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CIRCA 1975: Disco singer Sylvester aka Sylvester James and electronic dance music pioneer and producer Patrick Cowley pose for a portrait at the mixing board in a recording studio in circa 1980. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Sylvester

Sylvester has been played on NTS over 170 times, featured on 170 episodes and was first played on 12 December 2012.

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, then…

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I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Sylvester (Eddie Bill Harris, Phil Kaffel, Steve Mantoani mix)
Fantasy1979
I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Sylvester (Eddie Bill Harris, Phil Kaffel, Steve Mantoani mix)Fantasy1979
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Over And Over
Sylvester
Fantasy1977
Over And Over
SylvesterFantasy1977
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Give It Up (Don't Make Me Wait)
Sylvester
Fantasy1981
Give It Up (Don't Make Me Wait)
SylvesterFantasy1981
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You Make Me Feel Mighty Real
Sylvester
Fantasy1978
You Make Me Feel Mighty Real
SylvesterFantasy1978
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Over & Over
Sylvester (Eddie Bill Harris, Phill Kaffel, Steve Mantoani mix)
Fantasy1979
Over & Over
Sylvester (Eddie Bill Harris, Phill Kaffel, Steve Mantoani mix)Fantasy1979
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I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Sylvester
Fantasy1979
I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
SylvesterFantasy1979
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I Need You
Sylvester
Fantasy1980
I Need You
SylvesterFantasy1980
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I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Sylvester
Fantasy, Bellaphon1979
I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
SylvesterFantasy, Bellaphon1979
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Changes
Sylvester
Fantasy1977
Changes
SylvesterFantasy1977
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Thinking Right
Sylvester (Richard Corsello, Wally Buck mix)
Fantasy Honey Records1981
Thinking Right
Sylvester (Richard Corsello, Wally Buck mix)Fantasy Honey Records1981
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