The Sylvers

Among the popular family acts for the ’70s R&B circuit, Memphis’ Sylvers documented for Satisfaction, MGM, Capitol, Casablanca, and Geffen throughout their 13-year graph run. A minimum of nine from the ten siblings within the family members — Olympia, Leon, Charmaine, Wayne, Edmund, Ricky, Angie, Pat, Foster — performed within the group which was seen as a Southern edition from the Jackson 5. Their 1972 Satisfaction single “Fool’s Heaven” got issues going in the proper direction, reaching quantity 14 for the R&B graphs. That they had three additional TOP R&B hits within the ’70s, but their biggest music was “Boogie Fever” in 1975. It flawlessly captured the disco nature and topped both R&B and pop graphs that yr. “Hot Range” was another TOP on both lists in 1976, and their second biggest solitary. They obtained another Best 20 R&B solitary on Casablanca in 1978, “Don’t Prevent, LOG OFF,” however the enchanting qualities of the earlier material appeared more determined. They couldn’t recapture the spark throughout their middle-’80s period on Geffen.