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Jul 16, 2015 · Patrick Cowley - Menergy (feat. Sylvester) UnidiscMusic. 1.35M subscribers. Subscribed. 15K. 1.4M views 8 years ago. Check out our website for more Unidisc content: http://geni.us/BnsAGB Shop...
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May 5, 2008 · Sylvester & Patrick Cowley - Do you wanna funk. bchfj. 17.2K subscribers. Subscribed. 11K. 2.6M views 16 years ago. Complete Video. ...more.
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Patrick Joseph Cowley (October 19, 1950 – November 12, 1982) was an American disco and hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist, best known for his collaborations with disco singer Sylvester. Along with Giorgio Moroder, he has been credited as a pioneer of electronic dance music.
Known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, he was often described as a drag queen, although he repeatedly rejected such a description. Responsible for a string of hit singles in the late...
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Patrick Cowley - Menergy (feat. Sylvester) View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1982 Vinyl release of "Do You Wanna Funk" on Discogs.
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It was Cowley's most successful single of four Top 10 dance chart hits, all of which occurred within the span of 15 months. As with Cowley's other singles, "Menergy" did not place on any other chart in the USA. In 1984, a posthumous version of "Menergy" was released where Sylvester's vocals were featured.
Patrick Cowley and Sylvester's megaton bomb of a record is often cited as being one of THE definitive disco records from the dawn of the 1980's. Influencing everything from the burgeoning house sound to Italo disco, synth-pop and way beyond, 'Do You Wanna Funk' is simply a classic in every respect.
