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Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 - April 27, 2000) was an United States|American theatre and film actress and singer, closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 chart-topper|hit, "Turn the Beat Around" <ref>{{cite news | author=Ed Hogan| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gpfqxq95ldje~T1| title=Biography | publisher=Allmusic| language = English | date=2007-06-30 | accessdate=2007-06-30</ref>.
Early Life and Career Born in Harlem, New York, to an African American father and a Caucasian race|Caucasian mother, Robinson was encouraged from childhood to pursue a career in show business. Robinson's first public performance was in 1960 at the age of six, when she accompanied her mother on stage at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. She had to stand on a chair to reach the microphone. Ten years later, at the age of sixteen, she joined the Broadway theatre|Broadway cast of the Musical theatre|musical ''Hair (musical)|Hair''. She then landed a couple of small movie roles in the films ''Going Home'' (1971) with Robert Mitchum and ''To Find A Man'' (1972) with Pamela Sue Martin. That same year she was invited to sing backing vocals on Todd Rundgren's ''Something, Anything'' album. The following year she was ask to do a concert tour of Japan with ''Itsuro Shimoda'' and record backing vocals on his albu... read all Vicki Sue Robinson top albumsVicki Sue Robinson top songs and lyrics
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