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
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
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Sylvester, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
