RIP Sylvia

I had NO IDEA that Sylvia Robinson, the awesome lady who co-sang one of my favorite oldies songs, Love is Strange (Mickey and Sylvia), was also considered the "Mother of Hip Hop" due to her involvement with Sugar Hill Records... she was the founder (!!!) and also produced Rapper's Delight and The Message!! I also didn't know she was the same Sylvia who did Pillow Talk. Sadly, she died of congestive heart failure on Thursday night. RIP girl!!

RIP girl

Gone way, way too soon...

RIP Poly Styrene

Another one... gone. Read about it here. :-(

RIP Dorothy Jones

I'm a little late in finding this out, but Dorothy Jones from The Cookies passed away in December. The Cookies were a great 50's/60's girl group. Some members were also in The Raelettes who sang back up for Ray Charles (they also sang and recorded back ups for LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Little Eva and Carole King as well as early Neil Sedaka and Tony Orlando songs). The Cookies made their debut by entering an amateur night at The Apollo theater and won! They released a handful of 45's and LPs and eventually broke up in 1967. Below are their two biggest hits:

RIP Gladys Horton

Gladys Horton, lead singer of one of my favorite 60's girl groups, The Marvelettes, died on January 26, 2011. RIP girl, your voice will be greatly missed, but your legacy and influence will live on and inspire me and a million others forever.

RIP Lyn Todd

I wrote about Peroxide a few weeks ago and was informed by an anonymous commenter that the singer, Lyn Todd, passed away on December 1, 2010. So sad... a little more info about Lyn was recently posted on the Max's Kansas City website.