Sylvia Robinson

I just realized that the Mother of Hip-Hop was one and the same as one of my favorite childhood songs "Pillow Talk", even as a young boy listening to that song and seeing her album cover through my dad's collection-it was no secret that she was very sexy-sound & sight.

Thank you for seeing what many blow off as noise and or a fade to give it a voice to be carried to the masses, Love you for that, may your soul be blessed with paradise.


DJ TONEY B. (PHILLY, PA)

Before Beyonce, Rhianna, Cierra, there was SYLVIA, a true SEXY DIVA, talented with the most unique voice ----PILLOW TALK will be forever rendered in our Hearts R.I.P. SYLVIA ---- Diane Hodge, Bedford Hts. OH

YOU AND MIKEY BAKER WERE ONE OF MY FIRST FAVORITE ARTEST BACK IN THE MID TO LATE FIFTIES. YOU WERE A STAR LONG BEFORE YOU INVENTED RAP MUSIC ABOUT 30-35 YEARS LATER

rest in peace sylvia i had no idea that she had past away i've been using the pillow talk song as my ring tone because i enjoy listening to the song.

love you sylvia
R.I.P

rip sylvia, love ur music pillow talk......xoxo

Ms. Sylvia was so sexy & just a Beautiful lady & I heard she was so sweet, her song Pillow Talk was off the Chain =o) May God Bless you & Keep you. RIP

Just learned a few seconds ago that Sylvia died. I was talking to a legendary rapper and I was telling him that he should drop by Sylvias and rock a hip hop track and he said that Ms Robinson died. Wow, first Joe now Sylvia. She was always very respectful. I remember her saying: "You want some chicken" she loved to cook (or have the Jamaican home assistant, Cynthia, cook). RIP Sylvia. Your Bahamian hip hop friend. Spice

God bless you, Mrs. Robinson.

my deepest condolence to the family. I, too, remember Sylvia at the Blus Morocco,
Bronx,New York.I used to go there just to
see her and how beaautiful and graceful
she was.May she rest in peace.

This lady was indeed a class act. I remember "Pillow Talk" back in 1973 and also seeing her for the first time on Soul Train singing the song. I was 13yrs. old and fell in love with her and the lyrics of the song as it was suggestive but in good taste. I also remember exactly what I was doing the first time I heard "Rapper's Delight". I was coming from Howard University and heard some elementary kids singing along to the song on a wintery afternoon. I had never heard anything like it before and I can very vividly see those children singing, Soon we were all singing it. Until her death, I did not know her association to the song, label, or contribution to the introduction of Rap music as a marketed genre'. This was truly pioneering but this is the story of her contributions as she was also a female guitar player with a hit song from the 50's. I have been touched by the life of this woman and so have we all. My condolences to her family. We have lost a great performer, singer, writer, and producer.

Dr. Adrian Magee