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The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group formed in Englewood, New Jersey in 1979.Their hit "Rapper's Delight", released the same year they were formed, was the first rap single to become a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, [1] reaching a peak position of number 36 on January 12, 1980. [2]
The Sugar Hill label's first record was "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by The Sugarhill Gang, [4] which was also the first top 40 hip hop single. Afterwards Super Wolf, [ 5 ] [ 4 ] The Sequence , Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five , Funky Four Plus One , Crash Crew , Treacherous Three , West Street Mob , and Spoonie Gee joined the label.
(Top) 1 1980. 2 1981. 3 1982. 4 1983. 5 ... The following is a list of albums released by now-defunct hip-hop record label Sugar Hill Records. ... The Sugarhill Gang ...
Wonder Mike (né Michael Wright) had been rapping for just two months when Sugar Hill Records founder Sylvia Robinson changed his life. It was 1979 and Mike had just joined a group called Sound on ...
Bergen County's hip-hop legacy will be celebrated Sunday with an event at the Hackensack Performing Arts Center.
"Rapper's Delight" peaked at number 36 in January 1980 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, [15] number four on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in December 1979. The song was much more successful internationally, reaching number one on the Canadian Top Singles chart in January 1980, [16] number one on the Dutch Top 40, and number three on the UK Singles Chart.
Both The Sugarhill Gang and Robinson — who co-founded Sugar Hill Records with her husband, Joseph —spent many years in Englewood. In 2014, the record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
It was voted #3 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs, after Common's "I Used to Love H.E.R." and The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". [9] In 2002, its first year of archival, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry, [10] the first hip hop recording ever to receive this honor.