Primarily active in the genres of disco, rhythm and blues, and soul, he was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and hit disco singles in the …

Featuring exuberant dancefloor bangers like “Dance (Disco Heat)” and the enduring anthem “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real),” Sylvester’s genre-defining disco sizzler Step II returns to its …

Feb 19, 2025 · Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different trailblazer and maverick of Black music history.

Jun 16, 2023 · While the flamboyant glam magnetism and androgyny of stars including Alice Cooper, Marc Bolan and David Bowie raised eyebrows at the time, Sylvester’s idiosyncratic …

5 hours ago · Sylvester Stallone reveals he couldn't find work for nearly a decade after "Cop Land," was dropped by agents, and told his "time has passed" before Rocky comeback.

Sep 6, 2025 · In disco music, the pioneering artist Sylvester found a refuge, a home where he could start to truly explore his identity.

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Disco and queer icon who powered club classics such as the Top 40 pop hits "Dance (Disco Heat)" and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)."

Jun 2, 2023 · Unapologetically gay disco pioneer Sylvester was one of the many LGBTQ artists whose lives were cut short by the AIDS epidemic in the ’80s while the Republican-led …

In the 1970s and 80s, Sylvester rode his marginality right into the mainstream--a star not despite the boundaries of race, gender, and sexuality he crossed but because of them--becoming an …