My portrait of Sylvia Robinson. Sugar Hill Records producer and singer. The Mother of Hip Hop
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March 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My portrait of Sylvia Robinson. Sugar Hill Records producer and singer. The Mother of Hip Hop
#sylviarobinson #sugarhillgang #portrait #art #painting #watercolour
#sylviarobinson #sugarhillgang #portrait #art #painting #watercolour
#OneHitHistory #OTD in 1979, “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang” was released by Sylvia Robinson’s Sugar Hill Records. The song made history as the first rap song to reach the US #Billboard #Top40… earning the trio their US #OneHitWonder honors. #SugarhillGang #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (Official Video)
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September 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#OneHitHistory #OTD in 1979, “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang” was released by Sylvia Robinson’s Sugar Hill Records. The song made history as the first rap song to reach the US #Billboard #Top40… earning the trio their US #OneHitWonder honors. #SugarhillGang #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
September 29, 2011: #DOTD: #RIP #SylviaRobinson. #AfricanAmericans #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #RecordProducers #RecordExecutives #Beauties #MickeyAndSylvia #Blues #RAndB #RNB #RockMusic #SoulMusic #Funk #Disco #HipHop #SugarHillRecords #MusicSky
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Love Is Strange
YouTube video by MICKEY & SYLVIA - Topic
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September 29, 2026 at 11:10 PM
September 29, 2011: #DOTD: #RIP #SylviaRobinson. #AfricanAmericans #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #RecordProducers #RecordExecutives #Beauties #MickeyAndSylvia #Blues #RAndB #RNB #RockMusic #SoulMusic #Funk #Disco #HipHop #SugarHillRecords #MusicSky
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Mickey & Sylvia - No Good Lover
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September 29, 2026 at 11:10 PM
September 29, 2011: #DOTD: #RIP #SylviaRobinson. #AfricanAmericans #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #RecordProducers #RecordExecutives #Beauties #MickeyAndSylvia #Blues #RAndB #RNB #RockMusic #SoulMusic #Funk #Disco #HipHop #SugarHillRecords #MusicSky
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Sylvia Pillow Talk (Long Version) (HQ Stereo) (1973)
YouTube video by Billscustomsounds William Merz
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September 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Co-written & produced by the ‘Mother of Hip-Hop’ Sylvia Robinson... Then mononymously known as Sylvia, she earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1973 when her sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” spent 13 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #3. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
May 27, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Co-written & produced by the ‘Mother of Hip-Hop’ Sylvia Robinson... Then mononymously known as Sylvia, she earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1973 when her sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” spent 13 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #3. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#OneHitHistory The sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” by US #OneHitWonder honoree Sylvia Robinson (mononymously known as Sylvia) peaked at #3 on the US #Billboard #Top40 the week ending June 9, 1973. Sylvia also co-wrote & co-produced. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
1973 HITS ARCHIVE: Pillow Talk - Sylvia (a #2 record--mono 45)
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June 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#OneHitHistory The sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” by US #OneHitWonder honoree Sylvia Robinson (mononymously known as Sylvia) peaked at #3 on the US #Billboard #Top40 the week ending June 9, 1973. Sylvia also co-wrote & co-produced. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#QuickSidenote “Shame, Shame, Shame” is credited as written & produced by Sylvia Robinson… Legend has it that Sylvia coaxed her old friend Shirley Goodman into recording the song… earning US #OneHitWonder honors in 1975. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame (1975) • TopPop
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September 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#QuickSidenote “Shame, Shame, Shame” is credited as written & produced by Sylvia Robinson… Legend has it that Sylvia coaxed her old friend Shirley Goodman into recording the song… earning US #OneHitWonder honors in 1975. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
#OneHitHistory Remembering ‘Mother of Hip-Hop’ Sylvia Robinson, who #DOTD in 2011… Then mononymously known as Sylvia, she earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1973 when her sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” spent 13 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #3. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
1972 Sylvia Robinson Pillow Talk Stereo Video
YouTube video by Jan Addeo
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September 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#OneHitHistory Remembering ‘Mother of Hip-Hop’ Sylvia Robinson, who #DOTD in 2011… Then mononymously known as Sylvia, she earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1973 when her sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” spent 13 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #3. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
15 years ago today, #SylviaRobinson, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia - "Love Is Strange"; solo - "Pillow Talk"), record producer, and record label executive (Sugar Hill Records), died of congestive heart failure at 76.
#RIP 🕊️
#RIP 🕊️
September 29, 2026 at 4:48 AM
15 years ago today, #SylviaRobinson, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia - "Love Is Strange"; solo - "Pillow Talk"), record producer, and record label executive (Sugar Hill Records), died of congestive heart failure at 76.
#RIP 🕊️
#RIP 🕊️
Nouvel épisode de Hoop Culture avec un invité très spécial : Real Muzul !
#hoopculture #nba #sylviarobinson #getbusy #hiphop #soul #realmuzul
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Real Muzul : Sylvia Robinson, Jabbar, George Clinton et moi - #HoopCulture Vol.71
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April 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Nouvel épisode de Hoop Culture avec un invité très spécial : Real Muzul !
