Sylvia Robinson

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Sylvia Robinson (née Vanterpool; May 29, 1935 – September 29, 2011) was an American singer, musician, record producer, and record label executive.

Robinson was best known for her work as founder and CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records.

Robinson is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the hip hop genre; "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by the Sugarhill Gang, and "The Message" (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five; which caused her to be dubbed "The Mother of Hip–Hop".

Robinson received a Pioneer Award for her career in singing and being the founder of Sugarhill Records at the 11th Annual Rhythm and Blues Awards Gala in 2000.

Robinson died of congestive heart failure on September 29, 2011 at age 76.

Personal life

Robinson was married to businessman Joseph Robinson Sr. (1932–2000) from May 1959 until his death in 2000. Together they had three children, sons Joseph "Joey" Robinson Jr. (1962–2015), Leland Robinson (b. 1965 or 1966) and Rhondo "Scutchie" Robinson (1970–2014). Robinson owned a bar in Harlem, New York named "Joey's Place" after her husband in the 1960s. Robinson also owned another New York bar and nightclub named the Blue Morocco during the mid-1960s.

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Life and career

Sylvia Vanderpool, a native of the Virgin Islands who worked with GM, and Ida Vanterpool were born on May 29, 1935, in Harlem, New York, USA, to Herbert, an immigrant from the Virgin Islands who worked for GM, and Ida Vanderpool. Robinson attended Washington Irving High School until dropping out at the age of 14, and he began recording music for Columbia Records under the name "Little Sylvia."

In 1954, she began working with Kentucky guitarist Mickey Baker, who taught her how to play guitar. In 1956, the pair, now known as Mickey & Sylvia, released "Love Is Strange," a Bo Diddley and Jody Williams-penned rock album, debuting at number one on the R&B chart and climbed to number eleven on the Billboard pop charts. Mickey & Sylvia split up in 1958 and married Joseph Robinson after several others, including the modestly popular "There Oughta Be a Law." Sylvia returned to her solo career just after her initial departure from Baker, first under the name Sylvia Robbins. Robinson wrote the book "You Talk Too Much" by Joe Jones in 1960, but she did not get credit.

Mickey & Sylvia's 1961-1961 appearance together on various labels, including their own. Willow Records was released by King Records of Cincinnati and was sold by them. Baker contributed vocals and guitarist Rob Robinson on Ike & Tina Turner's hit song "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," which earned them their first Grammy nomination. In a 1981 interview with Black Radio Exclusive, Robinson said, "I paid for the session, taught Tina the song; that's me playing guitar."

Baker, who was dissatisfied with the music business, moved to Paris in 1964.

The Robinsons migrated to New Jersey in 1966, where they formed All Platinum Records, a soul music company formed by artist Lezli Valentine, a former Jaynetts player, and the label's first hit with "I Won't Do Anything" became its first hit. The pair signed The Moments, a Washington, D.C. band, and then found success with "Not on the Outside." The group had a big success with "Love on a Two-Way Street" (1970), which Sylvia co-wrote and produced with Bert Keyes and (uncredited) lyrics by Lezli Valentine within a few years and with a new lineup. Shirley & Company's "Shame, Shame, Shame" (1975), The Moments' "Look at Me (I'm in Love)" and "Looking Out An" S.O.S. were among the hits on the label and its subsidiaries, including Stang and Vibration. "Girls" was a 1975/1975 collaboration by the Whatnauts/Moments team. Robinson co-wrote and produced several of the songs, but she was later supported by two members of The Moments, Al Goodman and Harry Ray, as well as locally based producers, George Kerr and Nate Edmonds.

Robinson performed "Pillow Talk" to Al Green in 1972, and she gave Al Green a demonstration of a song she had written in 1972. Robinson decided to record it herself, returning to her own musical career after Green passed it down due to her religious convictions. Billed simply as Sylvia, and the record soared to the top of the R&B chart and then climbed to No.1 on the R&B chart, while still ranked #14 on the UK Singles Chart in the summer of 1973. The R.I.A.A. gave her a gold disc. At the 1974 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards in May 1973. The subtly orgasmic gasps and moans on "Pillow Talk" predate those of Donna Summer's 1975 "Love to Love You Baby." Robert Christgau wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981) that it is "Let's Get It On Without Production Values," referencing Robinson's 1973 debut LP (also titled Pillow Talk). If you like, call it underdeveloped; I'll say that it is unaffected. "Had Any Lately? "The best peace lyric heard lately, including "Had Any Lately" a lyric.'

Robinson released four solo albums on the Vibration website, as well as other R&B hits, including "Sweet Stuff" and "Pussy Cat." "Pillow Talk" was a soulful medium dance number.

The Robinsons formed Sugar Hill Records in the 1970s. The company was founded in Harlem, a wealthy African-American neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, which was traditionally known as a hub for artists and performers in the early and mid-1900s. The song "Rapper's Delight" (1979), performed by The Sugar Hill Gang, brought rap into the public music market and transformed the music industry by introducing rap, scratch, and breakdance. The Sequence, an all-female rap/funk band formed in early 1980, was released as "Angie B" on record, a million-selling hit in early 1980 with "Funk U Up."

Sylvia Robinson of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five produced the song "The Message," which was performed by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five in 1982. The album addressed life in the ghetto and became one of hip-hop's most popular tracks. Rolling Stone's "The Message" was one of the "50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time" on December 5, 2012. Rolling Stone recruited 33 artists and experts from every genre of music, including Busta Rhymes, Boots Riley, The coup, Mike Diamond of the Beastie Boys and Talib Kweli. Once the votes were counted, "The Message" was placed in the number one position on the list. "And when that project was supposed to be finished, it was to be finished--I'm talking about-she's going to tell us for a period of time about doing a paper with a name associated with the everyday life activities of the hood." "We just ducked it for a minute." There will be no "The Message" without Sylvia Robinson's persistence and pressure. This was the first time of its kind, where the DJ, who was the mainstay of Hip hop at the time (1980s), was not interested in making a track that they performed.

Sugar Hill Records folded in 1985 due to changes in the music market, rivalry with other hip-hop brands, such as Profile and Def Jam, and also financial constraints. Robinson, who had already divorced Joe Robinson by then, continued her attempts as a musician, establishing Bon Ami Records in 1987. The label was selected for its debut in The New Style, and Naughty by Nature found success later.

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