Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	IT Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....
1973	Sylvester and the Hot Band (performed by Sylvester & the Hot band) Label: Blue Thumb Records Blue Thumb Records Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow, along with former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham. Krasnow had been in the record business for a number of years, working as a promotion man for King Records and also working for Buddah/Kama Sutra...	–	–	–
	Bazaar (performed by Sylvester & the Hot band) Label: Blue Thumb	–	–	–
1977	Sylvester Label: Fantasy Records Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...	–	–	–
1978	Step II Label: Fantasy	28	7	6
1979	Stars Label: Fantasy	63	27	15
1980	Sell My Soul Label: Fantasy Honey Records	147	44	–
1981	Too Hot To Sleep Label: Fantasy Honey	156	51	–
1982	All I Need (later re-released as Do Ya Wanna Funk) Label: Megatone Records	168	35	23
1983	Call Me Label: Megatone	–	–	–
1984	M-1015 (later re-released as Rock the Box) Label: Megatone	–	–	–
1986	Mutual Attraction Label: Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...	164	46	–

Live albums

Year	Title	Chart positions
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	IT Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....
1979	Living Proof Label: Fantasy (Double-LP)	123	45	–

Compilation albums

• Mighty Real (1979, Fantasy) UK #62
• 12 By 12 (1985, Megatone)
• Immortal (1989, Megatone)

Singles

Year	Title	Album	Chart positions
			US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US Dance	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
1973	"Southern Man Southern Man "Southern Man" is a song by Neil Young from his album After the Gold Rush. The album was released in 1970.The lyrics of "Southern Man" are vivid, describing the racism towards blacks in the American South. In the song, Young tells the story of a Southern white man and how he mistreated his slaves... " (performed by Sylvester & the Hot Band)	Sylvester and The Hot Band
	"Down On Your Knees" (performed by Sylvester & the Hot Band)	Bazaar
1977	"Down, Down, Down"	Sylvester
	"Over and Over"
1978	"Dance (Disco Heat) Dance (Disco Heat) "Dance " is the title of a 1978 single by American disco singer Sylvester James, who performed using just his first name, Sylvester. The song became Sylvester's first Top 40 hit in the US, where it peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1978; it also reached #29 on the UK... "	Step II	19	1	4	29
	"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) "You Make Me Feel " is the title of a 1978 single by American disco singer Sylvester James, who performed using just his first name, Sylvester... " (additionally charted in Italy #24)		36	1	20	8
1979	"I (Who Have Nothing) I (Who Have Nothing) "I " is a song originally released in English by Ben E. King in 1963."I " is based on the Italian song "Uno Dei Tanti," with music by Carlo Donida and lyrics by Giulio "Mogol" Rapetti. "Uno Dei Tanti" was released by Joe Sentieri in 1961... "	Stars	40	4	27	46
	"Stars"					47
	"Can't Stop Dancing"	Living Proof		2	43
1980	"You Are My Friend You Are My Friend "You Are My Friend" is a ballad co-written and recorded by American singer Patti LaBelle, released as the second single off her self-titled debut album, in 1978 on the Epic label... "				30
	"I Need You"	Sell My Soul		6
	"Sell My Soul"			6
1981	"Here Is My Love"	Too Hot To Sleep			44
	"Ooo Baby Baby"
	"Give It Up (Don't Make Me Wait)"
	"Magic Number" (performed by Herbie Hancock Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...  featuring Sylvester)	—		9	59
1982	"Do Ya Wanna Funk Do Ya Wanna Funk "Do Ya Wanna Funk" is a dance song recorded by American recording artist Sylvester. The song was released in 1982 and it was produced by Patrick Cowley, who incidentally died the same year... " (Patrick Cowley Patrick Cowley Patrick Joseph Cowley was an American disco and Hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. He recorded in a style that has drawn comparisons to that of Giorgio Moroder and is often credited with pioneering electronic dance music.-Early life:Patrick Cowley was born in Buffalo, New York to...  featuring Sylvester) (additionally charted in Norway #8, Switzerland #12, Netherlands #17)	—		4		32
	"Don't Stop"	All I Need				77
	"Tell Me"
	"Be With You"
	"All I Need"				67
1983	"Hard Up"
	"Band of Gold Band Of Gold (Freda Payne song) "Band of Gold" is a popular song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland under the pseudonym Edythe Wayne, and Ron Dunbar, and first recorded by Freda Payne... "	Call Me		18		67
	"Too Late"			16	68
	"One Night Only"
	"Trouble In Paradise"
1984	"Stargazing" (performed by Earlene Bentley featuring Sylvester; UK-only release)	—
	"Good Feelin'" (Germany-only release)	Call Me
	"Call Me"
	"Menergy Menergy (song) "Menergy" is a 1981 dance single by producer Patrick Cowley. Along with the track "I Want to Take You Home", "Menergy" spent two weeks atop the Billboard Dance/Disco chart in October and November 1981. It was Cowley's most successful single of four Top 10 dance chart hits, all of which occurred... "	—
	"Rock the Box"	M-1015		25		88
1985	"Take Me To Heaven"			6		100
	"Sex"			6
	"Takin' Love Into My Own Hands" (Mexico-only release)
	"Lovin Is Really My Game"
1986	"Living for the City Living for the City "Living for the City" is a 1973 hit single by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla label, from his Innervisions album. Reaching #8 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and #1 on the R&B chart, the record is driven by a slow bass synth groove that manages to exude a certain amount of tension, an appropriate... "	Mutual Attraction		2
	"Someone Like You Someone Like You (Sylvester song) "Someone Like You" is a 1986 dance single by Sylvester. The single was Sylvester's second and last entry to reach number one on the dance charts, where it stayed for one week... "			1
1987	"Mutual Attraction"			10
	"Sooner Or Later"

Additional recordings

• Lights Out San Francisco (1972)
  • Sylvester supplies two tracks on this album compiled by the KSAN radio station

Audio samples

Books

• The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the 70s in San Francisco by Joshua Gamson, New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2005. ISBN 0-8050-7250-0

Documentary

Sylvester: Mighty Real, the official feature length documentary on the life and career of Sylvester, is currently in production. The film features interviews with members of Sylvester's family and other artists and musicians who have been inspired by, and worked with Sylvester through the years. There is currently no release date available for the film.

Motion picture

A film is currently being developed on the life of Sylvester, based upon the book The Fabulous Sylvester by Joshua Gamson. There is no release date as of yet. Alan Poul

Alan Poul

Alan Mark Poul is an American film and television producer and director.-Career:Poul served as executive producer for the HBO original series, Six Feet Under, on which he made his directing debut...

 is said to be directing the film.

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

External links

• Sylvester feature at Soulmusic.com
• Official Sylvester Website (endorsed by the artist's Estate)
• [ Sylvester] at Allmusic
• Sylvester at Queer Cultural Center
• Sylvester at discomusic.com