Introducing the God-Mother of Hip Hop (made popular), or some may say Commercialized Rap Music, and the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Sugar Hill Records - Rap Music's 1st record label which successfully birthed the musical artform to the international public in 1979. Ms. Sylvia Robinson made Rap Music popularly known so that it could become relevant in the Pop Charts - and so it could be sold, bought and make business, jobs and careers around the world. Her efforts has played a major role in the musical artform being the multi-billion dollar industry that it is today!
back in 1991 i met sylvia robinson and didn't even know who she was till later. i was a driver for airborne express in south hackensack and i made the delivery to sugarhill records in englewood. she signed for the package. years later i would live right down the block on james st in englewood, nj. loved the song pillow talk.
Someone needs to do a serious Sylvia Robinson biopic; not a cheesy tv movie, but a real movie like Scorsese or Tarantino. There is enough story there. Her impact on American culture is underrated.
1:44 - 1:50 .....the narrators neglected the fact that this woman was playing a Gibson Les Paul nine years BEFORE Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Peter Green made the guitar popular again after a production hiatus between 1961-68....this woman was wielding a Les Paul on stage BEFORE it was considered the "ultimate rock guitar" and discontinued in 1960 because Gibson thought the guitar was a failure......serious omission in a music documentary, very serious.
No, no. It was Mickey Baker and Tina Turner singing for a demo to be presented to Sylvia in the hopes that it might get Sylvia to sing with Mickey again. You know it's Mickey singing and talking on it by comparing his spoken part of "Love is Strange" to this- it's the same voice. Mickey also played lead electric guitar on it. Ike liked it so much that he put his name on it and released it as Ike and Tina Turner and it was a big hit. The duo Mickey and Sylvia DID do a version of it, but it was a flop.
@@alancassaro8400 Where did you read that? Mickey and Sylvia recorded a version which was recorded in 1960 but not released until like 1990 on a compilation album. Sylvia said she played guitar on Ike & Tina's version and did the production. Here's a link to the article. www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8533108/sugar-hill-records-sylvia-robinson-hip-hop-godmother
Rip Much respect for her she birthed a entire generation and doesn't get enough credit for what she did for hiphop ...its the evolution of the industry I wouldn't be surprised if Sugar hill the first Rap label in the game
Mother of ROCK & ROLL!!....She played a Les Paul guitar in the mid 50's along with her duet partner. You know the history of the Les Paul guitar? ....they didn't become iconic until the mid 60's after they got discontinued between 1960-68....she was playing one on stage a decade before that.....Respect....Mass respect.
I have as much respect for her as I do Lee Harvey Oswald. So she knew 3 chords on the Les Paul. She had more talent as a Crook, then she ever had as a Recording Artist.
@@joellovelace The student often finds more meaningful forms of escapism - ideological escapism. Students are for justice, Che Guevara t-shirts, and affirmative action. And the socialist organizations are waiting to recruit. The student’s “rent-a-crowd militance for the latest good cause is an aspect of his real impotence.”[141] The student serves the cause and the cause serves to justify the student’s subservience. The student activist consciously aligns their thinking with what they perceive to be that of an oppressed group (which they may or may not be a member of). Now they can speak for that group and articulate the desires of that group, usually phrased as demands made of the authorities. Every person, every group, must be represented. Representation is at the heart of the logic of modern politics, and its so-called enemies uphold this logic better than anyone. Such thinking is institutionalized among the academic Left, who are proud of their broad curriculum which includes all sorts of women’s studies, queer studies, African-American studies, etc. As long as students learn to demand “justice” for everyone, the possibility of revolutionary change can be ignored. Through appeals for justice or equal rights within the system, the academic Left perpetuates the system and its moralistic logic. And since academia is virtually defined by the dissociation of thought and action, no revolutionary theory could possibly thrive in this context; conversely, it is here that revolutionary ideology is at home, an object of passive consideration chat.whatsapp.com/EDraeGc3hw4Cs3cYqqcWQU Source: theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-toward-the-destruction-of-schooling
The Big Payback by Dan Charnas tells a more insightful view of Hip Hop music and also details a limited history of Sugar Hill Records and the spending ways of Joe and Sylvia Robinson. Their lack of promoting their artists also was the downfall of Sugar Hill records which was known for ripping off their artists along with Joe Robinson's need to depend on white mobsters such as Morris Levy. There is no doubting her influence in helping to bring Hip Hop to the world with Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. But, she and Joe were not saints. They even turned down the promotion of the first hip hop concerts refusing to work with icons such as Ricky Walker and ignored Spike Lee's first goings on with movies. Sylvia and Joe were like a lot of music industry people back then, in it for the money. Called making money. Yes, Sylvia influenced the growth of Hip Hop and rap music. We all should at least thank her for that.
