Sugar Hill Records

Sugar Hill Records is the name given to two different record labels. One which specialized in rap music and the other one specializing in traditional folk music, bluegrass music and country music.

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Record labels - Rap music - Folk music - Bluegrass music - Country music

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The rap music label was founded in 1974 by husband and wife Joe and Sylvia Robinson with financial funding of Morris Levy, boss of Roulette Records.

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1974 - Joe - Sylvia Robinson - Morris Levy - Roulette Records

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The label's first record was "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by The Sugarhill Gang, which was also the first Top 40 hip hop single. Afterwards The Sequence, Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel joined the label. Sugar Hill's in-house producer and arranger was Clifton "Jiggs" Chase.

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Rapper's Delight - 1979 - The Sugarhill Gang - Hip hop - The Sequence - Grandmaster Flash - Melle Mel - Clifton "Jiggs" Chase

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In the early 1980s, the Robinsons bought Levy out. However, problems started soon afterwards. Artists began to leave the label, a distribution deal with MCA Records fell through, and finally the label closed down in 1986 due to financial troubles.

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1980s - MCA Records - 1986

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In 1995, Rhino Records purchased all the released and unreleased masters owned by the Sugar Hill label.

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1995 - Rhino Records

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In 2002, the legendary Sugar Hill Studios in Englewood, New Jersey was destroyed by a fire. "Rapper's Delight", "The Message", and many other Sugar Hill hits were recorded there.

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2002 - Englewood, New Jersey

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The folk music label was founded in 1978 by Barry Poss and was acquired by the Welk Music Group in 1998.

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1978 - Barry Poss - Welk Music Group - 1998

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