シルヴィア (Sylvia)

Sylvia Robinson
Sylvia Robinson (born Sylvia Vanderpool, 6 March 1936 in New York) is a singer, musician and producer, and record label executive.

Her first successful record was the 1957 hit, "Love Is Strange", written by Bo Diddley, (but credited to his then wife, Ethel Smith), and guitarist Jody Williams, who had developed the distinctive lead guitar riff, and released as part of the duo, Mickey & Sylvia with guitar player Mickey Baker.

She married Joe Robinson in 1964 and continued working in the music industry, being involved with several more successful releases forming the successful All Platinum record label in 1968.

As a solo performer and billed as Sylvia she released the single "Pillow Talk" in 1973, a song she had originally hoped would be recorded by Al Green, who turned it down, because it was too risqué, and against his religion. She eventually recorded "Pillow Talk" and released it in 1973. The drums on the recorded version seem to have been influenced by the productions of Willie Mitchell for Green: the drum sound of a Mitchell record was much admired and difficult to emulate.

"Pillow Talk" reached number one on the R&B chart and number three on the pop chart, and is an early example of prototypical disco music. The vocals are replete with moaning and heavy breathing, predating Donna Summer's 22 orgasmic moans on "Love to Love You Baby." The drumming rhythm would reappear in 1985 on Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", then again in 1987 on Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love"...
(Wikipedia: Sylvia Robinson)