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Sylvia Robinson (06 Mar 1936 - 29 Sep 2011)

Female Person - United States

 Also known as (2)

Releases (6)

Official

Album

  1. Pillow Talk 1973 (as Sylvia)
  2. Sweet Stuff 1975 (as Sylvia)
  3. Sylvia 1976 (as Sylvia)
  4. Lay It On Me 1977 (as Sylvia)

Album - Compilation

  1. Pillow Talk: Sensuous Sounds of Sylvia 20 Aug 1996 (as Sylvia)

Single

  1. It's Good to Be the Queen 1982 (as Sylvia)

Relationships (5)

Performs As

  1. Sylvia Inc

Member Of

  1. Mickey & Sylvia original, eponymous

Married

  1. Joe Robinson, Sr.

Children

  1. Joey Robinson, Jr.
  2. Leland Robinson

Recordings by (61)

  1. Didn’t I 3:55 (1973)
  2. Give It Up in Vain 3:58 (1973)
  3. Had Any Lately 3:57 (1973)
  4. Not on the Outside 7:06 (1973)
  5. Cowards Way Out 3:17 (1973)
  6. Sunday 3:12 (1973)
  7. Don't Leave Me Starving 2:49 (1973)
  8. I Can't Help It 3:14 (1975)
  9. Coward's Way Out 3:04 (1975)
  10. The Notion 3:50 (1975)
  11. Private Performance 2:11 (1975)
  12. Sho Nuff Boogie 3:53 (1975)
  13. Alfredo 2:39 (1975)
  14. Love Is The Only Thing 2:08 (1975)
  15. Soul, Je T'aime 3:21 (1975)
  16. Next Time I See You 3:06 (1975)
  17. Pussycat 2:34 (1975)
  18. L.A. Sunshine 3:40 (1976)
  19. Taxi 4:07 (1976)
  20. Mr. Bartender 4:02 (1976)
  21. Standing at the End 3:45 (1976)
  22. Next Time That I See You 4:53 (1976)
  23. He Don't Ever Lose His Groove 5:05 (1976)
  24. Sweet Stuff 4:24 (1976)
  25. You Sure Love to Ball 5:49 (1976)
  26. Lay It On Me 7:32 (1977)
  27. The Lollipop Man (Kojak-Theme 77) 4:50 (1977)
  28. Fingers Do The Walking 7:50 (1977)
  29. Love Is Strange 6:49 (1977)
  30. Stop (Boy) 4:50 (1977)
  31. Queen Bee 3:15 (1977)
  32. It's Good to Be the Queen 8:13 (1982)
  33. It's Good to Be the Queen (instrumental) 8:13 (1982)
  34. Love Is Strange 6:51 (1991)
  35. Stop Boy 4:56 (1991)
  36. Queen Bee 3:14 (1991)
  37. Automic Lover 4:16 (1991)
  38. Soul Je T'Aime 5:18 (1991)
  39. Pillow Talk 4:19 (1993)
  40. Easy Evil 3:52 (20 Aug 1996)
  41. Lay It on Me 4:00 (20 Aug 1996)
  42. If You Get the Notion 3:43 (20 Aug 1996)
  43. Pussy Cat 2:47 (20 Aug 1996)
  44. Automatic Lover 4:23 (20 Aug 1996)
  45. It's Good to Be the Queen 4:45 (20 Jan 1998)
  46. I Can’t Help It 2:59 (29 May 1998)
  47. Gimme a Little Action 4:00 (1998)
  48. Fine Love ?:?? (2000)
  49. A Little Boy ?:?? (2000)
  50. Pillow Talk 4:15 (2001)
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On Recordings (15)

Vocals

  1. Chocolate Candy Blues 2:50 Hot Lips Page and Sylvia Vanderpool (22 Apr 1997)
  2. I Was Under the Impression 2:36 Sylvia Robinson (2004)
  3. Pacifying Blues 2:34 Hot Lips Page and Sylvia Vanderpool (2004)
  4. Sharp Little Sister 2:36 Sylvia Robinson (2004)

Produced

  1. Please Make the Love Go Away ?:?? The Whatnauts (May 1970)
  2. Souling With the Whatnauts ?:?? The Whatnauts (May 1970)
  3. Scorpio 4:55 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Oct 1982)
  4. Message II (Survival) 6:52 Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee (Dec 1982)
  5. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel 7:09 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (1982)
  6. White Lines (Don’t Do It) 4:27 Grandmaster Melle Mel (05 Nov 1983)
  7. Beat Street Breakdown 6:47 Melle Mel feat. The Furious Five (1984)
  8. Vice 4:01 Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five (1990)
  9. Beat Street 5:13 Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five feat. Mr. Ness (1990)
  10. Jesse 5:08 Grandmaster Melle Mel (1990)
  11. Step Off 7:09 The Furious Five (1990)

Credited as (10)

  1. Sylvia Robinson
  2. Sylvia
  3. Sylvia & The Moments
  4. Little Sylvia
  5. Little Sylvia Vanderpool
  6. Sylvia Vanderpool
  7. Hot Lips Page and Sylvia Vanderpool
  8. Little Sylvia Vanderpool & Mickey Baker Orchestra
  9. Little Sylvia Vanderpool & Hot Lips Page
  10. Silvia

Works (67)

Wrote

  1. Sexy Mama
  2. Rapper’s Reprise (Jam, Jam)
  3. Work, Work the Body
  4. Be a Winner
  5. The Word Is Out
  6. Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)
  7. Cobrastyle
  8. White Lines
  9. Never Mind
  10. To All the Girls
  11. White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)
  12. Sticky Fingers
  13. Funky (8) Corners
  14. Sho Nuff Boogie
  15. Rapper’s Delight
  16. Back n Forth
  17. Movement in Still Life
  18. SeeSaw
  19. Speed Drive
  20. Pillow Talk
  21. 4pm in Calabasas
  22. The Lover in You
  23. Make ’Em Say Uhh #2
  24. Empire State of Mind
  25. Love on a Two‐Way Street
  26. Phenomenon
  27. New York, New York
  28. The Message
  29. Jesse
  30. Vice
  31. Freedom
  32. Birthday Party
  33. Message II (Survival)
  34. Empire State of Mind, Part II: Broken Down
  35. That's the Joint
  36. Funk You Up
  37. Disco Dream
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Composed

  1. Rakkaus on kummaa
  2. Can't, Won't, Don't Stop
  3. J’aime tes genoux
  4. Beat Street
  5. Shame, Shame, Shame
  6. Apache
  7. All Night Long
  8. Showdown
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Lyrics

  1. Love Is Strange
  2. Apache
  3. Shame, Shame, Shame
  4. Apache
  5. All Night Long
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Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010025575
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2010025575
  3. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=505460
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/139417486
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sylvia_robinson

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/100584

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000049200
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000042242

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1474954/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/120459937

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2346186

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/4760