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Sylvester (06 Sep 1947 - 16 Dec 1988)

Male Person - United States US disco and soul singer-songwriter

Releases (45)

Official

Album

  1. Sylvester 1977
  2. Step II 15 Jun 1978
  3. Stars 02 Apr 1979
  4. Sell My Soul 28 Aug 1980
  5. Too Hot to Sleep 15 May 1981
  6. All I Need 22 Nov 1982
  7. Call Me 07 Nov 1983
  8. M-1015 15 Oct 1984
  9. Mutual Attraction 17 Nov 1986

Album - Live

  1. Living Proof 1979

Album - Compilation

  1. Mighty Real 1979
  2. Sylvester's Greatest Hits: Nonstop Dance Party 1983
  3. Greatest Hits 1983
  4. 12 x 12 Collection 1988
  5. Immortal 1989
  6. Star - The Best Of Sylvester 1989
  7. The Collection 1994
  8. Sylvester / Step II 1995
  9. Greatest Hits 1997
  10. The Original Hits 2009
  11. Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits 2013
  12. Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981 02 Jun 2023

Single

  1. Over and Over / Down, Down, Down 1977
  2. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) 1978
  3. Dance (Disco Heat) / You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) 1978
  4. I Who Have Nothing Mar 1979
  5. Can’t Stop Dancing 1979
  6. Stars 1979
  7. Rock the Box 1984
  8. Too Late 1984
  9. Mutual Attraction 1986
  10. Living for the City 1986
  11. Someone Like You 1986
  12. Sooner Or Later 1987
  13. Dance (Disco Heat) 1988
  14. Do Ya Wanna Funk (Remix) / Don't Stop 1989
  15. Dance (Disco Heat) [Louie Vega Re‐Touch] 08 Dec 2017

Single - Remix

  1. Take Me to Heaven / Sex 1985 Ian Levine remix
  2. I Need Somebody To Love Tonight (Psychemagik Remix) 07 Sep 2018
  3. Do You Wanna Funk (Raltz Edit) 27 Jul 2020

Other

  1. Private Recordings, August 1970 06 Sep 2023

Promotion

Single

  1. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Radio Single) 2013

Bootleg

Album

  1. Call Me Jul 2019

Single - Remix

  1. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)(Kibou Remix) 03 Sep 2020

Recordings by (252)

  1. I Tried to Forget You 5:02 (1977)
  2. Changes 3:08 (1977)
  3. Tipsong 4:01 (1977)
  4. Down, Down, Down 5:18 (1977)
  5. Loving Grows Up Slow 4:06 (1977)
  6. I Been Down 3:40 (1977)
  7. Never Too Late 2:58 (1977)
  8. Over and Over 9:31 (1977)
  9. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) 6:34 (15 Jun 1978)
  10. Dance (Disco Heat) 5:50 (15 Jun 1978)
  11. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Epilogue) 3:19 (15 Jun 1978)
  12. Grateful 3:27 (15 Jun 1978)
  13. I Took My Strength From You 7:16 (15 Jun 1978)
  14. Was It Something That I Said 4:15 (15 Jun 1978)
  15. Just You And Me Forever 4:31 (15 Jun 1978)
  16. Dance Disco Heat 3:40 (1978)
  17. I Who Have Nothing 4:05 (Mar 1979)
  18. I Need Somebody To Love Tonight 3:35 (Mar 1979)
  19. Stars 10:31 (02 Apr 1979)
  20. Body Strong 8:39 (02 Apr 1979)
  21. I (Who Have Nothing) 11:14 (02 Apr 1979)
  22. You Are My Friend 8:16 (1979) live, 1979-03-11: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, USA
  23. Can’t Stop Dancing 6:22 (1979)
  24. In My Fantasy (I Want You, I Need You) 6:30 (1979)
  25. Can’t Stop Dancing (reprise) 2:56 (1979)
  26. You Make Me Feel Mighty Real ?:?? (1979)
  27. Can’t Stop Dancing (special 12 inch disco mix) 7:43 (1979)
  28. Overture: Grateful / You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) / Dance (Disco Heat) 3:25 (1979) live, 1979-03-11: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, USA
  29. Blackbird 4:52 (1979) live, 1979-03-11: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, USA
  30. Medley: Could It Be Magic / A Song for You 6:00 (1979) live, 1979-03-11: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, USA
  31. Happiness 5:59 (1979) live, 1979-03-11: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, USA
  32. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) 6:07 (1979) live, 1979-03-11: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, USA
  33. Sharing Something Perfect Between Ourselves 7:27 (1979)
  34. Bodystrong 7:56 (1979)
  35. Down Down Down 3:52 (1979)
  36. Over & Over 4:26 (1979)
  37. I (Who Have Nothing) (Long Version) 10:40 (1979)
  38. I (Who Have Nothing) (Short Version) 6:31 (1979)
  39. In My Fantasy (I Want You, I Need You) (special 12 inch disco mix) 7:16 (1979)
  40. I Need You 4:36 (28 Aug 1980)
  41. I'll Dance to That 4:04 (28 Aug 1980)
  42. Change Up 4:00 (28 Aug 1980)
  43. Sell My Soul 5:54 (28 Aug 1980)
  44. Doin' It for the Real Thing 4:57 (28 Aug 1980)
  45. Cry Me a River 3:07 (28 Aug 1980)
  46. My Life Is Loving You 4:37 (28 Aug 1980)
  47. Fever 6:30 (28 Aug 1980)
  48. Ooo Baby Baby 3:16 (15 May 1981)
  49. New Beginnings 1:16 (15 May 1981)
  50. Thinking Right 4:12 (15 May 1981)
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On Recordings (16)

