Sylvia Robinson And All Platinum Soul Sound Studios
Posted by: Fusion 45 in Classic Recording Studios, tags: al green, bo diddley, donna summer, mickey and sylvia, sugar hill gang, sylvia robinson
I had no idea before today that Sylvia Robinson was such a pioneer in the world of soul music.
As Sylvia Vanderpool she was one half of the famed duo, Mickey And Sylvia, who scored a Top 10 hit in 1957 with their cover of Bo Diddley’s Love Is Strange.
In 1964, Vanderpool married Joe Robinson and together they launched All Platinum Soul Sound Studios as well as the All Platinum, Stacy and Vibration labels.
In 1973, Robinson pitched a new song to Al Green, but the risque content didn’t fit Green’s style. So Robinson recorded the track herself and Pillow Talk became a huge hit. Known as a precursor to the disco movement, Pillow Talk’s sly groove and cooing vocals set the table for many that followed (not the least of which was Donna Summer’s Love To Love You Baby).
Were that not enough, Robinson is widely considered the Godmother of Rap Music. It was her label, Sugar Hill Records, and her discovery, The Sugar Hill Gang, that essentially launched the commercial viability of rap music with their massive 1979 hit, Rapper’s Delight.
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