Thank you for sharing this. I am a female CEO of a Hip Hop media/entertainment company. For years I have been discouraged to be in this field and I felt so alone. Now that I know another lady was that pioneered this whole thing I feel more empowered. Again thank you!
She's pretty. I like that this morning I've gotten a chance to hear her story. I've heard of her a few times but this is my first time getting to know her more. I'm 23 and I knew about that song hip hop from 1979 that Sylvia was reciting since I was a toddler. I always loved that song, just didn't know it was by sugar hill. This was before all the other raps came about. A legend.
Thanks for this. I read some of the comments and all I can say is that, speaking from experience, the music business is one the of the grimiest there is. To all the haters, I wonder where Hank, Gee and Mike would be without Sylvia? More artists need to learn from this sister and turn the tables on the industry instead of being victimized by it. P.S. If all she had ever done was "Love Is Strange" she'd still be legendary in my book. Thanks again.
Sugarhill Gang didn't even exist; Sylvia Robinson put that "band" together. They were just random kids off the streets. And Stax was bankrupt by the late 1970s
@TGGaineyProductions , It was said in a more detailed documentary that she had musicians that actually played instruments to the song's melody to a "T"and re-recorded that Good Times song/melody and did not directly sample the music from the Good Times song. I think when N. Rodgers first heard it, he thought it was a straight copy when he decided to sue her/Sugar Hill records.
@@18hallmark, Grandmaster Caz gave away or loaned Big Bank Hank his lyrics!🤦♀️. Back in the 70s, Grandmaster Caz was not knowledgeable about how much of a huge profit loss this would be for him by giving away his lyrics without his name credited/stamped in writing to the lyrics🤦♀️. He learned that and knows that now 😄.
Thanks for posting! I'm enjoying the new show about the family. It's great to see how the empire started. She was a visionary, very talented. Rest In Peace Ms. Sylvia
Another true memory of Black American Creation that is still heard today across radio stations that plays Sugar Hill and Pillow Talk. R.I.P Momma Sylvia.
Thank you so much for the memories. It's wonderful to learn about the woman behind Pillow Talk and The Sugarhill Gang. I grew up a few miles away from the studios in Paramus NJ - though I had no idea at the time. It was 1973, and Miss Sylvia's "Pillow Talk" always reminds me of a high school romance with a girl from Teaneck NJ, whose birthday just happens to be today, 02-12, and who lived about 1-1/2 miles away from Sugarhill Studios. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
thanks for the post on two great women, im a artist not in music but it is clear this is a very big deal, never being taught what is really going on in music and the other arts as well is the biggest tragedy in this country and it is no accident, thankyou for keeping sylvia and zells memory alive and working for the success of doing what is important, the willis tower once known as the sears tower is a british company
Thank you all for this bio on Sylvia. I first heard Pillow Talk on an old school radio station and immediately went over to the computer to try and see if there was a video on YT, Thank God there was, Sylvia was soooo coool, I wasn't surprised from watching this video ,that her talent went far beyond her being a great performer , producer , song writer and then some, What a cool lady, and a genius too.
Thanx for your positivity... My bad with the delayed reply. UA-cam has been making things a bit challenging recently, for about 6-months. They snatched up my account in late 2013, for some ish that happened in 2009.... SMH. Lovely thumb-nail picture of you by the way.
