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Sylvia Robinson, ‘the Mother of Hip-Hop,’ Dies at 75
NY TImes ^
| 09/29/11
| JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR.
Posted on 09/29/2011 12:20:27 PM PDT by Borges
Sylvia Robinson, the singer, songwriter and record producer who formed the Sugar Hill Gang and made the first commercially successful rap recording, died early Thursday morning at a hospital in New Jersey. She was 75.
Ms. Robinson had a notable career as a rhythm and blues singer long before she and her husband, Joe Robinson, formed Sugar Hill Records in 1979 and served as the midwives for a musical genre that came to dominate pop music.
She sang with Mickey Baker as part of the duo Mickey & Sylvia in the 1950s and had several hits, including Love Is Strange, which was a No. 1 R&B song in 1956. She also had a solo hit, under the name Sylvia, in spring of 1973 with her own composition Pillow Talk.
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:20:31 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: wideawake
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:21:08 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
Dat chile is oft dah mussel!
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:25:29 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
To: Borges
made the first commercially successful rap recording, Nope. Johnny Cash, A Boy Named Sue was............
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:28:42 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We cannot defeat an enemy that the president and hence his administration cannot name.......)
To: Borges
So I can blame “c-rap” on this woman? I’d have died of shame.
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:29:49 PM PDT
by
Grunthor
(Rick Perry; Bush, only without the staggering intellect and conservative comittment)
To: Borges
My university years in DC - good times!
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:30:00 PM PDT
by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: Borges
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:34:20 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Borges
Indeed. She was extremely well-hated by many an early hip-hop star.
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:41:00 PM PDT
by
wideawake
To: Red Badger
you sure it wasn't Lorne Greene's Ringo?
To: Buckeye McFrog
Well, it could have been.......what year was it?........
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:54:44 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We cannot defeat an enemy that the president and hence his administration cannot name.......)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Okay, here’s why it doesn’t fit. There are actual singers in the background singing “Ringo” in chorus during the song...........
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:57:58 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We cannot defeat an enemy that the president and hence his administration cannot name.......)
To: wideawake
A buddy of mine back in the early nineties ended up laying carpet with one of the Sugar Hill Gang (I don’t remember which one). I said to my friend, “Why is he laying carpet? He has to be doing well from the royalties.” My friend said Ms. Sylvia made all of the money and the rappers made nothing. He said the rappers were pretty bitter over it.
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:59:07 PM PDT
by
fatez
("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
To: Borges
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posted on
09/29/2011 12:59:29 PM PDT
by
Sicvee
(Sicvee)
To: PGR88
Trouble Funk! Saw them at the 9:30 Club many a time - best funk band ever!
To: Red Badger
There is plenty of singing (via samples) in Hip Hop.
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posted on
09/29/2011 1:04:03 PM PDT
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Borges
To: Borges
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posted on
09/29/2011 1:04:22 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Rick Perry has more red flags than a May Day Parade)
To: Red Badger
Okay, heres why it doesnt fit. There are actual singers in the background singing Ringo in chorus during the song...........
Are you confusing hip hop with rap?
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posted on
09/29/2011 1:06:08 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: aruanan
The article calls it ‘rap’, in the first sentence.........
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posted on
09/29/2011 1:08:17 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(We cannot defeat an enemy that the president and hence his administration cannot name.......)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Walter Brennan ‘Old Rivers?
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posted on
09/29/2011 1:10:25 PM PDT
by
bleach
(If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
To: Sicvee
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09/29/2011 1:15:46 PM PDT
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aruanan
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