Sylvester
On the other end of the Billy Preston spectrum was Sylvester, an openly gay man who refused to cow-tow to conservative urban radio programmers who in turn refused to support his music. Since he had a huge gay following he still managed to place high on the dance charts. Â It was stated that Don Cornelius refused to have Sylvester on Soul Train but Dick Clark did. Sylvester hit the scene at a time when androgyny was huge with Boy George, Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, Dead or Alive and even Prince came along around the same time. Â The black radio industry was not ready for Sylvester and there has been nobody like him since.
I love unsung. However, some of the 80’s artist/ groups are weak. I would love to see the pointer sisters. The 70’s have a more diversity style of sound.
Sorry the Spinners, Shalamar and the ones from kid and play movies…
You know the ones that brought out lisa lisa and cult jam they all should have made this list