You gone on GIRL! Big ups too you and may you R.i.P. today 8/13/2020 12:00am first I’ve ever heard or known about “SYLVIA ROBINSON” and her 🎶 HISTORY WOW! AMAZING 😉👍🏾🙏🏾💪🏾💯🛴🐝❤️👊🏾✌🏾Dammmmmn what a Career she Had and COMPANY SUGAR Hill May GodBless YOU so Beautiful 😍 too😘 WOOoooow! Yes you are the GODMOTHER of HiP-HoP 🗣MUCH RESPECT DO....🙏🏾😉😇
Wow, she was a incredible woman. I'm 48 and I remember hearing her songs in the 70s, I never knew she was behind Sugar Hill records. Sugar Hill was the beginning of my love affair with Hip Hop. We love you and rest in peace Ms. Sylvia
See I must show her a rest in peace,cause I'm a DJ and I read all the stuff she did and who she put on.YOU HEAR ME!!!! Thanks for being who you are and staying in your lane.The hip-hop RB has name you the music 70s 80s the Queen pen.
She looks just like Beyonce on certain pictures, while looking just like Chili from TLC on other photos. WOW!!!! Extremely beautiful, talented woman. May she rest with the angels and most High. I love you sistar Robinson. You're greatly missed.
I heard Pillow Talk on Sirius on the way home from work today, and I hadn't heard that song in a long time. I had no idea of all the things Sylvia did in her life....she was truly an amazing woman! Thanks for sharing this video....I enjoyed!
Do People talk about the inventory of "UA-cam??" smh. Sometimes People r just Not spoken about for their accomplishments, it's up to the People to SEARCH FOR THEMSELVES, the infos out there
SALUTE to this Sister...Love The Sugar Hill Gang and Sugar Hill Records...I heard this sister's music but never knew how rich her Legacy was.... SALUTE and rest WELL Sister..
who else thought that was Beyonce in the picture, and surprised that was her singing with Mickey? I heard the song growing, but thought it was a white woman singing
I started learning “Love Is Strange” on guitar today and it got me to reading about her on Wikipedia. I was blown away that it was the same Sylvia that started Sugar Hill, who I was actually more familiar with. To top it off, I didn’t realize she sang “Pillow Talk”! Remarkable.
+Gregory Clark I would put it in the top 5 silkiest, sexiest and most sultry love-makin' records for the decade of the1970s -- An unforgettable and perennial classic!
Amazing Fearlessness females Leadership Ms.Syviaa Robinson R.i.p Harlem Manhattan to Newark, New Jersey and Part Owners. Sugar hill Record for Furture Recording artists and album producer and writer music genius musicians forever spirit and stronger will good day today music forces roots. Love is Strange hits after hits All Platinum Record. Amazing everything Woman Doctor genius Degrees of Musical Historical society heritage foundation for the people's choice. 2020
Miss Sylvia Robinson was one of our greatest of all times. Why is it that in all types of music, The best is always overlooked and swept under the rug?will someone please tell me in this comment section thank you. I would Highly and really appreciate it!
Forget the Intercine Wars...please ! Sylvia has helped bring us "white boys" to proper music from the 1950s ..and most of us didn't realise. Those that did REALISE - Holly, Presley, Beatles and Stones - were a generation before Hip-Hop...so please consider -HER GREATER INFLUENCE ....since the mid-fifties! A truly outstatanding ...WOMAN.
Damn this needs to be remixed (opening record) into a modern song!!!Hip Hop or R&B or even rock it on the dubstep or lo-fi with the hip-hop Groove!!! Word is bond!!! Peace
This is an excellent video I really enjoy it. I always get teased about Sylvia Robinson. My first name is Sylvia. I always get tease with Sylvia Robinson because we share the same name. Plus "Pillow Talk" is a sexy song and I am sexy, the teasing. Thank you for sharing. Now, I understand her accomplishments more.
First of all much respect to Sylvia Robinson and all that she has done for the music industry, but I just want to shed some light on the DARK TRUTH of the Sugar Hill Gang records. After watching "I want my name back" on Netflix The original Sugar Hill Gang is still trying to get 30 years of ROYALTY payments that have made the Robinson Family very wealthy for illegally having ownership of "Rappers Delight". Mike Wright (Wonder Mike) and Guy O'Brien (Master Gee) speak out on this many times!
