| LC control no. | n 95077195 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Sugar Hill Gang (Musical group) |
| Variant(s) | Sugarhill Gang (Musical group) |
| See also | Member: Master Gee, 1962- Member: Wonder Mike Member: Big Bank Hank Member: Robinson, Joey, Jr. |
| Beginning date | 1979 |
| Field of activity | Rap (Music) |
| Special note | Spelling Sugar Hill Gang predominates in bib records for recordings published before 1990. Sugarhill Gang might represent the spelling of the group as reformed by Joey Robinson, Jr., or on reissued recordings. |
| Found in | Sugar Hill Gang, p1980: label (Sugar Hill Gang) container (Sugarhill Gang) Oxford music online, February 6, 2014: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Sugarhill Gang; Englewood, N.J.; rap group; members: Master G (born Guy O'Brien, 1963), Wonder Mike (born Michael Wright, 1958); Big Bank Hank (born Henry Jackson, 1958); disbanded early 1980s) All music guide WWW site, February 6, 2014 (Sugarhill Gang; rap group; members: Master Gee, Wonder Mike, Big Bank Hank); formed 1979, New York, NY, disbanded 1985) Gale Biography in Context, February 6, 2014: Contemporary musicians, May 1, 2007 (the Sugarhill Gang; group put together in Englewood, NJ, by Sugar Hill Records owner, Sylvia Robinson and released single Rapper's delight, 1979; members: Henry Jackson, rapper; Guy O'Brien (replaced by Joey Robinson, Jr., 1990), rapper; Michael Wright, rapper; disbanded, 1985; Joey Robinson, Jr. reformed the group in 1990, taking on the name of Master Gee and acting as manager) Contemporary Black biography, May 1, 2010 (the Sugarhill Gang; formed August 1979, Englewood, N.J., to record the single Rapper's delight for Sugar Hill Records; members: Big Bank Hank (born Henry Jackson, 1956, Bronx, NY), Master Gee (born Guy O'Brien, 1963, New York, NY), Wonder Mike (born Michael Anthony Wright, April 30, 1957, Englewood, NJ) Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 2001 (the Sugarhill Gang: Master G. (real name, Guy O'Brien; born 1963, New York City); Wonder Mike (real name, Michael Wright; born 1958, Englewood, N.J.); Big Bank Hank (real name, Henry Jackson; born 1958, Bronx, N.Y.)) I want my name back, c2013: container (the Sugarhill Gang) credits ("the band's new name is 'Rapper's Delight featuring Wonder Mike and Master Gee', but in musical history they will always be known as 'the Original Sugarhill Gang'") BET WWW site, February 6, 2014: interview posted July 9, 2013 (Sugar Hill Gang) <http://www.bet.com/news/music/2013/07/09/sugar-hill-gang-s-master-gee-and-wonder-mike-talk-finding-loopholes.html> |
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