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Sylvester

Sylvester James (September 6, 1947 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 Read more on Last.fm

Track: You Make Me Feel

Album: The Original Hits

Album Details:
Album The Original Hits
Label
Release Date 1989-01-01
Total Tracks 11
Track Listing:
1Dance (Disco Heat)05:51
2You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)06:34
3Down, Down, Down05:17
4Stars10:27
5Body Strong08:39
6I Need You04:34
7Sell My Soul06:35
8Cry Me A River03:07
9Ooo Baby Baby03:15
10Can't Stop Dancing07:43
11You Are My Friend - Live08:08

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
970420
2I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
130663
3Dance (Disco Heat)
71061
4Over And Over
53272
5Do You Wanna Funk
47292
6I Need You
39370
7You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Michael Gray Radio Edit
38317
8Do Ya Wanna Funk
25927
9Stars
23587
10You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Soulwax For Despacio Remix
19707

Other Album Releases:

Live At The Opera House (The Complete Recordings / Live At The War Memorial Opera House / 1979)
Disco Pride
Private Recordings, August 1970
Do Ya Wanna Funk / Don't Stop
Mutual Attraction
Rock the Box
Call Me
Do Ya Wanna Funk
Too Hot To Sleep
Sell My Soul

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