# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvia-robinson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:19:20.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvia-robinson"
name: "Sylvia Robinson"
slug: "sylvia-robinson"
description: "Sylvia Robinson, known mononymously as Sylvia, was an American singer and record producer. Robinson achieved success as a performer on two R&B chart toppers: as half of Mickey & Sylvia with the 1957 single \"Love Is Strange\", and her solo record \"Pillow Talk\" in 1973. She later became known for her work as founder and CEO of the pioneering hip hop label Sugar Hill Records."
tagline: "American singer, record producer, and executive (1936–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sylvia_Robinson_at_at_her_desk_in_her_Englewood%2C_NJ_office_(1982)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-03-06"
deathDate: "2011-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.39595333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1474954/"
    handle:    "nm1474954"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump