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White Lines (Don't Do It) / Melle Mel's Groove
White Lines (Don't Do It) / Melle Mel's Groove

White Lines (Don't Do It) / Melle Mel's Groove

Performing artist Melle Mel
Performing artist Grandmaster Flash
Record company Sugar Hill Records
Producer Melle Mel
Producer Joey Robinson, Jr.
Producer Sylvia Robinson
Date1983
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.797.16.A,.B
Text Entries
“White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" is a song by Melle Mel, released in 1983 on Sugar Hill Records and co-written by Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson. The song, which warns against the dangers of cocaine, addiction, and drug smuggling, is known as one of Melle Mel's signature tracks. "White Lines" peaked at No. 47 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart in 1983.
Sugar Hill is written in cursive red, blue, and yellow striped colored font. There is a blue skyline of a city in the middle of the cover over a light blue background.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
Object number: 2001.337.5.A,.B