Vicki Sue
Robinson was an American actress and singer born in Harlem (New York) on May
31, 1954. Daughter of the African-American actor Bill Robinson and the folk
singer of European origins Marianne. After spending her childhood in
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Vicki Sue performed on stage for the first time at
just six years old alongside her mother during the "Philadelphia Folk
Festival" event. After graduating from New Lincoln School, she joined the
Broadway cast of the musical Hair. In the early 1970s he landed small
parts in a few films and also starred alongside Richard Gere in the
off-Broadway comedy “Long Time Coming, Long Time Gone.” In 1973 he returned to
Broadway to join the cast of “Jesus Christ Superstar”. In 1975, while she was
providing vocals at a recording session in New York for Scott Fagan's album
“Many Sunny Places” she was noticed by a producer from “RCA Records”. Vicki
Sue's first release was a remake of a Foundations song titled "Baby Now
That I've Found You". The track was a failure but a few months later they
tried again with another unreleased single entitled “Turn The Beat Around”. The
single achieved resounding success, reaching first position in the
"Billboard Hot Dance" on March 20, 1976 and entering the Top 10 in
the "Billboard Top 100" (remaining a total of six months in the
charts). “Turn The Beat Around” also achieved good success in Europe and South
Africa. Vicki Sue Robinson earned a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Female Pop
Vocal Performance. After this success she continued to record albums as a
soloist until the end of the 1970s. In 1980 she participated as a backing
vocalist in the recording of the song "Fame" by Irene Cara and
subsequently collaborated with Cher and Michael Bolton. On April 27, 2000,
Vicki Sue died of cancer at her home in Wilton, Connecticut.
Album
1976 - Vicki Sue Robinson
1976 - Never Gonna Let You Go
1978 - Half And Half
1979 - Disco Spectacular (Ispirato al film "Hair")
1979 - Movin On
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