Mickey & Sylvia

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Snapshot:: A Group with 3 releases. 2 members.

Mickey & Sylvia was an R&B duo composed of Mickey "Guitar" Baker and Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson. They were the first big seller for Groove Records.

Mickey was a music instructor and Sylvia one of his pupils. Baker was inspired to form the group by the success of Les Paul & Mary Ford. They had a Top 20 hit with "Love Is Strange" in 1957. The record sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.The duo eventually bought their own nightclub, established a publishing company, and formed their own record label.

Mickey & Sylvia continued to record together until 1965. After that, Mickey had a successful career as a session musician. Sylvia had a hit (#1 R&B, #3 Pop) in 1973 with the song "Pillow Talk", and later assisted in the formation of the Sugar Hill rap label.

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