Born on March 7, 1953 in Memphis Tennessee, Leon Frank Sylvers III wrote the first hit ("Wish That I Could Talk to You") for his family's singing group The Sylvers, his brother Foster Sylvers' Top Ten RB/Top 30 pop debut single "Misdemeanor," and later, hits for artists signed to Dick Griffey's Solar Records.
Leon Sylvers III wrote and produced big hits for Shalamar ("The Second Time Around", "A Night To Remember"), The Whispers (the gold single "And the Beat Goes On,", "It's A Love Thing", "I Can Make It Better", "In The Raw", "Tonight"), Dynasty ("I've Just Begun to Love You"), Gladys Knight & The Pips ("Save the Overtime (For Me)"), Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Flirt," "Hold on to What You Got"), Stacy Lattisaw, the Spinners, Gina Foster, Krystol, The Brothers Johnson, Glenn Jones, Howard Hewett, Gene Page, Lakeside, and Real to Reel.
Perhaps the most popular single Produced by the Great Leon Sylvers III....
The Whispers with their 1980 smash hit " And the beat goes on " McLuvin!!!!!!!
Alot of people dont know this but, In the early 1990's Edwin Birdsong served as one of my first mentors in the studio.I was able to soak music production and song composition. It's funny cause at the time Edwin's star had long since faded in the industry and I really didn't fully appreciate the jewels bieng dropped on me until i got much older. I knew he had collaborated wth Roy Ayers and was a bit awe struck at the time especially finding out he wrote and co-produced the classic Roy Ayers Disco era hit "Runing Away" sampled by Tribe Called Quest on "Peoples Instictive Travels and the paths of rhythm" but bieng young and bullheaded we soon parted ways and i have not seen him in person since. Edwin Birdsong never achieved chart success, but developed a strong fan base, and has also been sampled by other artists many times, including Daft Punk who sampled "Cola Bottle Baby" in "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", De La Soul a...
Born on March 7, 1953 in Memphis Tennessee, Leon Frank Sylvers III wrote the first hit ("Wish That I Could Talk to You") for his family's singing group The Sylvers, his brother Foster Sylvers' Top Ten RB/Top 30 pop debut single "Misdemeanor," and later, hits for artists signed to Dick Griffey's Solar Records.
Leon Sylvers III wrote and produced big hits for Shalamar ("The Second Time Around", "A Night To Remember"), The Whispers (the gold single "And the Beat Goes On,", "It's A Love Thing", "I Can Make It Better", "In The Raw", "Tonight"), Dynasty ("I've Just Begun to Love You"), Gladys Knight & The Pips ("Save the Overtime (For Me)"), Evelyn "Champagne" King ("Flirt," "Hold on to What You Got"), Stacy Lattisaw, the Spinners, Gina Foster, Krystol, The Brothers Johnson, Glenn Jones, Howard Hewett, Gene Page, Lakeside, and Real to Reel.
Perhaps the most popular single Produced by the Great Leon Sylvers III....
The Whispers with their 1980 smash hit " And the beat goes on " McLuvin!!!!!!!
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