Tag Archives: Mickey & Sylvia

Although this duo is mainly remembered being a one-hit act — for “Like Is Strange,” which reached number 11 in 1957 — they in fact recorded a number of exciting hybrids of R&B and rock and roll & move in the mid- and later ’50s. Playing on countless ’50s periods …

Of all guitarists who helped transform tempo & blues into rock and roll & move, Mickey Baker was among the very most significant, ranking nearly on the amount of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. The reason why he wasn’t almost as well referred to as those legends is certainly that …

Singer/songwriter/manufacturer Sylvia Robinson had two graph toppers: as 1 / 2 of Mickey & Sylvia with “Like Is Strange” and her own single gold solitary, the sensuous “Cushion Chat.” With the All Platinum label with spouse Joe Robinson, she was instrumental within the careers from the Occasions (she created and …