Sylvester’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” was inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Each year, the registry adds 25 American recordings that are at least ten ...

A crowd of 50 Bay Area music fans sat in silence in the intimate Secret Alley event space in the Mission as the needle dropped on a vinyl record. The listening party, hosted by internet radio station ...

As stars go, they don’t come much bigger or shine much brighter than Sylvester. Born Sylvester James Jr, in Los Angeles in 1947, he grew up in a religious household. The family attended the ...

Sylvester James Jr., better known by his performing mononym Sylvester, was so ahead of his time when he emerged on the ‘70s music scene that culture is still catching up. As a singer-songwriter, he ...

With his unique falsetto and love of flamboyant costumes, Sylvester left his his mark on popular music, eventually earning the moniker “the Queen of Disco.” Nearly 25 years after the singer’s death, ...

Seven years before Sylvester exploded as the “Queen of Disco” with the hits “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” and “Dance (Disco Heat),” he was already fabulous. In March 1971, when he showed up in drag ...