@baldrottweiler, thanks for the correction. I've been apart of the music industry now for a total of over 25yrs. and I've never heard of this great woman. Even when I was in the Audio Institute in N.Y.C., taking music history, was this ever taught. I guess because she's a woman in a "man's industry" (so to speak)? Even online now, there's very little mention of this lady. Btw, from my research, it appears that her name is spelled "Zell Sanders." (A.K.A: Zelma “Zell” Sanders). Label started: 1956
Yes, to answer your question about The Mother of Hip-Hop, having a movie made about her... her family was recently on The Breakfast Club, radio show, and they said a movie is now in the works for TV. This interview was in February 2017.
I miss you ms Sylvia if any female singer ooz with sexiness in a song you did . Barbra Mason is another one that sings very sexy her song I call your name we love you to always.
@werewolfmanjackal: Love On A Two Way Street, was not mentioned in this video, so U writing comments here as if it was, is a fallacy within itself. It's clear U have an axe to grind, which I can understand. For after over 25 years in the music and entertainment industries, I can identify with your bitterness, disappointment and anger. However, this video was made with the utmost intent paid to diligence in gathering and reporting the facts. We apologize for any inaccuracies.
Introducing the God-Mother of Hip Hop (made popular), or some may say Commercialized Rap Music, and the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Sugar Hill Records - Rap Music's 1st record label which successfully birthed the musical artform to the international public in 1979. Ms. Sylvia Robinson made Rap Music popularly known so that it could become relevant in the Pop Charts - and so it could be sold, bought and make business, jobs and careers around the world. Her efforts has played a major role in the musical artform being the multi-billion dollar industry that it is today!
I can’t believe I can’t really find a full documentary on her for her to have been so huge! To have made such a footprint I can’t find her!
She's pretty.
Singer.
Musician.
Owner of a successful legendary franchise.
CEO.
Mother.
Ruthless.
Top of her game.
THE FUCKING BEST!!!
back in 1991 i met sylvia robinson and didn't even know who she was till later. i was a driver for airborne express in south hackensack and i made the delivery to sugarhill records in englewood. she signed for the package. years later i would live right down the block on james st in englewood, nj. loved the song pillow talk.
Thanks for posting this ... A beautiful talented woman with the best song of all time... Pillow Talk !
black music is always ahead of its time..love them so much
Someone needs to do a serious Sylvia Robinson biopic; not a cheesy tv movie, but a real movie like Scorsese or Tarantino. There is enough story there. Her impact on American culture is underrated.
RZAshould talk to Tarantino for that!!!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
So many untold details about our history. I love it !!
By far the most underrated person in hip hop history!!!!!!
1:44 - 1:50 .....the narrators neglected the fact that this woman was playing a Gibson Les Paul nine years BEFORE Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Peter Green made the guitar popular again after a production hiatus between 1961-68....this woman was wielding a Les Paul on stage BEFORE it was considered the "ultimate rock guitar" and discontinued in 1960 because Gibson thought the guitar was a failure......serious omission in a music documentary, very serious.
Sylvia produced and played guitar on Ike & Tina Turner's record "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" in 1961. It was nominated for a Grammy in 1962.
No, no. It was Mickey Baker and Tina Turner singing for a demo to be presented to Sylvia in the hopes that it might get Sylvia to sing with Mickey again. You know it's Mickey singing and talking on it by comparing his spoken part of "Love is Strange" to this- it's the same voice. Mickey also played lead electric guitar on it. Ike liked it so much that he put his name on it and released it as Ike and Tina Turner and it was a big hit. The duo Mickey and Sylvia DID do a version of it, but it was a flop.
@@alancassaro8400 Where did you read that? Mickey and Sylvia recorded a version which was recorded in 1960 but not released until like 1990 on a compilation album. Sylvia said she played guitar on Ike & Tina's version and did the production. Here's a link to the article. www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8533108/sugar-hill-records-sylvia-robinson-hip-hop-godmother
Rip Much respect for her she birthed a entire generation and doesn't get enough credit for what she did for hiphop ...its the evolution of the industry
I wouldn't be surprised if Sugar hill the first Rap label in the game
We love you Sylvia(Sugarhill Records) Robinson. SRIP
Mother of ROCK & ROLL!!....She played a Les Paul guitar in the mid 50's along with her duet partner.
