Marcus Barone Member of: The Ring, Solo Alias: Barone Marcus Barone was a session keyboard studio musician in New York City from 1979 before relocating to Los Angeles in 1985. He was the founder and producer of disco group, The Ring, who had a hit with ‘Savage Lover’ which hit #1 pop charts in Mexico …
MC Connection Member of: MC Lonestar, MC Money Alias: The Beat Boys MC Connection are MC Lonestar (Frank Robinson) & MC Money (Steven Randolph). They first appeared on Sugarscoop as The Beat Boys (Franky D & Mr. Slick) and then released this track as MC Connection in the same year. Using the same method as …
The Beat Boys Members: Franky D, Mr. Slick Alias: MC Connection The simple story here is that the duo of Franky D (Frank Robinson) and Mr. Slick (Steven Randolph) submitted a rap over ‘Hip Hop Be Bop’ by Man Parrish and Sugarscoop liked it so much that they decided to release it. The group also …
Sugarscoop Records (US) [SS-431] 1985 Second track by Tim Greene, produced by Raul Rodriguez (R.I.P.) and featuring Baby T and the debut appearance of Lady Crush. The track was recorded in 1984 but wasn’t released until 1985 after “The Dub Of Life” was added. Side A The Facts Of Life [5:00] Side B The Dub …
Sugarscoop Records (US) [SS-430] 1984 Another classic track from the production duo of Parrish & Rodriguez, this time featuring the vocal talents of John Carter aka MC Cool Johnski. Although not exactly an answer version, it was made with a response to Afrika Bambaataa’s “Looking For The Perfect Beat” and has one of the most …
Sugarscoop Records (US) [SS-433] 1985 Although this is by far the last track from Man Parrish it’s the last hip hop/electro track of the period covered. It features a vocoder intro then the vocal talents of the same two receptionists, Theresa and Tracey, that appeared on the Two Sisters releases and worked at Sugarscoop. Manny & …
Importe/12 records (US) [MP-321] 1982 After headlining Andy Warhol’s Studio 54 club and having a then unknown Madonna as his warm up act, legendary producer Manuel “Manny” Parrish finally released one of the all-time classic electro releases “Hip Hop Be Bop”, produced by himself and Raul Rodriguez (R.I.P.). He actually debuted before this with some …
