Mickey was a music instructor and Sylvia one of his pupils. Baker was inspired to form the group by the success of Les Paul & Mary Ford. They had a Top 20 hit with "Love Is Strange" in 1957. This enduring call-and-response song is rightly regarded as a classic of its genre, and later became a minor UK hit when recorded by the Everly Brothers. The record sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
Mickey and Sylvia had further success with ‘There Oughta Be A Law’ (1957) and, after a brief hiatus as a duo, ‘Baby You’re So Fine’ (1961). They continue to record together until 1965 but their career together was undermined by commitments elsewhere.
Prolific session work for Atlantic Records, Savoy, King and Aladdin earned the former the epithet Mickey ‘Guitar’ Baker, while the latter had made her recording debut with jazz trumpeter Oran ‘Hot Lips’ Page as early as 1950. In 1973, she began recording as Sylvia, and later achieved notable success as an entrepreneur through her ownership of Sugar Hill Records, early champions of the rap/hip-hop scene.
In 1987 the song came in surface again due to the film «Dirty Dancing». In 2004 "Love Is Srange" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for its influence as a rock and roll single.
"The above text is a mushup from AllMusic.com & Wikipedia."
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