Rapper’s Delight
The Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 recording of “Rapper’s Delight” is the earliest release on file. Big Bank Hank, Master Gee, Sylvia Robinson and Wonder Mike are credited as its writers. Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers are on the credit through Chic’s 2013 version. Also recorded by Love And Music (released 1980), CB4 (released 1993) and Keller Williams (released 2004), among 128 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
The Sugarhill Gang had Rapper's Delight on record before Chic folded it into Good Times on stage, and Sylvia Robinson's name sits on the credit right beside Edwards and Rodgers. Follow her name and see where else it turns up.
▶Rapper's Delight (Long Version)Credited writers: Big Bank Hank, Master Gee, Sylvia Robinson and Wonder Mike.
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers are on the credit through Chic’s 2013 version.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1979.
- Love And Music1980
- CB41993
- Keller Williams2004
- Chic2013
- Jazzkantine2016
- Jordan Hébert2017
- The Lullabeats2022
- Devid Dega / The Sugarhill Gang2024
128 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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