
Artist
Sylvester
Sylvester is a r&b artist from Watts, Los Angeles, California formed in 1962. 89 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Watts, Los Angeles, California · Best r&b albums
- 89
- Releases
- 1977–2026
- Active years
- 1962
- Formed

Artist
Sylvester is a r&b artist from Watts, Los Angeles, California formed in 1962. 89 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
R&B · Watts, Los Angeles, California · Best r&b albums

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All I Need
1982

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

STEP WEH
Single · 2026

what a mess
Single · 2026

ONLY BEATS
Single · 2026

ON MY MIND
Single · 2026

Mirror Check
Single · 2026

Silk Grounded
Single · 2026

Ngizomethemba Njalo (Live)
Single · 2025

BLUR AND FADE
Single · 2025

BMF
Single · 2025

TAKE IT AWAY
Single · 2025

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Bright Light Bright Light Remix)
Single · 2025

No Escape
Single · 2025

Plutomania
Single · 2025

Dream Song
Single · 2025

Gucci Baby (feat. Lone Wolf)
Single · 2025

Codeine Queen
Single · 2025

I Try To Fly
Single · 2025

ROUND DA'CORNA
EP · 2024

Worship Unleashed (Indumiso)
EP · 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

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

A-LIST
Single · 2024

Police officer
Single · 2024

Chiamaka
Single · 2024

Take Off
Single · 2024

Pakama Pakura
Single · 2024

Shoku (Original Mix)
Single · 2023

YKTD
Single · 2023

God Mode
Single · 2023

Stormy Weather
Single · 2023

You make me feel (13 Music Remix)
Single · 2023

God Bless The Child
Single · 2023

Banga (Original Mix)
Single · 2023

Achele
Single · 2023

You Still Love Me
Single · 2022

Golden Hour
Single · 2022

Stereo Music for Piano, Moog, and Amplifier (for Renzo)
Single · 2022

Imela (Live)
Single · 2022

Zemren Nale
Single · 2022

Kehne Ki Baat Nai
Single · 2022

Mine Ngokwam Ngiyehluleka
Single · 2021

Do It Myself
Single · 2021

Let It Go
Single · 2021

Most High
Single · 2021

Boss
Single · 2021

All Star Cypher
Single · 2020

Mc Scam
Single · 2020

Just Saying
Single · 2020

We Give You Glory (Live @ Elijah Mango)
EP · 2020

Run
Single · 2020

Tortonia
Single · 2019

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Michael Gray Remixes)
Single · 2019

I Need Somebody To Love Tonight (Psychemagik Remix)
Single · 2018

Fall on Me (Live)
Single · 2018

Nu Lifestyle (feat. Tyepar & S.Luna)
Single · 2018

You Still Love Me (Live)
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
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. He came to front Sylvester and his Hot Band, a rock act that released two commercially unsuccessful albums on Blue Thumb Records in 1973…