Though the title of the “Queen of Disco” is commonly associated with legends like Gloria Gaynor and Donna Summer, one of the first to truly reign supreme within this genre was Sylvester. Known for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 45 years ago, disco icon Sylvester performed what would ultimately become one of his most famous concerts to date at the San ...

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February is Black History Month — and each week, all month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is here to talk about a different trailblazer and maverick of Black music. These musicians took risks ...

Sylvester is immortal, all over the world, still very much revered as the shining example of a Black gay man who recognized his purpose as an artist and representative of LGBTQ culture. A new ...

Sylvester's 1978 album Step II resulted in a couple of smash singles, "Dance (Disco Heat)" and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)." Born in Los Angeles in 1947, Sylvester James, always known as Sylvester ...

Sylvester in March-1979 at the SF War Memorial Opera House – Photo: Phil Bray READ THIS STORY IN THE MAGAZINE Much of the world met Sylvester in the late ’70s as the unapologetically androgynous, ...

“He was about as outrageous as styrofoam! “When I charged into his room at the Holiday Inn, he was lying on the couch, kvetching about exhaustion, a backache, and his root canal session like a bored ...

One blazing afternoon in the summer of 1973, Rudy Calvo found himself at loose ends. He was heading to the Whisky a Go Go to see a swish band and needed a chic getup to match. So Calvo, a makeup ...

Though it's hard to imagine from looking at the sedate facade of 324 Corbett Ave., this condo in San Francisco's Twin Peaks neighborhood once gave shelter to world-famous musician Sylvester James Jr., ...

Though it’s hard to imagine from looking at the sedate facade of 324 Corbett Ave., this condo in San Francisco’s Twin Peaks neighborhood once gave shelter to world-famous musician Sylvester James Jr., ...