Artist
Sylvester
Sylvester is a r&b artist from Watts, Los Angeles, California formed in 1962. 90 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Watts, Los Angeles, California · Best r&b albums
- 90
- Releases
- 1977–2026
- Active years
- 1962
- Formed
Discography
22
Most popular
All I Need
1982 · 7 tracks
Step II
1978
Stars
1979
Sylvester
1977
Call Me
1983
Too Hot To Sleep
1981
Immortal
1989
Sell My Soul
1980
Mutual Attraction
1986
Live At The Opera House (The Complete Recordings / Live At The War Memorial Opera House / 1979)
2024
Disco Pride
2024
Private Recordings, August 1970
2023
Worship Unleashed (Live at Emnotweni Arena)
2019
Mighty Real: Greatest Dance Hits
2013
Rock the Box
2013
The Original Hits
2009
Living Proof
2006
Sylvester / Step II
1995
Do Ya Wanna Funk / Don't Stop
1993
Greatest Hits
1990
M-1015
1984
Do Ya Wanna Funk
1982
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Singles & EPs
68
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Michael Gray Remixes)
Single · 2019
STEP WEH
Single · 2026
what a mess
Single · 2026
ON MY MIND
Single · 2026
Silk Grounded
Single · 2026
ONLY BEATS
Single · 2026
Mirror Check
Single · 2026
I Don't Give a Shit Tonight
Single · 2026
Plutomania
Single · 2025
No Escape
Single · 2025
BLUR AND FADE
Single · 2025
BMF
Single · 2025
TAKE IT AWAY
Single · 2025
Gucci Baby (feat. Lone Wolf)
Single · 2025
I Try To Fly
Single · 2025
Ngizomethemba Njalo (Live)
Single · 2025
Codeine Queen
Single · 2025
Dream Song
Single · 2025
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Bright Light Bright Light Remix)
Single · 2025
Police officer
Single · 2024
ROUND DA'CORNA
EP · 2024
Worship Unleashed (Indumiso)
EP · 2024
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (Live At The War Memorial Opera House / 1979)
Single · 2024
Body Strong (Live At The War Memorial Opera House / 1979)
Single · 2024
Through the Fire
Single · 2024
Be With You
Single · 2024
Limbo
Single · 2024
Energy of the Rhythm
Single · 2024
Pune Rap Cypher 2024
Single · 2024
360
Single · 2024
Medley #2: Could It Be Magic / A Song For You (Live At The War Memorial Opera House / 1979)
Single · 2024
A-LIST
Single · 2024
Chiamaka
Single · 2024
Take Off
Single · 2024
Pakama Pakura
Single · 2024
Banga (Original Mix)
Single · 2023
Shoku (Original Mix)
Single · 2023
You make me feel (13 Music Remix)
Single · 2023
Stormy Weather
Single · 2023
God Mode
Single · 2023
YKTD
Single · 2023
Achele
Single · 2023
God Bless The Child
Single · 2023
Stereo Music for Piano, Moog, and Amplifier (for Renzo)
Single · 2022
Zemren Nale
Single · 2022
Kehne Ki Baat Nai
Single · 2022
Imela (Live)
Single · 2022
Golden Hour
Single · 2022
You Still Love Me
Single · 2022
Do It Myself
Single · 2021
Let It Go
Single · 2021
Mine Ngokwam Ngiyehluleka
Single · 2021
Most High
Single · 2021
Boss
Single · 2021
All Star Cypher
Single · 2020
Just Saying
Single · 2020
Run
Single · 2020
We Give You Glory (Live @ Elijah Mango)
EP · 2020
Mc Scam
Single · 2020
Tortonia
Single · 2019
You Still Love Me (Live)
Single · 2018
I Need Somebody To Love Tonight (Psychemagik Remix)
Single · 2018
Fall on Me (Live)
Single · 2018
Nu Lifestyle (feat. Tyepar & S.Luna)
Single · 2018
Dance (Disco Heat) (Louie Vega Re-Touch)
EP · 2017
Inner Beast
Single · 2017
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (International eSingle)
Single · 2009
Lovin' Is Really My Game / Do You Wanna Funk?
Single · 1989
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Sylvester James Jr. (September 6, 1947 – December 16, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter. Primarily active in the genres of disco, rhythm and blues, and soul, he was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and hit disco singles in the late 1970s and 1980s. Born in Watts, Los Angeles, to a middle-class African-American family, Sylvester developed a love of singing through the gospel choir of his Pentecostal church. Leaving the church after the congregation expressed disapproval of his homosexuality, he found friendship among a group of black cross-dressers and transgender women who called themselves The Disquotays. Moving to San Francisco in 1970 at the age of 22, Sylvester embraced the counterculture and joined the avant-garde drag troupe The Cockettes, producing solo segments of their shows which were heavily influenced by female blues and jazz singers like Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker. During the Cockettes' critically panned tour of New York City, Sylvester left them to pursue his career elsewhere.
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He came to front Sylvester and his Hot Band, a rock act that released two commercially unsuccessful albums on Blue Thumb Records in 1973 before disbanding. Focusing on a solo career, Sylvester signed a recording contract with Harvey Fuqua of Fantasy Records and obtained three new backing singers in the form of Martha Wash, Izora Rhodes – the "Two Tons O' Fun" – and Jeanie Tracy. His first solo album, Sylvester (1977), was a moderate success. This was followed with the acclaimed disco album Step II (1978), which spawned the singles "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and "Dance (Disco Heat)", both of which were hits in the U.S. and Europe. Distancing himself from the disco genre, he recorded four more albums – including a live album – with Fantasy Records. After leaving this label, he signed to Megatone Records, the dance-oriented company founded by friend and collaborator Patrick Cowley, where he recorded four more albums, including the Cowley penned hit Hi-NRG track "Do Ya Wanna Funk." An activist who campaigned against the spread of HIV/AIDS, Sylvester died from complications arising from the virus in 1988, leaving all future royalties from his work to San Francisco-based HIV/AIDS charities. During the late 1970s, Sylvester gained the moniker of the "Queen of Disco" and during his life he attained particular recognition in San Francisco, where he was awarded the key to the city. In 2005, he was posthumously inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame, while his life has been recorded in a biography and made the subject of both a documentary and a musical.
Sylvester in brief
- How many Sylvester releases are on Riffiter?
- 90 releases are catalogued, spanning 1977 to 2026.
- When was Sylvester formed?
- Sylvester formed in 1962, in Watts, Los Angeles, California.
- What genre is Sylvester?
- Sylvester is catalogued under R&B.
- What is the most recent Sylvester release on Riffiter?
- STEP WEH, released in 2026.