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470:"Wish That I Could Talk to You" was the next single. During early 1973, it became the siblings' first top 10 song. The track features Leon, Edmund, and Ricky on lead. The two-sided hit "Stay Away From Me" (No. 33) and "I'll Never Be Ashamed", as well as "Through the Love in My Heart" (No. 50), followed; and album track "Cry of a Dreamer" received significant airplay at R&B radio outlets. 25: 477:" for the group's second album. However, the lead vocal, sung by Edmund, was later reassigned to younger brother Foster, who was not an official member of the Sylvers at this time. The song also featured younger Sylvers Angie and Pat, and received airplay on R&B radio stations. This song would later become popular in the late 1980s and 1990s when it was sampled by rapper/producer 135: 610:. Leon, James, Charmaine, Angie and Pat—along with their mother Shirley—all appeared on the show to discuss their career successes and aftermath. It was mentioned that both Foster and Ricky had been incarcerated at the time of taping for parole violations. However, after the release of Foster, he and his sisters Angie and Pat made a television appearance on 488:
After the success of "Misdemeanor", Foster, Angie, and Pat quickly joined their older brothers and sisters to the official Sylvers group, (upping the total members to nine), and signed an exclusive contract with Capitol Records, the same label they recorded for as the Little Angels. The label teamed
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on June 18, 1985, at age 18. He was never part of the performing family. Following the disappointing sales performance of the Geffen LP, the brothers and sisters officially disbanded in 1985. They would continue to do studio work, playing and singing background vocals for artists including
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in 1985, but it was never released in the United States, although a single from the set, "I Love the Streets", was released in Japan in 1989. Foster started his own group, Hy-Tech, in 1989, but two CDs went relatively unnoticed, as did a solo MP3 CD in 1998 called "Foster Vs. Foster".
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In the late 1960s, they added Edmund and Joseph Richard "Ricky" to the group. After signing a recording contract with MGM, the sextet changed their name from the Little Angels to the Sylvers and released three albums on the MGM/Pride label, titled simply
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for Solar Records, with Leon producing and playing bass but not performing vocally. The first single from that effort, "Come Back Lover, Come Back" (featuring a now grown-up Foster on lead) was a minor hit, reaching No. 63 in
424:–styled soul music. They appeared in several variety shows, charity shows, community events, and other public venues. One of the earliest events promoting the Sylvers was when the whole family appeared on the quiz game show " 467:. The song "Fool's Paradise" reached No. 14 on the R&B charts in the autumn of 1972. The single featured Charmaine, Edmund, and Ricky as lead singers, backed by the harmonies of Olympia, Leon, and James. 1835: 2247: 1500: 1915: 522:
As the world's appetite for dance music waned in the early 1980s, so did the Sylvers' popularity. In 1981, five members of the group, now without Edmund, recorded a new album
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in Richmond, Virginia, on March 11, 2004, at age 47. In 2007, Pat shared lead on the Larry O. Williams gospel duet, "Thank You". In the December 10, 2007 issue of
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In 1984, after a three-year hiatus, the siblings (now six strong, with Charmaine returning) regrouped with new management (Weisner–DeMann) and a new label (
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the Sylvers were featured in the "Where Are They Now?" segment. In early 2008, a few siblings did an interview with Damien Maurice on his show
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Christopher Joseph Sylvers (1966–1985), the youngest of the Sylvers siblings, never performed with the group.
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The Sylvers family consisted of ten siblings, nine of whom performed in the band at different times:
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article and the radio interview hinted at the possibility of new Sylvers music in the near future.
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Patricia Lynn "Pat" Sylvers (born March 25, 1961) — additional keyboards, vocals
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Shirley Mae Wyble and Leon Frank "Sonny" Sylvers married after meeting at
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Joseph Richard "Ricky" Sylvers (born October 13, 1958) guitar, vocals
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In early 1973, Leon wrote an uptempo proto-disco song called "
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James Jonathan Sylvers (born June 8, 1955) — keyboards, vocals
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During the summer of 2011, the Sylvers were featured on the
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Angelia Marie "Angie" Sylvers (born April 11, 1960) — vocals
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Olympia Ann "Olan" Sylvers (born October 13, 1951) — vocals
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to discuss the politics of the music industry, and more.
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Charmaine Elaine Sylvers (born March 9, 1954) — vocals
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The Sylvers' youngest sibling, Christopher, died of
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