Sylvia Robinson

*Donna Summer, who succumbed to cancer in Florida on May 17 at age 63, has said that she was initially shy about people hearing "Love To Love You, Baby," her 1975 breakout hit, because of all the moaning she did on that record. Read More

Six days after her death, Donna Summer's futuristic techno hit "I Feel Love" has been selected for induction into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, it was announced Tuesday. Read More

Tony Acero, the writers of The Low End Theory and the staff of 411mania.com look at the life of The Beastie Boys and MCA in a very special edition of The Low End Theory. Read More

If you aren't a New Yorker of a certain age, as I am, it might be difficult to understand our dumbfounded reaction to the announcement last week that two legendary archrival Black radio stations — WBLS and 98.7 Kiss FM — would be "merging" into one; or, more accurately, 98.7 Kiss FM would be "celebrated" and then folded into WBLS. Read More

If you aren't a New Yorker of a certain age, as I am, it might be difficult to understand our dumbfounded reaction to the announcement last week that two legendary archrival Black radio stations — WBLS and 98.7 Kiss FM — would be "merging" into one; or, more accurately, 98.7 Kiss FM would be "celebrated" and then folded into WBLS. Read More