| LC control no. | n 2010025575 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Robinson, Sylvia, 1936-2011 |
| Variant(s) | Sylvia (Singer) Little Sylvia (Singer) Mother of Hip-Hop (Record producer) Sylvia, Little, 1936-2011 Vanderpool, Sylvia, 1936-2011 |
| See also | Corporate body: Mickey & Sylvia Founded corporate body of person: Sugar Hill Records (New York, N.Y.) |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0000 7794 801X 101159922 Q2346186 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1936-03-06 |
| Death date | 2011-09-29 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Hip-hop music Music industry |
| Affiliation | Sugar Hill Gang (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Musicians Record producers Record executives |
| Special note | Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n 95077939 Formerly on undifferentiated name record: n 95077899 |
| Found in | America, we're still #1, p1982: label (Sylvia Robinson) Jet, Oct. 15, 2000, in Lexis-Nexis, Jan. 20, 2001: (soul songbird Sylvia Robinson; singer of 1970s hit tune, Pillow talk; received Pioneer Award for her music and her work as a music business leader; involved in new rap music revolution in 1979 with her Sugarhill record label) Jubilee Jezebels, 1995: container (Little Sylvia) insert (Sylvia Vanderpool; age 16 in 1952) All music guide, viewed Apr. 26, 2010 (Sylvia Robinson, b. Sylvia Vanderpool on March 6, 1936, in New York; recorded as Little Sylvia for Savoy and in the duo Mickey & Sylvia) It's good to be the queen, p1982: (Sylvia) New York times WWW site, Sept. 30, 2011 (Sylvia Robinson; b. Sylvia Vanderpool, 1936, New York; m. Joseph Robinson; d. Thursday [Sept. 29, 2011], Edison, N.J., aged 75; singer, songwriter, and record producer who formed the pioneering hip-hop group Sugarhill Gang and made the first commercially successful rap recording with them) New York times archive, viewed 27 Feb. 2023: in an obituary published 29 Sept. 2011 (Sylvia Robinson, 'the mother of Hip-Hop,' dies at 75; Sylvia Robinson, the singer, songwriter and record producer who formed the Sugar Hill Gang and made the first commercially successful rap recording) Wikipedia, 26 Feb. 2023: (Sylvia Robinson; born Sylvia Vanderpool on May 29, 1935 in New York, N.Y., died September 29, 2011 in Secaucus, N.J., aged 76; an American singer, record producer, and record label executive; began recording music in 1950 for Columbia Records under the stage name "Little Sylvia"; Robinson achieved success as a performer on two R&B chart toppers: as half of Mickey & Sylvia with the 1957 single "Love Is Strange", and her solo record "Pillow Talk" in 1973. She later became known for her work as founder and CEO of the hip-hop record label, Sugar Hill Records) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Robinson> |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 96047361 |
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