#leon sylvers

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“Come Back Lover, Come Back” by The Sylvers, 1981.

Vocalists: Foster Sylvers, Angie Sylvers, and Patricia Sylvers.

Reached #63 on the Billboard charts.

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A-T-3 207 Gladys Knight & The Pips

What used to blow my mind, as much as Gladys Knight's voice itself, was just how long Gladys Knight & The Pips had been in the business and how prolific they were, Isley Brothers the same... their first hits were in 1959, they had their early records, the Motown years, the post-Motown funk/soul years, disco, and in the 1980s it was soulful boogie, r'n'b and neo soul

In 1983 the group released Visions which is somewhere around their 25th album. It has two great club cuts on it

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Don't Make Me Run Away

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Save The Overtime (For Me)

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The Whispers - This Kind of Lovin' (Solar Records)

prod. Leon Sylvers III, 1981.

[medullam]

Patricia, Ricky, Leon, and Edmund Sylvers of The Sylvers

American Bandstand [1974]

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Howard Hewett, Jr. (October 1, 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter. Hewett rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning R&B/soul vocal group Shalamar.

He moved to Los Angeles in 1976, where he met John and Alonzo Daniels, owners of a historical club in the LA Crenshaw District, called Maverick’s Flat. It was at Maverick’s that he first met Jeffrey Daniel and Jody Watley (eventually Shalamar). He got a call from Jeffrey Daniel, who was on the road with Shalamar in the middle of a promotional tour. They had found themselves in need of a lead singer and Daniel made him an offer that he accepted. Within three days he flew to New Jersey, where he met up with Watley and Daniel, rehearsed the lip-synch and choreography to the current Shalamar single “Take That to the Bank” and found himself in front of a TV camera on a local dance show in Paterson, New Jersey. They completed the promotional tour returned to Los Angeles and immediately started recording the Big Fun LP with their producer, Leon Sylvers. The trio went on to record songs such as “Second Time Around”, “Make That Move”, “A Night to Remember”, “Dancing in the Sheets” and the ballad “This Is for the Lover in You”. He was the group’s lead singer (1979-85).

He has been married four times: Rainey Riley-Cunningham (1979-83), they have two daughters; Mari Molina (1986-?); Nia Peeples (1989-93) one son; Angela Bloom-Hewett (1998-2012). He has three grandchildren. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Glenn Jones - We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over)

Happy birthday to soul singer supreme, #GlennJonesHappy birthday to singer supreme Glenn Jones, born September 27, 1962.Over his four decades plus of recording, Glenn Jones has rarely received the acclaim that he has deserved.  While that may be attributable to a perceived lack of distinctiveness and consistency in the material he's covered over his career, he and his catalog of material have generally been underrated, and it is only in the latter stages of his career that he has begun to receive proper credit as a fine Soul singer.Like great Soul artists from Sam Cooke to Aretha Franklin, Glenn Jones' singing origins are in the Church.  Jones spent most of his teen and early adult years singing Gospel in various groups, most notably the Modulations.  He then worked with many of the Gospel greats of the 70s, including Rev. James Cleveland and the Mighty Clouds of Joy, and appeared to have a bright future in the Gospel world.In the late 70s, Jones came to the attention of R&B producer Norman Connors, who helped start the careers of so many Soul vocalists such as Phyllis Hyman and Michael Henderson.  Connors recruited Jones to sing on his 1980 LP, Take It To the Limit, and to pursue a career in secular R&B.  After touring with Connors, Jones signed with RCA Records for what would be a productive four-year relationship.  During that period he worked with Connors, SOLAR producer whiz Leon Sylvers and others, and released some moderately successful material, including "Show Me, " "Bring Me Back Your Love," and a fine adult contemporary duet with Dionne Warwick, "Finder of Lost Loves" (from the ABC show of the same name).Jones jumped to the nascent Jive Records label in 1987 and scored his biggest crossover hit, "We've Only Just Begun," a nice midtempo number that received significant Soul and Pop airplay.  He had another hit two years later with "Stay" before moving to Atlantic Records and scoring his first Soul #1 with "Here I Go Again" and a top 10 follow-up, "I've Been Searching (Nobody Like You)."  He recorded his last Atlantic LP, "Here I Am," two years later.While a review of Jones' chart history from 1983-1994 shows an impressive string of hits, there was never a signature Glenn Jones style, as the quality and style of his albums appeared to be unusually dependent on the producer with whom he was working.  Consequently, while a fine singer, Jones was often not seen as particularly distinctive, and his career developed more as a string of unrelated songs than as a cohesive whole.  And far from reaching the monster commercial peaks of vocalists such as Luther Vandross or Lionel Richie, Jones remained to the public consciousness at a level below even the next grouping of Soul singers, such as Jeffrey Osborne and Peabo Bryson (each of whom personally crafted a strong, distinctive style that made their material both consistent and identifiable).So, as the mid-90s came and Jones stopped recording, not many people appeared to notice.  Then a funny thing happened.  In 1998, as part of a minor resurgence of "old school" singers, Barry White, Peabo Bryson, Regina Belle, James Ingram and a number of other solo artists released new material.  Though forgotten by many, at that time Jones quietly released It's Time.  It was a surprise gem and was perhaps the best of the bunch.  With a nice mix of solid upbeat material (such as the great cut "24/7") and ballads, Jones sounded more confident and distinctive than ever.  But it was the bluesy, soulful ballad "Baby Come Home" from that album that was a seminal career moment for Jones - most certainly his finest Soul vocal performance ever - and that demonstrated, after fifteen years of solo recordings, that Glenn Jones had developed into a great vocalist who had met the promise hinted at with his early Gospel success. In 2002, Jones signed with Russ Freeman's Peak Records and released "Feels Good" with moderate success.  And in 2006, he returned on Shanachie Records with Forever: Timeless R&B Classics, a very enjoyable disc of soul music covers songs that showed Jones continuing to bring it as a vocalist. He returned  in 2018 on a beautiful duet with Regina Belle, "Love By Design," that won the SoulTracks Readers' Choice Award for Song of the Year. Glenn Jones continues to record from time to time, and regularly performs in multi-artist shows around the world, continuing to sound great.