You know the history of the Les Paul guitar? ....they didn't become iconic until the mid 60's after they got discontinued between 1960-68....she was playing one on stage a decade before that.....Respect....Mass respect.
I have as much respect for her as I do Lee Harvey Oswald. So she knew 3 chords on the Les Paul. She had more talent as a Crook, then she ever had as a Recording Artist.
what is the history here DJ? You obviously had some bad dealings with her.
Thanks for putting a lot of Rappers on. Helping us get a foot in the door. Rest in beats.
This information and your narration of Sylvia Robinson is awesome! Thank you. I wish there was more information on her.
she took advantage of artists..new to the game period !!
I am sure she was taken advantage of and learned the game.
Miss Sylvia Robinson NEEDS to have full length musical bio documentary made on her!
She accomplished a lot at others expenses. In the words of Rick James cold blooded.
Drunk history brought me here
Me also!!!
@@joellovelace The student often finds more meaningful forms of escapism - ideological escapism. Students are for justice, Che Guevara t-shirts, and affirmative action. And the socialist organizations are waiting to recruit. The student’s “rent-a-crowd militance for the latest good cause is an aspect of his real impotence.”[141] The student serves the cause and the cause serves to justify the student’s subservience.
The student activist consciously aligns their thinking with what they perceive to be that of an oppressed group (which they may or may not be a member of). Now they can speak for that group and articulate the desires of that group, usually phrased as demands made of the authorities. Every person, every group, must be represented.
Representation is at the heart of the logic of modern politics, and its so-called enemies uphold this logic better than anyone. Such thinking is institutionalized among the academic Left, who are proud of their broad curriculum which includes all sorts of women’s studies, queer studies, African-American studies, etc. As long as students learn to demand “justice” for everyone, the possibility of revolutionary change can be ignored.
Through appeals for justice or equal rights within the system, the academic Left perpetuates the system and its moralistic logic. And since academia is virtually defined by the dissociation of thought and action, no revolutionary theory could possibly thrive in this context; conversely, it is here that revolutionary ideology is at home, an object of passive consideration
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The Big Payback by Dan Charnas tells a more insightful view of Hip Hop music and also details a limited history of Sugar Hill Records and the spending ways of Joe and Sylvia Robinson. Their lack of promoting their artists also was the downfall of Sugar Hill records which was known for ripping off their artists along with Joe Robinson's need to depend on white mobsters such as Morris Levy. There is no doubting her influence in helping to bring Hip Hop to the world with Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. But, she and Joe were not saints. They even turned down the promotion of the first hip hop concerts refusing to work with icons such as Ricky Walker and ignored Spike Lee's first goings on with movies. Sylvia and Joe were like a lot of music industry people back then, in it for the money. Called making money. Yes, Sylvia influenced the growth of Hip Hop and rap music. We all should at least thank her for that.
Thank you for sharing this. I am a female CEO of a Hip Hop media/entertainment company. For years I have been discouraged to be in this field and I felt so alone. Now that I know another lady was that pioneered this whole thing I feel more empowered. Again thank you!
She's pretty. I like that this morning I've gotten a chance to hear her story. I've heard of her a few times but this is my first time getting to know her more. I'm 23 and I knew about that song hip hop from 1979 that Sylvia was reciting since I was a toddler. I always loved that song, just didn't know it was by sugar hill. This was before all the other raps came about. A legend.
Love is strange, ALL THIS TIME I THOUGHT THEY WERE WHITE!!! Rip Sylvia, what a pioneer!!!
me too..crazy
Thank you Sylvia may your soul R.I.P GOD SHOWED ME WHAT THEY DID TO YOU🙏🏿
Great story of a talented lady who yes was the Godmother of hip-hop I still listen to The Sugarhill Gang rest in peace...😇😇
Thanks for this. I read some of the comments and all I can say is that, speaking from experience, the music business is one the of the grimiest there is. To all the haters, I wonder where Hank, Gee and Mike would be without Sylvia? More artists need to learn from this sister and turn the tables on the industry instead of being victimized by it.
