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Sylvester is tagged as: disco, 70s, funk, hi-nrg, soul

Sylvester James (September 6, 1944 in Los Angeles, California – December 16, 1988 in San Francisco, California) was an American disco and soul musician, and a gay drag performer. Known for singing in falsetto (and occasionally a rich baritone voice), he is also considered one of the first Hi-NRG artists. His grandmother was the jazz singer Julia Morgan. He performed under his first name only, Sylvester.
Living in San Francisco in the 1960s, he performed in a musical production called Women of the Blues, then joined a short-lived group of transvestite performance artists called The Cockettes in the early 70’s (famed transvestite Divine was a member of the group as well). Sylvester can be seen in the Cockettes’ outrageous short film Tricia’s Wedding, lampooning the wedding of President Nixon’s daughter Tricia, and in an eponymous 2002 documentary about the group.
In 1972, Sylvester supplied two cuts to Lights Out San Francisco, an album complied by the KSAN radio station and released on the Blue Thumb label. In 1973, Sylvester & his Hot Band released two rock-oriented albums on Blue Thumb (their self-titled debut was also known as “Scratch My Flower,” due to a gardenia-shaped scratch-and-sniff sticker adhered to the cover). Signed a s...
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Top 10 Sylvester Songs
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Dance (Disco Heat)
Do You Wanna Funk
You Make Me Feel
I Need You
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Stars
Body Strong
Do Ya Wanna Funk
Down, Down, Down
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Top 10 Sylvester Albums
The Original Hits
Do you wanna funk ('91 Remix)
Do Ya Wanna Funk
Living Proof
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Do You Wanna Funk
Greatest Hits
Mutual Attraction
Original Hits
Too Hot to Sleep
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