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— Sylvester Sylvester James was born on September 6, 1947, in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California, into a middle-class family. His mother, Letha Weaver, had been raised near Palestine, Arkansas, into a relatively wealthy African-American family who owned their own farmland. Letha's biological mother, Gertha Weaver, was unmarried and too sickly to care for her child, so Gertha's ...
Jun 16, 2023 · Sylvester James Jr., who died in 1988, is best known as an architect of disco, illuminating queer dance clubs from Los Angeles to London with the era-defining singles “You Make Me Feel (Mighty ...
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Jun 2, 2023 · Calvo – who became friends with Sylvester not long after he caught the artist’s 1973 show at the Whisky – recalls him similarly. “He was totally different from the person you saw on stage ...
Dec 18, 1988 · He was 42 years old. Known as ''the Queen of Disco'' here in the late 1970's, Sylvester delighted audiences of every race and sexual persuasion with his funky, spiritual style singing in his ...
Times Staff Writer. Sylvester, a popular soul-rock singer often referred to as San Francisco’s Disco Queen, has died of complications from AIDS. He was 40. The falsetto singer, who one San ...
Dec 15, 2013 · 1988. Dec. 17: Sylvester, the gay entertainer who delighted nightclub audiences with his funky, spiritual-style singing and outrageous costumes, died of complications of AIDS. The Los Angeles ...
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Dec 16, 2019 · On December 16, 1988, disco superstar Sylvester died of complications from AIDS in his bed in San Francisco. He was 41 years old. Born Sylvester James on September 6, 1947, the openly gay entertainer made a splash in the late ’70s and early ’80s with his exotic drag costumes and a soaring falsetto voice that help propel him to international ...