#hoopculture #nba #sylviarobinson #getbusy #hiphop #soul #realmuzul
#hoopculture #nba #sylviarobinson #getbusy #hiphop #soul #realmuzul
The ‘Mother of Hip-Hop,’ Sylvia Robinson, also earned US #OneHitWonder honors… Then mononymously known as Sylvia, her sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” spent 13 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #3. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
Sylvia - Pillow Talk
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September 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
The ‘Mother of Hip-Hop,’ Sylvia Robinson, also earned US #OneHitWonder honors… Then mononymously known as Sylvia, her sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” spent 13 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #3. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
Pillow Talk
Sylvia · Pillow Talk: The Sensuous Sounds Of Sylvia · Song · 1996
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September 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
#OTD #TDIH #May29, 1935: #HBD #SylviaRobinson! #AfricanAmericans #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #RecordProducers #RecordExecutives #Beauties #MickeyAndSylvia #Blues #RAndB #RNB #RockMusic #SoulMusic #Funk #Disco #HipHop #SugarHillRecords #MusicSky
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Love Is Strange
YouTube video by MICKEY & SYLVIA - Topic
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May 29, 2026 at 1:44 AM
#QuickSidenote Sylvia Robinson was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022 as a recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award for her significant influence as the founder of Sugar Hill Records and a visionary in early hip-hop. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#QuickSidenote Sylvia Robinson was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022 as a recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award for her significant influence as the founder of Sugar Hill Records and a visionary in early hip-hop. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly Sylvia began recording in the early 1950s… She teamed up with guitarist Mickey Baker to form Mickey & Sylvia, & the R&B duo had a pre-hot 100 era hit in 1957 with the R&B crossover “Love Is Strange.” #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Love Is Strange - Mickey and Sylvia
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June 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#Interestingly Sylvia began recording in the early 1950s… She teamed up with guitarist Mickey Baker to form Mickey & Sylvia, & the R&B duo had a pre-hot 100 era hit in 1957 with the R&B crossover “Love Is Strange.” #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#OTD #TDIH #May29, 1935: #HBD #SylviaRobinson! #AfricanAmericans #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #RecordProducers #RecordExecutives #Beauties #MickeyAndSylvia #Blues #RAndB #RNB #RockMusic #SoulMusic #Funk #Disco #HipHop #SugarHillRecords #MusicSky
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Love Is Strange
YouTube video by Mickey & Sylvia - Topic
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May 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
#QuickSidenote To further go down an ever-deepening rabbit hole, Sylvia Robinson had a #Billboard pre-Hot 100 era hit in 1957 as part of the R&B duo Mickey & Sylvia with "Love Is Strange." #Mickey&Sylvia #LoveIsStrange #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Love Is Strange - Mickey and Sylvia
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September 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#QuickSidenote To further go down an ever-deepening rabbit hole, Sylvia Robinson had a #Billboard pre-Hot 100 era hit in 1957 as part of the R&B duo Mickey & Sylvia with "Love Is Strange." #Mickey&Sylvia #LoveIsStrange #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly Released on Vibration Records, which Sylvia co-founded, “Pillow Talk” was a bold, intimate song… it was originally offered to Al Green, who passed on it. Sylvia, who’d stepped back from performing, decided to return to the spotlight. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
June 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#Interestingly Released on Vibration Records, which Sylvia co-founded, “Pillow Talk” was a bold, intimate song… it was originally offered to Al Green, who passed on it. Sylvia, who’d stepped back from performing, decided to return to the spotlight. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#QuickSidenote Sylvia Robinson is also known as a US #OneHitWonder honoree! Then mononymously known as Sylvia, her sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” peaked at #3 on the US #Billboard #Top40 the week ending June 9, 1973. Sylvia also co-wrote & co-produced. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
1973 HITS ARCHIVE: Pillow Talk - Sylvia (a #2 record--mono 45)
YouTube video by AnotherProf
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September 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#QuickSidenote Sylvia Robinson is also known as a US #OneHitWonder honoree! Then mononymously known as Sylvia, her sultry slow jam “Pillow Talk” peaked at #3 on the US #Billboard #Top40 the week ending June 9, 1973. Sylvia also co-wrote & co-produced. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered
........29/5 love in space and time, space age #SylviaRobinson www.youtube.com/watch?v=B17o...
Sylvia - Automatic Lover
YouTube video by Flavia
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May 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
........29/5 love in space and time, space age #SylviaRobinson www.youtube.com/watch?v=B17o...
#OTD #TDIH #May29, 1935: #HBD #SylviaRobinson! #AfricanAmericans #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #RecordProducers #RecordExecutives #Beauties #MickeyAndSylvia #Blues #RAndB #RNB #RockMusic #SoulMusic #Funk #Disco #HipHop #SugarHillRecords #MusicSky
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Sylvia Pillow Talk (Long Version) (HQ Stereo) (1973)
YouTube video by Billscustomsounds William Merz
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May 29, 2026 at 1:48 AM
#Interestingly Sylvia’s biggest impact came behind the scenes. In 1979, she co-founded Sugar Hill Records (named after a Harlem, NY neighborhood) and recognized the rising power of hip-hop long before the mainstream music industry caught on. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
June 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#Interestingly Sylvia’s biggest impact came behind the scenes. In 1979, she co-founded Sugar Hill Records (named after a Harlem, NY neighborhood) and recognized the rising power of hip-hop long before the mainstream music industry caught on. #SylviaRobinson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#OTD #TDIH #May29, 1935: #HBD #SylviaRobinson! #AfricanAmericans #Singers #Songwriters #Guitarists #RecordProducers #RecordExecutives #Beauties #MickeyAndSylvia #Blues #RAndB #RNB #RockMusic #SoulMusic #Funk #Disco #HipHop #SugarHillRecords #MusicSky
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Sylvia Pillow Talk (Long Version) (HQ Stereo) (1973)
YouTube video by Billscustomsounds William Merz
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May 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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