My sister called to tell me that she just heard it on the radio. (I hate posting stuff w/o confirmation so I went searching around and found the article.) Man, that is sad.

Rest in peace, Edmund.

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- Edmund Sylvers, the lead singer on "Boogie Fever" and "Wish That I Could Talk To You" for the 1970s funk-soul group The Sylvers, died March 11 of lung cancer, his family said Monday. He was 47.

The singer died after a 10-month illness, according to his niece, Tyava Sylvers.

Sylvers was 15 when he started singing with six other members of his family on their self-titled debut album in 1972. His high tenor voice was the centerpiece of such songs as "Fool's Paradise."

From five albums, other songs by the group included "Cotton Candy," "That's What Love Is Made Of" and "High School Dance."

Sylvers made a solo album, "Have You Heard," in 1980 that included the single "That Burning Love."

Damn!

I thought it was Foster that sang lead on "Boogie Fever."

wow.....

That's just Awful !!

I was just listening to their debut LP


But, what's sooooo deep is .....
EDMUND WAS THE VOICE OF "MARLON" for THE JACKSON 5 cartoon ?!?!?!

They were signed as arival group ....
yet, Edmund was the voice behind "Marlon"


Deep....





very sad
R.I.P

Supernova said:

Yeah, me 2, that and "Hotline".

Sad either way, when anyone leaves this earth so young...



R.

p.s. I loved
"Boogie Fever", "Hotline" and 1984's "In One Love & Out The Other"...that one's really Prince-ish, MPLS sound all over it.

FalseSetto said:

FalseSetto I used to think the same thing!!! But that Edmund spelled his last name differently (see below):

Vocal Talent: Craig Grandy (Jackie Jackson), Mike Martinez (Tito Jackson), Joel Cooper (Jermaine Jackson), Edmund Silvers (Marlon Jackson), Donald Fullilove (Michael Jackson), with original songs recorded by the Jackson 5.

>>FalseSetto I used to think the same thing!!! But that Edmund spelled his last name differently<<


"UptownDeb"

Hey, Lady.....

Are U Sure ?

All of these years I could've sworn that was THE edmund
(Check his "speaking" voice VS. his "singing" Voice )

It's gotta be the same !?!?

Dang , girl ....
U gonna make me go to IMDB
*smile*



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Aww. . . I loved his voice!

Lung cancer? Was he a smoker?

47---so young. . .

I just want to say that smoking and tobacco use sucksssss. I just lost my mom last month to lung cancer. She smoked for 30+ years but stopped 7 years ago but still didnt' escape cancer.


Stop smoking people. Lung cancer...is a bitch.


R.I.P edmund

>>> "Stop smoking people. Lung cancer...is a bitch." <<<

"Rhondab" Bless U , Lady ...
My deepest condolences, on your Mothers passing.


My Mom has MAJOR problems with her heart , because of the damn ciggarettes.
doctors told her if she dosen't stop, she's not gonna make it.

And, She can't Stop smokin'


FUCK THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY !!!!


FUCK Em'

I don't blame the Tobacco industry for anything. Personal responsibility....plain and simple. i never smoked and never will. My mother "enjoyed" smoking so it wasn't just an addiction but something she liked to do.


I'll miss my mother dearly and thanks to all the orgers who have sent me org notes.


its just a bad move....yanno.

I don't know if Sylvers was a smoker or not, but you don't even have to smoke to get lung cancer.

Supernova said:

we know this....

Rhondab said:

Who's "we"?

does it matter.....

"I don't know if Sylvers was a smoker or not, but you don't even have to smoke to get lung cancer."~Supernova

"we know this...."~Rhondab

"Lung cancer? Was he a smoker?"~NuPwr319


I was responding to NuPwr319.

right right.....

Supernova said:

don't get attitude... just cause you don't know who "we" is...

EllisDee said:

It's that mouse in your pocket.
[This message was edited Fri Mar 19 16:44:36 2004 by Supernova]

Supernova said:

actually, forget them... we'll start our own "we"... we'll call it "us"...

"we know this"
"us don't care"... ...
[This message was edited Fri Mar 19 16:46:00 2004 by EllisDee]

EllisDee said:

Who be "us"?

Supernova said:

"us" be none of "y'all" bidness... ...

btw, don't know if you have trio or not, but i thought you might enjoy this if you do... http://www.triotv.com/unc...hnny_cash/ ... johnny cash's san quinten concert, never before seen on american television...

EllisDee said:

Coolness. I'll be checking it out. Thanks for the heads up.

Supernova said:

no prob... i was watching some special on trio the other day, and they showed a sneak preview of it, and it seems that it's going to be unedited and unbleeped... ...

btw, you know us gotta look out for each other... ...
[This message was edited Fri Mar 19 16:57:03 2004 by EllisDee]