Mickey and Sylvia - Love Is Strange

Mickey & Sylvia was an R&B duo composed of Mickey "Guitar" Baker and Sylvia Van der Pool Robinson. They were the first big seller for Groove Records.[1]

Mickey "Guitar" Baker was a music instructor, and Sylvia Robinson was one of his pupils. His guitar stylings, especially the insane soloing on "Love Is Strange", inspired a plethora of guitarists, including Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground.

Mickey & Sylvia had a hit with "Love Is Strange" in 1957. They continued to record together until 1965. After that, Mickey had a successful career as a studio musician. Sylvia had a huge hit (#1 R&B, #3 Pop) in 1973 with the song "Pillow Talk", and later assisted in the formation of the Sugar Hill rap label.

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[HUNlac]

who the fck is pitbull?

[Nightcrawler579]

I like both versions... lol?

[hain5678]

I totally preffer this, f*ck you Pitbull and your remixs.

[Daniel Ortiz]

hes just a piece of crap dont worry about him

[TheGeektality]

That's a lot of thumbs.

[DylanSprousSonicAnim]

911 likes? :O

[Line Larsen]

If you had a look at the tracklist of the soundtrack of the movie, it could have saved you some years.

[saxxygirl2006]

Omg! Love this song! Have been looking for it for years (since I first saw dirty dancing) but never knew what it was called. Thank you thank you thank you!

[Boosie Jones]

Thank you Martin and the movie Casino.

[leegenix]

I used to have a Mickey Baker guitar chord book. I didn't know it was him that did this song? The guitar sounds very much like early Mike Bloomfield. I'm sure Bloomfield was inspired by this song as well. Thank goodness for Youtube. Mystery solved.

[dlass7710]

This song is still popular even without the remakes

[Eric B.]

"What a move. I fell in love right there..."