September 28
2012
Music History Fact Of The Week
“Sylvia Robinson (then Vanderpool), arranged, played, and produced the first huge hit for Ike & Tina Turner, ‘It’s Gonna Work Out Fine.’ But in the 1960s, women simply didn’t work behind the mixing consoles of recording studios, and Sylvia Vanderpool received no credit for what she may very well been: American pop music’s first female record producer.” -From, “The Big Payback” By: Dan Charnas