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Person · Open Library

Born

1924

Works

56

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

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

363,989

Total plays

2,305,375

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

via Last.fm · Sylvester

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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