P.S. If all she had ever done was "Love Is Strange" she'd still be legendary in my book. Thanks again.
Desmond Williams they would have probably signed to Staxx Records
Sugarhill Gang didn't even exist; Sylvia Robinson put that "band" together. They were just random kids off the streets. And Stax was bankrupt by the late 1970s
Thank you Ms Sylvia Robinson. We Love You!
Thanks you for your Great support (RIP) never for get about those days ❤👍👍🙏🏼🙏🏼
thank you so much for posting!!!. I subscribed. WELL DONE. R. I .P . Queen Sylvia.
+Pat Andersen; Thanks for taking some time to check out my little report and commemoration. And of course you subscribing is much appreciated as well.
Originator.She borrowed no one's music.She deserves to wear her crown of Glory undisturbed.
So she the good times beat was hers ?
If she borrowed no one's music, then why did she get sued by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of CHIC shortly after the release of Rapper's Delight?
And half the raps in that song were stolen....No money went to the original writer
@TGGaineyProductions ,
It was said in a more detailed documentary that she had musicians that actually played instruments to the song's melody to a "T"and re-recorded that Good Times song/melody and did not directly sample the music from the Good Times song. I think when N. Rodgers first heard it, he thought it was a straight copy when he decided to sue her/Sugar Hill records.
@@18hallmark,
Grandmaster Caz gave away or loaned Big Bank Hank his lyrics!🤦♀️. Back in the 70s, Grandmaster Caz was not knowledgeable about how much of a huge profit loss this would be for him by giving away his lyrics without his name credited/stamped in writing to the lyrics🤦♀️. He learned that and knows that now 😄.
First saw her on soul train singing pillow talk at about 10yrs old loved her then and still do to this day the 70s a wonderful time for music
Thanks for posting! I'm enjoying the new show about the family. It's great to see how the empire started. She was a visionary, very talented. Rest In Peace Ms. Sylvia
Another true memory of Black American Creation that is still heard today across radio stations that plays Sugar Hill and Pillow Talk. R.I.P Momma Sylvia.
Omg, love is strange, i thought that was white peopl
I did too lol
Lol me too!
Thank you queen❤️
She makes you so proud to be black.
Thanks for the sharing your creation. Excellent!
Thank you so much for the memories. It's wonderful to learn about the woman behind Pillow Talk and The Sugarhill Gang. I grew up a few miles away from the studios in Paramus NJ - though I had no idea at the time. It was 1973, and Miss Sylvia's "Pillow Talk" always reminds me of a high school romance with a girl from Teaneck NJ, whose birthday just happens to be today, 02-12, and who lived about 1-1/2 miles away from Sugarhill Studios. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
She was BEAUTIFUL
You too hunny😘
thanks for the post on two great women, im a artist not in music but it is clear this is a very big deal, never being taught what is really going on in music and the other arts as well is the biggest tragedy in this country and it is no accident, thankyou for keeping sylvia and zells memory alive and working for the success of doing what is important, the willis tower once known as the sears tower is a british company
Thank you all for this bio on Sylvia. I first heard Pillow Talk on an old school radio station and immediately went over to the computer to try and see if there was a video on YT, Thank God there was, Sylvia was soooo coool, I wasn't surprised from watching this video ,that her talent went far beyond her being a great performer , producer , song writer and then some, What a cool lady, and a genius too.
TOTALLY ENJOYED THIS VID ,WELL DONE ♥
Thanx for your positivity... My bad with the delayed reply. UA-cam has been making things a bit challenging recently, for about 6-months. They snatched up my account in late 2013, for some ish that happened in 2009.... SMH. Lovely thumb-nail picture of you by the way.
Wow because of your vision & seeing something in those 3 young men hip-hop was born & for that I say thank you sister!!! RIP
Maybe the Sexiest Song of all time..R.I.P Sylvia Pillow Talker.
