Englewood Makes History

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  • Jonathan Maron is a musician. He is a Grammy-nominated electric bassist, composer, and producer. Maron became a world-renowned bass player in the 1990s after he co-founded the legendary group Groove Collective. In 2007 the group was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary…

  • Neil Bogart was a music producer and executive. He founded the world-famous Casablanca Records in 1973. Bogart helped fuel the rise of disco in the 1970s when Casablanca signed Donna Summer and the Village People. He was also known for helping the rise of bubblegum pop. Bogart…
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  • Bernard Belle was a musician and music producer. He grew up in Englewood. He started with The Gents in 1984, which eventually was renamed Today, although Belle was no longer a member then he produced songs for them. Belle was known for his work with producer Teddy Riley and his…
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  • Marion “Boo” Leroy Frazier (1930–September 13, 2014) was a pioneering music executive, radio broadcaster, and tour manager whose behind-the-scenes influence helped shape the modern music industry. Born in Cheraw, South Carolina, Frazier grew up surrounded by music and family,…
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  • Van Allen Clinton McCoy was a record producer, songwriter, and singer. In high school, he formed a group named Starlighters with his older brother and two friends recording "The Birdland" in 1956. He created a recording company in Philadelphia, Rockin' Records. He worked with…
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  • Fayrene “Faye” Lavern Johnson Treadwell was an educator, arts administrator, and pioneering music manager whose life and career moved fluidly between public service and the commercial music world of the twentieth century. Born in Arkansas, she was educated at Arkansas Baptist…
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  • Harry Henderson Jr. was a music producer and computer programmer. He was born in Englewood and graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1963. He attended William Paterson College and enlisted in the Army. He managed numerous groups including Main Attraction, Chocolate Syrup,…
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  • Joseph "Joey" Robinson Jr. was the son of Sylvia and Joseph Robinson. He was involved with Sugarhill Records, his parent's record label. In 1979, he helped his mother scout the three musicians who later formed the Sugarhill Gang. He also performed with the Sugarhill Gang in 1985…
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  • Slyvia Vanderpool Robinson was a singer and record producer. She had two R&B chart toppers. She released her single "Love is Strange" in 1957 with her then-boyfriend Mickey Baker. They performed on stage as "Mickey & Sylvia."  They split in 1962. In 1973, she did a solo single,…
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  • Christopher Howard Jasper was a singer and music producer. Jasper's older sister Elaine married Rudolph Isley. Originally from Cincinnati, Jasper visited his sister often in Teaneck. He started to gig with Ernie and Marvin in a trio called the Jazzmen Trio. He studied at the…
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