12 Facts About Sylvia Robinson

Sylvia Robinson, known mononymously as Sylvia, was an American singer and record producer.

Sylvia Robinson later became known for her work as founder and CEO of the pioneering hip hop label Sugar Hill Records.

Sylvia Robinson restarted her solo career shortly after her initial split from Baker, first under the name Sylvia Robinson Robbins.

In 1960, Sylvia Robinson produced the record "You Talk Too Much" by Joe Jones, but she did not receive credit.

Sylvia Robinson co-wrote and produced many of the tracks, although later she was supported by two members of The Moments, Al Goodman and Harry Ray, as well as locally based producers, George Kerr and Nate Edmonds.

In 1972, Sylvia Robinson sent a demo of a song she had written called "Pillow Talk" to Al Green.

When Green passed on it due to his religious beliefs, Sylvia Robinson decided to record it herself, returning to her own musical career.

Sylvia Robinson was named after the culturally rich Sugar Hill area of Harlem, an affluent African-American neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, known as a hub for artists and performers in the early and mid-1900s.

Sylvia Robinson, who had by now divorced Joe Sylvia Robinson, continued her efforts as a music executive, forming Bon Ami Records in 1987.

Sylvia Robinson owned a bar in Harlem, New York named "Joey's Place" after her husband in the 1960s.

Sylvia Robinson owned another New York bar and nightclub named the Blue Morocco during the mid-1960s.

Sylvia Robinson died on the morning of September 29,2011, at the age of 76, at Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus, New Jersey due to congestive heart failure.