You gone on GIRL! Big ups too you and may you R.i.P. today 8/13/2020 12:00am first I’ve ever heard or known about “SYLVIA ROBINSON” and her 🎶 HISTORY WOW! AMAZING 😉👍🏾🙏🏾💪🏾💯🛴🐝❤️👊🏾✌🏾Dammmmmn what a Career she Had and COMPANY SUGAR Hill May GodBless YOU so Beautiful 😍 too😘 WOOoooow! Yes you are the GODMOTHER of HiP-HoP 🗣MUCH RESPECT DO....🙏🏾😉😇
Wow, she was a incredible woman. I'm 48 and I remember hearing her songs in the 70s, I never knew she was behind Sugar Hill records. Sugar Hill was the beginning of my love affair with Hip Hop. We love you and rest in peace Ms. Sylvia
See I must show her a rest in peace,cause I'm a DJ and I read all the stuff she did and who she put on.YOU HEAR ME!!!! Thanks for being who you are and staying in your lane.The hip-hop RB has name you the music 70s 80s the Queen pen.
She looks just like Beyonce on certain pictures, while looking just like Chili from TLC on other photos. WOW!!!! Extremely beautiful, talented woman. May she rest with the angels and most High. I love you sistar Robinson. You're greatly missed.
Beyonce should make this movie
thank you for taking the time to make this video!
Thanks for telling this story! great work
I heard Pillow Talk on Sirius on the way home from work today, and I hadn't heard that song in a long time. I had no idea of all the things Sylvia did in her life....she was truly an amazing woman! Thanks for sharing this video....I enjoyed!
Thank you for this still love her music rip
Okay, the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper Delight" sold 10 million copies, but how much did the group get. Did anyone see the Sugarhill Gang's UnSung ????
Charles L. IKR!
They got much of nothin after it was all said and done.
Truth right there!!!
How come no one talks about her. I been in hip hop for 25 years and just found her smh…
Do People talk about the inventory of "UA-cam??" smh. Sometimes People r just Not spoken about for their accomplishments, it's up to the People to SEARCH FOR THEMSELVES, the infos out there
Yeah been heard of her especially behind rappers delight. She definitely was music insider.
it would be nice to know about her early life as a kid growing up in new york
You right! Make the video... Please! 🙏
SALUTE to this Sister...Love The Sugar Hill Gang and Sugar Hill Records...I heard this sister's music but never knew how rich her Legacy was.... SALUTE and rest WELL Sister..
Thank you SILVIA...
Her voice had/ has personality. Thank for the wonderful music Sylvia. And thanks for the video too.
who else thought that was Beyonce in the picture, and surprised that was her singing with Mickey? I heard the song growing, but thought it was a white woman singing
I didn't realize that was her in Mickey&Syvia. I love that song, but never connected that that was her.
I started learning “Love Is Strange” on guitar today and it got me to reading about her on Wikipedia. I was blown away that it was the same Sylvia that started Sugar Hill, who I was actually more familiar with. To top it off, I didn’t realize she sang “Pillow Talk”! Remarkable.
I would love to see an unsung about her.
Me too. Absolutely!!💯
They definitely need to get on that 👌
RIP you beautiful beautiful woman.
I will always remember you Sylvia. It is a blessing to have known you leelyn skuchie Deborah guy and the rest of your family.
she was a thief!
The first rap group was some guys who called themselves The Last Poets. They were around during thr 60s and early 70s. Sugarhill
I think that she was awesome and to me pillow Talk was one of her best
+Gregory Clark Check out the track Gimme A Little Action
+Gregory Clark I would put it in the top 5 silkiest, sexiest and most sultry love-makin' records for the decade of the1970s -- An unforgettable and perennial classic!
A VERY SMART AND TALENTED LADY
Wow!!! What an AMAZING woman!! I never knew she accomplished so much in the entertainment industry!
Damn .. she is truth and so fine too
Amazing Fearlessness females Leadership Ms.Syviaa Robinson R.i.p Harlem Manhattan to Newark, New Jersey and Part Owners.
Sugar hill Record for Furture
Recording artists and album producer and writer music genius musicians forever spirit and stronger will good day today music forces roots. Love is Strange hits after hits
All Platinum Record.
Amazing everything Woman
Doctor genius Degrees of Musical
Historical society heritage foundation for the people's choice.