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"Before The Bloom" Featuring Ralphiie Reese Performing "Leon Sylvers"

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Monday 2/20/23 1pm ET: Feature LP: The Whispers (1979)

The Whispers is the ninth studio album by American R&B/soul vocal group The Whispers, released on October 20, 1979 by SOLAR Records. It was the first hit album for the veteran group, peaking at number one on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart, as well as number six on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The album launched four singles, including their breakthrough single, the Leon Sylvers III-produced…

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The Little Angels (Olympia Leon Charmaine & James Sylvers) - The Santa C...

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The Sylvers, 1973.

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Dynasty -i dont wanna be a freak

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The Whispers - And the Beat Goes On (Official Music Video)

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A-T-3 146 Tony Humphries

Tony Humphries big break came in 1982 when he filled in for Shep Pettibone on his Kiss FM show in New York and becoming resident DJ at Club Zanzibar in New Jersey, he also started remixing for various labels A-T-2 021 (I didn't know this but Humphries remixed The Smurf A-T-2 164)

On to 1983

I've shared Tony Humphries biggest selling remix of 83 A-T-3 110 and yer man's most respected remix A-T-3 050 and Paul Simpson's also very fine Use Me Lose Me A-T-3 090. Here's some others Tony Humphries had a hand in that I love from that year

Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shake Down The "Champagne" is back after being dropped on the last two albums, her peak albums the ones Kashif was involved with. The follow up to the Get Loose album is Face To Face - the Leon Sylvers produced album. I've mentioned Sylvers before, he had a large production team, in 1983 he was coming from the S.O.S. Band where he'd passed on the reigns to Jam & Lewis and Reel To Real. Shake Down gathers in a lot of things that are going on in hip hop production, King sounds almost like Kelis, Tony Humphries remixes the Face To Face album version which I prefer to the M+M mixes on the 12"

Kinky Fox - So Different A Sure Shot Mix by Tony Humphries on The Sound Of New York label, the same label as Indeep. Produced by Auvil Gilchrist of Stone. Kinky Foxx were members of Jacques Fred Petrus's studio bands, playing on Change records, BB&Q, etc A-T-2 261

The Mobley Gang - Groove for you this is a rare one, it's a 'what's this?' question for the DJ track and I don't own a copy (yet!)

Mtume - Juicy Fruit (Fruity Instrumental Mix) the b-side of the 12" co-mixed by Tony Humphries, it's a beaut

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LIVE: Abstract Orchestra - Two Can Win

J Dilla.

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Sylver: So, Leon, do you have a crush on anyone?

Leon: The only crush I have is this crushing anxiety.

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The Sylvers Only One Can Win (prod. Jerry Butler & Keg Johnson) (writ. Leon Sylvers III) The Sylvers / 7″ Reissue (Pride / Mr Bong, 1972 / 8/31/18)

Beautiful, golden-era soul.

Only One Can Win / Fools Paradise by The Sylvers