Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 – April 27, 2000) was an American singer closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, "Turn the Beat Around". == Early life == Born in Harlem, New York, to African American Shakespearean actor Bill Robinson and his European American wife Marianne (who sometimes went by the name Jolly Robinson), a folk singer who sang with Pete Seeger and others. Until she was... [more on Wikipedia]