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Miss Sylvia Robinson was one of our greatest of all times.
Why is it that in all types of music, The best is always overlooked and swept under the rug?will someone please tell me in this comment section thank you.
I would Highly and really appreciate it!
topkat, great post, I love this - we owe such a lot to these pioneers. I wouldnt be me without this music, love is indeed strange, KTF.
R.I.P. Sylvia. I'm sure you're singing your sexy tunes in heaven!
Forget the Intercine Wars...please !
Sylvia has helped bring us "white boys" to proper music from the 1950s ..and most of us didn't realise.
Those that did REALISE - Holly, Presley, Beatles and Stones - were a generation before Hip-Hop...so please consider -HER GREATER INFLUENCE ....since the mid-fifties!
A truly outstatanding ...WOMAN.
RIP Mama Sylvia.
Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson.....the "SYLVIA" of Mickey and Sylvia! And an EXCELLENT GUITAR PLAYER!! Comparable only to BARBARA LYNN....
Damn this needs to be remixed (opening record) into a modern song!!!Hip Hop or R&B or even rock it on the dubstep or lo-fi with the hip-hop Groove!!! Word is bond!!! Peace
Love that song love her too
i play this song all the time
Hoy 2020 recordamos a Sylvia y esa manera sensual de cantar Soul Ricardo alegría Zambrano en popayan colombia
Thanks for posting this - it was inspiring
Wow....I have her queen bee album and never knew what a titan she was!
Not even 30 min total of info on her hip hop contribution on YT! Wild!
This is an excellent video I really enjoy it. I always get teased about Sylvia Robinson. My first name is Sylvia. I always get tease with Sylvia Robinson because we share the same name. Plus "Pillow Talk" is a sexy song and I am sexy, the teasing. Thank you for sharing. Now, I understand her accomplishments more.
Wow! She was cool." But what about the vdo about the sugar hill group lamenting that they were ripped off by the label???
She gives me Mary J Blige and Chili from TLC
Silvia Robinson.
In memory.
Good job and much respect to the sista
Wow that was some very good history of a Leading Lady .
She was beautiful and I loved her voice grew up listening to her on soul train
First of all much respect to Sylvia Robinson and all that she has done for the music industry, but I just want to shed some light on the DARK TRUTH of the Sugar Hill Gang records. After watching "I want my name back" on Netflix The original Sugar Hill Gang is still trying to get 30 years of ROYALTY payments that have made the Robinson Family very wealthy for illegally having ownership of "Rappers Delight". Mike Wright (Wonder Mike) and Guy O'Brien (Master Gee) speak out on this many times!
she earned the first HIP HOP label...
@baldrottweiler, thanks for the correction. I've been apart of the music industry now for a total of over 25yrs. and I've never heard of this great woman. Even when I was in the Audio Institute in N.Y.C., taking music history, was this ever taught. I guess because she's a woman in a "man's industry" (so to speak)? Even online now, there's very little mention of this lady. Btw, from my research, it appears that her name is spelled "Zell Sanders." (A.K.A: Zelma “Zell” Sanders). Label started: 1956
Her voice is heard all over TV with that commercial with the big Baby that is her on the song love is Strange with her husband Mickey and Sylvia
I wonder if anyone wants to make a movie about her.
Yes, to answer your question about The Mother of Hip-Hop, having a movie made about her... her family was recently on The Breakfast Club, radio show, and they said a movie is now in the works for TV. This interview was in February 2017.
RI✌Beautiful Lady👑💋
COOL!!!
I miss you ms Sylvia if any female singer ooz with sexiness in a song you did . Barbra Mason is another one that sings very sexy her song I call your name we love you to always.
she was a crook!
Wow "love is strange" has been used so many times in entertainment. I need to learn more about this woman.
@werewolfmanjackal: Love On A Two Way Street, was not mentioned in this video, so U writing comments here as if it was, is a fallacy within itself. It's clear U have an axe to grind, which I can understand. For after over 25 years in the music and entertainment industries, I can identify with your bitterness, disappointment and anger. However, this video was made with the utmost intent paid to diligence in gathering and reporting the facts. We apologize for any inaccuracies.