Biografia Dopo gli studi, effettuati al University of Pittsburgh Law School ed al Carnegie Tech's Drama School, con l'aspirazione di diventare un drammaturgo, svolse svariati lavori, dall'agente pubblicitario al giornalista.
Trasferitosi a New York all'inizio degli anni venti, scoprì la sua dote di autore per canzoni cogliendo il suo primo successo con Looking Around su musiche composte da Richard Myers.
Dal 1930 iniziò una prolifica collaborazione assieme al compositore Ralph Rainger, la coppia sotto contratto con la Paramount di Hollywood firmarono canzoni e colonne sonore conosciutissime ed eseguite regolarmente in ogni epoca successiva.
Dopo la morte di Rainger (1942), Robin lavorò con altri compositori di primissimo piano, come Jerome Kern, Arthur Schwartz, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, Richard Whiting.
Nel 1938 vinse (con Ralph Rainger) il premio Oscar per il brano Thanks for the Memory colonna sonora del film The Bog Broadcast of 1938.
Nomination per l'Oscar ricevute nel 1934 (Love in Bloom), 1937 (Whispers in the Dark), 1939 (Faithful Forever), 1945 (So in Love), 1947 (A Gal in Calico), 1948 (For Every Man There's a Woman), 1952 (Zing a Little Zong), 1953 (My Flaming Heart).
Canzoni scritte o composte Action Off Screen (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Alice in Wonderland (Leo Robin / Nat Finston / Dimitri Tiomkin) Alls Well (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Angel (Leo Robin / Friedrich Hollaender) Another Little Dream Won't Do (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Are You Just a Beautiful Dreamer (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Armful of You (Leo Robin / Cliff Grey / Vincent Youmans) Awake in a Dream (Leo Robin / Friedrich Hollaender) Baby, You'll Never Be Sorry (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Beautiful Coney Island (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Betting on a Man (Leo Robin, Jule Styne) Big Chief in the Ground (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Blossoms on Broadway (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Blue Danube Waltz (Leo Robin) Blue Hawaii (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Bluebirds in the Moonlight (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Bomba (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) (The) Boswell Weeps (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Bury Me Under the Willow (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Bye Bye Baby (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Call Me Tonight (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) (The) Cardinal's Guard Are We (Leo Robin / Sigmund Romberg / Donald Walker) Carlotta Ya Gotta Be Mine (Leo Robin / Nikolaus Brodszky) Casbah (Leo Robin / Walter Scharf / Harold Arlen) Centennial Summer (Leo Robin, Jerome Kern) Central Two Two Oh Oh (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Checkin' My Heart (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) Closer You Are (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Colleen O'Killarney (Leo Robin / Arthur Johnston) College Humor (Leo Robin / Arthur Johnston) Come to My Arms (Leo Robin / Nikolaus Brodszky) Concerted Piece (Leo Robin / Jerome Kern) Coney Island (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) (The) Constable (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Could I Be in Love (Leo Robin) Could You Love a Dreamer (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Crime Without Passion (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Dancing in the Dawn (Leo Robin / Nacio Herb Brown) Dennis the Menace (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Derelict (Leo Robin / Jack King) Desire (Leo Robin / Friedrich Hollaender) (The) Devil Is Driving (Leo Robin / Oskar Straus) Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (Leo Robin / Paul Eisler) Do I Love You (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Do the Buckaroo (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Doctor Kildare (Leo Robin / Nikolaus Brodszky) Doctor's Diary (Leo Robin / W. Franke Harling) Don't Be a Cry Baby (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Don't Tell a Secret (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Donna Reed (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Double Trouble (Leo Robin / Richard Whiting / Ralph Rainger) Down Home (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Dreaming Out Loud (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Dreams Do Come True (Leo Robin / David Rose) Drink It Down (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Easy Living (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Ebb Tide (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Faithful (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Faithful Forever (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Farewell to Arms (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Fatal Lady (Leo Robin) Father Knows Best (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Fellow I'd Follow (Leo Robin / Nikolaus Brodszky) Fine Fine Fine (Leo Robin / Nikolaus Brodszky) Flight of Fancy (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) For Every Man There's a Woman (Leo Robin / Harold Arlen) Forever (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Forgive Me (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) Four Hours to Kill (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Free America (Leo Robin / Jerome Kern) Free to Love (Leo Robin / Sigmund Romberg / Donald Walker) (The) Funny Old Hills (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) (A) Gal in Calico (Leo Robin / Arthur Schwartz) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Get Your Man (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Girl in Pink Tights (Leo Robin / Sigmund Romberg / Donald Walker) Give Me a Band and My Bandana (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Give Me a Sailor (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Give Me the Man (Leo Robin / Karl Hajos) Glass Key (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Glory Day (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Going to the Devil (Leo Robin / Sigmund Romberg / Donald Walker) Got a Gal in Californ-i-a (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Gotta Settle This (Leo Robin / Charles Henderson) Hallelujah (Leo Robin / Cliff Grey / Vincent Youmans) (The) Harbor of My Heart (Leo Robin / Cliff Grey / Vincent Youmans) Hate to Talk About Myself (Leo Robin / Richard Whiting / Ralph Rainger) Have You Forgotten (Leo Robin / Nat Shilkret / Dana Suesse) Havin' Myself a Time (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) He Met Her on the Prairie (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) He's Just Crazy for Me (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) Headin' into Kansas (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Heigh Ho the Radio (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Hello, Ma! I Done It Again (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Here Is My Heart (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Here Lies Love (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Here You Are (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Here's Love in Your Eye (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Hi Ya Love (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Hills of Old Wyoming (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Hit the