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Sylvester

US disco and soul singer-songwriter

United States · 1947-09-06 – 1988-12-16

Sylvester is credited on 1,136 releases across 279 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,136

Credits

279

Albums

7

Decades active

130

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Biography

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American disco and soul vocalist, musician, bandleader, songwriter, and producer.
Born: 6 September 1947 in Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Died: 16 December 1988 in San Francisco, California, USA.
Known and performing mononymously as "Sylvester", he is considered one of the first Hi-NRG artists and the first “male diva” of disco. He died in 1988 from complications due to HIV/AIDS.

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Credited work

1,136 releases · 279 albums · active 1969–2025

  • Performance · 1,509
  • Production · 398
  • Engineering · 16
  • Other credits · 14

Studios: The Automatt · Wally Heider Studios · Sunset Sound · Guerilla Studios

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