White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)
Grandmaster & Melle Mel’s recording of “White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)” came out in 1983, the earliest year on file; Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel’s came out the same year. Sylvia Robinson is credited as its writer. Grandmaster Melle Mel is on the credit through Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s 1997 version. Also recorded by Duran Duran (released 1995), Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five (released 1984) and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (released 1997), among 135 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
Different Melle-Mel, same song: the Bay Area one put out his take in 2010, but the writing credit splits between the Furious Five's Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson. Her name is the one worth chasing next.
Credited writer: Sylvia Robinson.
Grandmaster Melle Mel is on the credit through Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s 1997 version.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1983, the same year as Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel.
- Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five1984
- Depp Jones1991
- Duran Duran1995
- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five1997
- Driver2000
- Bad Luck 132001
- Jamie Cullum2005
- Barefoot2006
- Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z Rock / Neneh Cherry / Trio / Shannon / Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel / Tone‐Lōc / The Rock Steady Crew / Break Machine / Ollie & Jerry / Paul Hardcastle / Malcolm McLaren & The World’s Famous Supreme Team / Harold Faltermeyer / Yello / Freeez / Paul Hardcastle / Yello / Break Machine / Krush / Chaka Khan / Herbie Hancock2016
- Max Mutzke2018
- Robert Walter's 20th Congress2021
135 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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