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Sylvia Robinson (1936–2011)

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Recorded a song in 1982 called "It's Good to Be the Queen", a parody of Mel Brooks 1981 song "It's Good to Be the King". See more trivia »

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2012 De wereld draait door (TV series)
Episode #8.63 (2012) (writer: "Empire State of Mind")
 
2012 The Voice (TV series)
Live Show 1 (2012) (writer: "Empire State of Mind Part II: Broken Down")
 
2012 Men in Black 3 (writer: "Love Is Strange", "Empire State of Mind", "Back In Time")
 
2011 Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (documentary) (writer: "Empire State of Mind")
 
2011 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Episode #11.7 (2011) (writer: "Empire State of Mind" - uncredited)
 
2010-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Episode #1.441 (2011) (writer: "Empire State of Mind" - uncredited)
Episode #1.319 (2010) (writer: "Empire State of Mind" - uncredited)
 
2011 Football Focus (TV series)
Episode dated 26 February 2011 (2011) (writer: "Empire State of Mind Part II Broken Down" - uncredited)
 
2010 Gent de paraula (TV series)
Episode #1.4 (2010) (writer: "Empire State of Mind")
 
2010 Glee (TV series)
Audition (2010) (writer: "Empire State of Mind" - uncredited)
 
2010 Step Up 3D (writer: "Empire State of Mind")
 
2009-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Jay-Z/Eminem/Paul Shaffer and the Shaff-Tones (2010) (writer: "Empire State of Mind" - uncredited)
Episode #17.62 (2009) (writer: "Empire State of Mind: Part 2" - uncredited)
 
2010 Sex and the City 2 (writer: "Empire State of Mind")
 
2010 Date Night (writer: "COBRASTYLE Feat. Mad Cobra")
 
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (writer: "COBRASTYLE")
 
2009 Funny People (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (writer: "Check Yo Self Remix")
 
2008 College Road Trip (writer: "Cobrastyle")
 
2006 Happy Feet (writer: "The Message")
 
2006 Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Video Game) (writer: "The Kids Don't Like It")
 
2006 Man of the Year (writer: "Cobrastyle")
 
2006 LiTTLEMAN (writer: "The Message")
 
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (writer: "Bawitdaba")
 
2006 The Benchwarmers (writer: "Cobra Style")
 
2005 Everybody Hates Chris (TV series)
Everybody Hates the Babysitter (2005) (writer: "The Message")
 
2005 The Honeymooners ("Cobra Style")
 
2005 Inside Deep Throat (documentary) (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game) (writer: "It Was A Good Day")
 
2004 Saving Face (writer: "LOVE IS STRANGE")
 
2004 White Chicks (writer: "White Girls")
 
2004 Shaun of the Dead ("White Lines" / as Robinson)
 
2003 Anything Else (writer: "Sunday The Day Before My Birthday")
 
2003 American Wedding (writer: "The Message")
 
2003 Daddy Day Care (writer: "The Message")
 
2003 Crooked Lines (writer: "Shame, Shame, Shame")
 
2002 25th Hour (writer: "White Lines Don't Don't Do It")
 
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Video Game) (writer: "The Message")
 
2002 The Wire (TV series)
The Detail (2002) (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
2002 Empire (writer: "White Lines Don't Don't Do It")
 
2001 Glitter (writer: "The Message")
 
2001 Pootie Tang ("Make 'em Say Ugh #2", "Apache")
 
2001 Double Take (writer: "Movement In Still Life")
 
1999 In Too Deep (writer: "Quiet Storm Remix" / as S. Robinson)
 
1999 Dogma (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
1999 The Sopranos (TV series)
Pilot (1999) (writer: "Shame, Shame, Shame" - uncredited)
 
1998 54 (writer: "Pillow Talk" / performer: "Pillow Talk" / as Sylvia)
 
1998 Soul Music Festival: Part IV (TV movie) (writer: "The Message" - uncredited)
 
1998 Doctor Dolittle (writer: "Ain't Nothin' But a Party")
 
1997 The Locusts (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank (writer: "White Lines")
 
1996 Basquiat (writer: "White Lines")
 
1995 Casino (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
1995 Martin (TV series)
Blow, Baby, Blow (1995) (writer: "Rapper's Delight")
 
1995 Boys on the Side (writer: "Shame, Shame, Shame")
 
1993 Carlito's Way (writer: "Pillow Talk")
 
1990 Mermaids (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
1990 24th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV movie) (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
1990 The Freshman (writer: "NEW YORK, NEW YORK")
 
1989 Designing Women (TV series)
The Rowdy Girls (1989) (writer: "Love is Strange")
 
1987 Dirty Dancing (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
Whatever Works (1985) (writer: "Vice" - uncredited)
 
1985 Mischief (writer: "Love Is Strange")
 
1984 Beat Street (writer: "Beat Street Breakdown")
 
1981 Burning an Illusion (writer: "Tribulation" / courtesy: "Tribulation")
 
1973 Badlands (performer: "LOVE IS STRANGE" / as Mickey and Sylvia / "LOVE IS STRANGE" / as M.Baker-B.Smith-S.Robinson)
 
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2003 Undefeated (TV movie) (insurance)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
Back in the Day (2004) … Herself
 
1973-1974 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Guest
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1957) Single (as Mickey & Sylvia): "Love Is Strange" with Mickey Baker. See more »

Alternate Names:

Sylvia Vanterpool Robinson
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Recorded a song in 1982 called "It's Good to Be the Queen", a parody of Mel Brooks 1981 song "It's Good to Be the King". See more »

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