Vocals

  1. Magic Number 7:24 Herbie Hancock (Jul 1981) lead vocals
  2. Ain’t Nobody Ever Loved You 4:51 Aretha Franklin (1985) background vocals
  3. Wear Your Love 5:55 Narada Michael Walden (1985) background vocals
  4. Another Night 4:30 Aretha Franklin (1985) background vocals
  5. Live It Up 4:13 Narada Michael Walden (1985) background vocals
  6. Until You Say You Love Me 4:52 Aretha Franklin (1985) background vocals
  7. Freeway of Love (extended mix) 5:52 Aretha Franklin (1985) background vocals
  8. Suspicion 4:52 Narada Michael Walden (1985) background vocals
  9. Who’s Zoomin’ Who 4:43 Aretha Franklin (1985) background vocals
  10. Do Ya Wanna Funk 6:08 Patrick Cowley (23 Apr 1990)
  11. Menergy (Purple Disco Machine extended remix) 7:43 Patrick Cowley feat. Sylvester (2005)
  12. Menergy (Purple Disco Machine remix) 4:09 Patrick Cowley feat. Sylvester (23 Jul 2021)
  13. Menergy (Purple Disco Machine remix instrumental) 7:41 Patrick Cowley feat. Sylvester (23 Jul 2021)

Produced

  1. I Need Somebody to Love Tonight 3:35 Sylvester (Mar 1979)
  2. I Who Have Nothing 4:05 Sylvester (Mar 1979)
  3. Tears on My Pillow 4:25 Jeanie Tracy (02 Feb 1982) co

Credited as (23)

  1. Sylvester
  2. Hazing Ritual vs. Sylvester
  3. Sylvester & Patrick Cowley
  4. Patrick Cowley & Sylvester
  5. Windy City / Illvester
  6. Illvester
  7. Sylvester with Patrick Cowley
  8. Sylvester feat. Patrick Cowley
  9. Patrick Cowley feat. Sylvester
  10. Village People / Boney M. / The Gibson Brothers / Lime / Michael Zager Band / Patrick Hernandez / The Gibson Brothers / Sylvester / Eddy Grant / Lime / Sylvester / Boys Town Gang
  11. Patrick Cowley featuring Sylvester
  12. Delegation / The Bar-Kays / Sylvester / Spargo
  13. Patrick Cowley Feat. Sylvester
  14. Sylvester & Earlene Bentley
  15. Sylvester & Soulwax
  16. Sylvester With Patrick Cowley / Patrick Cowley
  17. Sylvester With Patrick Cowley
  18. Sylvester & Louie Vega
  19. Sylvester & Michael Gray
  20. Sylvester & Psychemagik
  21. Earlene Bentley&Sylvester
  22. Earlene Bentley Duet With Sylvester

Works (7)

Wrote

  1. Believe in Me
  2. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
  3. Do You Wanna Funk
  4. I'm Not Feeling You
  5. Studio 54
  6. My Mind Must Be Free
  7. I Need Somebody to Love Tonight

Links (16)

Other Databases

  1. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w63x9sv6
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sylvester
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139330176
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/130205907
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94008656
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n94008656

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Sylvester

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/sylvester-bd609ea.html

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/16794
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/276995

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000756291
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001031355

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843209/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/70030518

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500683

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5TGTpu4g8siFOIctZuQO7y