Deck (Leo Robin / Irving Caesar / Cliff Grey / Vincent Youmans) Hollywood Boulevard (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Hollywood Uncensored (Leo Robin / Harry Warren / Alfred Newman) Homemade Heaven (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Homesick Blues (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Hooray for Love (Leo Robin / Harold Arlen) Hosanna (Leo Robin / Richard Myers) House Jack Built for Jill (Leo Robin / Friedrich Hollaender) Hula Baloo (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Humpty Dumpty (Leo Robin / Philip Charig / Joe Meyer) I Adore You (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I Don't Want to Be a Gentleman (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) I Don't Want to Make History (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I Feel Like Dancing (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) I Fell Up to Heaven (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I Had to Kiss You (Leo Robin / Nikolaus Brodszky) I Happened to Walk Down First (Leo Robin / Arthur Schwartz) I Have Eyes (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I Have You to Thank (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) I Hear a Dream (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I Like It Here (Leo Robin / Nacio Herb Brown) I Lost My Heart from Paramo (Leo Robin / Lewis Gensler) I Love What I'm Doing (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) I Promised Their Mothers (Leo Robin / Sigmund Romberg / Donald Walker) I Shoulda Stood in Bed (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I Still Believe in You (Leo Robin / Victor Schertzinger) I Was Afraid of That (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'll Be Marching to a Love Song (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'll Si Si Ya in Bahia (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) I'll Take an Option on You (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'm a Black Sheep Who's Blue (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'm a Lover of Paree (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'm a Tingle, I'm a Glow (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) I'm Alive and Kickin''' (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'm All a Twitter Over You (Leo Robin) I'm in Pursuit of Happiness (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) I'm Making a Play for You (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'm Saving a Dime (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'm Still Crazy for You (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I'm the Secretary of the Sultan (Leo Robin) I've Gone Off the Deep End (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I've Got You All to Myself (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) I've Gotta Hear That Beat (Leo Robin / Nikolaus Brodszky) If I Should Lose You (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) If I Were King (Leo Robin / Sam Coslow / Newell Chase) In a Little Bamboo Bungalow (Leo Robin) In a Little Hula Heaven (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) In a One Room Flat (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) In Love in Vain (Leo Robin / Jerome Kern) In Paris in Love (Leo Robin / Donald Walker / Sigmund Romberg) In the Park in Paree in the Spring (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Injun Gal Heap Hep (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger / Joseph Lilley) Is That Good (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) It Began in Yucatan (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) It Don't Make Sense (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) It Goes to Your Toes (Leo Robin / Nacio Herb Brown) It Happened, It's Over (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) It Was Written in the Stars (Leo Robin / Harold Arlen) It Won't Be Fun But It's a Go (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) It's a Glorious Fourth (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) It's a Great Life (Leo Robin) It's a Hot Night in Alaska (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) It's All for Art's Sake (Leo Robin / Nacio Herb Brown) It's Bigger Than You and Me (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) It's Delightful Down in Chile (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) It's High Time (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) It's Terribly Horribly (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Its Oh, Its Ah (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) It's a Long Dark Night (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) James Stewart, A Wonderful Life (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Jericho (Leo Robin / Richard Myers) Jester's Song (Leo Robin) Join' the Navy (Leo Robin / Vincent Youmans / Cliff Grey) Joobalai (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) (A) Journey to a Star (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) June in January (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Jungle Love (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Just a Kiss Apart (Leo Robin) Just for You (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Just Whistlin (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) (The) Kickapoo Kick (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Kinda Lonesome (Leo Robin / Sam Coslow / Hoagy Carmichael) Kindergarten Conga Ring (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Kiss and Make Up (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Kiss or Two (Leo Robin / Vincent Youmans) Lady Be Careful (Leo Robin / Mack Gordon / Harry Revel) Lady from the Bayou (Leo Robin) (The) Lady in the Tutti frutti Hat (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) Later Tonight (Leo Robin / Nacio Herb Brown) Latin Lovers (Leo Robin (Nikolaus Brodszky) Laugh You Son of a Gun (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Laughin at the Weather Man (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Lazy Bones Gotta Job Man (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Leave a Little Love Dream (Leo Robin) Let the Worry Bird Worry for You (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Let's Make a Night of It (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Little Girl from Little Rock (Leo Robin / Jule Styne) Little Kiss at Twilight (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) (A) Little More of Your Amor (Leo Robin (Nikolaus Brodszky) Little Rose of the Rancho (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) (The) Live Oak Tree (Leo Robin / Harry Warren) Living High (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Lone Cowboy (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Lonely (Leo Robin / Maurice Yvain / Edgard Costil) Lonely Little Señorita (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger / Karl Hajos) Long Ago and Far Away (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Loo Loo (Leo Robin / Vincent Youmans / Cliff Grey) Look What I've Got (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Looking Around (Leo Robin / Richard Myers) Lost in Loveliness (Leo Robin / Donald Walker / Sigmund Romberg) Love Divided by Two (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Love in Bloom (Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger) Love Is Just Around the Corner (Leo Robin / Lewis Gensler) Love Is the Funniest Thing (Leo Robin / Donald Walker / Sigmund Romberg)