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Sylvester
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sylvester (singer), Sylvester James, Sylvester James Jr., Sylvester James, Jr.
American singer-songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1924
- Works
- 56
Top works
- Thirteen bronzes
- René Magritte, 135 Rue Esseghem, Jette-Bruxelles
- Francis Bacon, Triptych 1974-77
- Richard Serra
- Francis Bacon
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Sylvester James Jr. (September 6, 1947 – December 16, 1988), known mononymously as Sylvester, 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…
Known for
- Life and Taxes2026
- Disco's Revenge — Self2024
- Love Me Like You Should: The Brave and Bold Sylvester — Self (archive footage)2020
- TV Story Superstar — Self (archive footage)2020
- Ruminations — (archive footage)2018
- The Cockettes — Self (archive footage)2002
- Sylvester: Mighty Real — Self (archive footage)2002
- Rhythm Divine: The Story of Disco — Self (archive footage)1992
- Castro1986
- The Rose — Female Impersonator1979
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947-09-06
- Active to
- 1988-12-16
Discography
- Sylvester1977
- Step II1978
- Stars1979
- Sell My Soul1980
- Too Hot to Sleep1981
- All I Need1982
- Call Me1983
- M-10151984
- Mutual Attraction1986
- Private Recordings, August 19702023
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 363,989
- Total plays
- 2,305,375
Tags
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 t
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- new wave
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Fantasy
- Official website
- www.sylstar.net
- Voice type
- baritone
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- place of burial
- Inglewood Park Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1947-09-06
- date of death
- 1988-12-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
- end of work period
- 1987-00-00
- social media followers
- 56500
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- birth name
- Sylvester James
- uses
- falsetto
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Sylvester, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
