]]''.

In 2007, Robbins was awarded an Honorary Bachelor of Arts degree from [[University of Bedfordshire|Bedfordshire University]], for her lifetime contribution to the Performing Arts.

In December 2010, Robbins released her third album, a jazz based affair, entitled ''[[Soho Nights]]'', which was written as a collaboration with the Italian saxophonist Alessandro Tomei, and recorded at [[Abbey Road Studios]] in London.

Robbins also co-wrote the easy listening album ''[[We're Just Passing Through]]'' <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.robbinscampbell.com/album/ |title=We're Just Passing Through - Kate Robbins & Nicky Campbell |access-date=10 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210182514/http://www.robbinscampbell.com/album/ |archive-date=10 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> with broadcaster and journalist [[Nicky Campbell]], which was released in 2014.

Robbins was one of the ''[[Grumpy Old Women Live|Grumpy Old Women]]'' tour in 2014 with comedian [[Jenny Eclair]] and actress [[Susie Blake]] which toured again in 2015.