Greatest Songwriters and Producers In The World

www.thedeborahshow.com The Debórah Show , The Whispers talk with Debórah Benton about the making of their number 1 hit, "And The Beat Goes On." To order The Whispers new Concert Video, "Live In Las Vegas" log onto www.TheWhispers.com.

[@rondmc44]

And R.I.P., Mr. Nicholas Caldwell of The Whispers.

[@wesgriffin6081]

He had the coolest moves

[@wesgriffin6081]

The choreographer of the group. He had the coolest moves. The twins entertained with their voices and Nick provided the visual entertainment.

[@irongiant1171]

Leon Sylvers, a true musical genius.

[@brodocbetty4856]

Leon was amazing on the bass.

[@valleygold]

Thank you all for the comments. Conducting this interview with the Whispers was an absolute honor and pleasure.

[@SS-ii6nz]

Leon Sylvers and his family will always be 😊 a major part of the music industry. These legends had the best music in the 70s a time and Era where timeless music was created. Thanks for sharing the Whispers and Sylvers. we luv you forever❤❤ Boogie Fever, Hot Line, and Cotton Candy are my Jams 🎶

[@Informationstation-gw8wx]

Great interview. Love that group.

[@anansistreetemc2572]

So glad you enjoyed. Thank you for commenting

[@Nanbebe7]

Thank You Leon Sylvers I hope and pray one day you are highly recognized for your genius!!!!

[@PatrikStarFunk]

What a band! What a great producer (Sylvers III)! What a great era of REAL music!

[@valleygold]

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[@tuberoyful]

the oldest in the music industry that can still get down! amazing!

[@valleygold]

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[@nguzoloveinlofi3832]

WTF!!! Man I have so much respect for Leon Sylvers from this!!!

[@anansistreetemc2572]

So glad you benefitted from it, and thank you for viewing and commenting.

[@wesgriffin6081]

Me too !

[@jazzmaster349]

He was really the man at SOLAR, his work also includes Shalmar, Dynasty, and others. His music had a certain bpm.

[@leiflundqvist1812]

I DO remember this one. I had just bought a new house and I had bought the Whispers album with "And the beat goes on", my first Whispers album by the way, I hooked up my stereo before anything else, because I was somehow obsessed with "And the beat goes on" - that's how catchy it was at that time, such a clear, crisp sound - loved it. By the way, I lived in northern Sweden at the time - the music travels!

[@valleygold]

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[@daddymang9211]

The Whispers a well oiled machine!

[@madametia5379]

Thanks for posting this about Leon Sylvers. It helped me understand a lot !

[@valleygold]

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[@Tre404]

Cathey, you just scared the MESS outta me! I swear, I was reading your post and had my face all in the computer screen! I love these guys, and will quite possibly be the saddest man on the face of this earth the day any ONE of them passes from us. I'm only 40, but this is my favourite group of all time.

[@stephaniebaker6834]

My all time favorite group,,, omg,,I miss Nicholas so much..Keep on performing,with love to all of you...

[@markiscouch1439]

Wisdom! Wisdom! Wisdom!

[@rossakabossakarozay]

The best band of all time. These people truly put their heart to this music.

[@valleygold]

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[@apc4y]

Deborah thanks for posting this. These guys.... honestly they are / we’re the absolute best. RIEP Marcus and Nick

[@fabibass]

great live footage

[@Ningbovienne]

Deb, thx so much for this pure moment of magic.

[@valleygold]

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[@PatsBooks]

I really enjoyed this interview. Thanks.

[@valleygold]

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[@LaVonnesGirl]

Love this song

[@slimsxyblkwoman]

And the Beat Goes On is one of my all time favorage songs! It's magical!!!

[@valleygold]

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[@shwoopme]

These guys are so classic! They play it "TRUELY" old school.. That's why the audiences ate this up. Wonderful sound from talented entertainers.

[@valleygold]

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[@xknlion66]

I'm listening to the song right now I do it every day. Thank you guys for such a wonderful music much love from Puerto Rico we love you guys.

[@valleygold]

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[@valleygold]

Nicholas Caldwell is doing fine. In recent months, he injured his foot while coming off of a stage (I forget what town they were in). He had to have surgery to repair his foot. But he is doing fine.

[@oleold]

I remember I played that song so much when it came out I bought the whole album and loved that album I even ended up sampling off that album also.

[@valleygold]

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[@snolan1990]

That track is about as perfect as a track can be in terms of production and mixing. The best sounding Drum's the best synth patches great vocals and pure fat bass as much as I love house & drum machines this is the original stuff that can't be topped today.

[@Mjohannb]

you said it all brother

[@valleygold]

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[@oholm09]

I learn that for myself as a musician composer

[@csungrad]

@Danazbiz - My father say's Leon would always track all rythm instrments first- then he would call in other musicians to overdub- But the kick drum was crucial for him to do. My uncle worked as a sound engineer @ Devonshire Recording as well as the famed 1 inch 16 track @ Solar-

[@valleygold]

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[@theccstudio]

what a fantastic interview!!!

[@valleygold]

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[@victornewman06]

Leon Sylvers is the MAN!!!!!!!!!

[@valleygold]

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[@valleygold]

Thanks Croon3, I look for the opportunity to interview the great Mr. Sylvers.

[@WayneInSF]

At about 0:58 ... that's EXACTLY how Leon played his bass on stage. This clip was tremendous. Thanks for sharing.

[@valleygold]

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[@PatsBooks]

Potr, These people are telling their story. They were there.

[@SlikkTim]

Amazing interview !

[@valleygold]

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[@sheldontaylor2002]

if you listen to the uptempo songs in the Whispers, Dynasty and Shalamar catalog you will here it

[@melvinpruitt3907]

Don't forget Carrie Lucas

[@DDylast]

Wow, great story!

[@rightknowledgeman]

gotta love it

[@valleygold]

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[@56BUICKRiviera]

I will see them tonite 7-9-2011

[@christopherowens6391]

Leon Sylvers was holding it down from the late 70s to the mid 80s!

[@RGaskins]

This is great.

[@valleygold]

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[@darrellmoyer8081]

If I said it one ☝🏾 time I’d say it a million the WHISPERS are BAD BAD BAD from day one of me hearing their music 🎶 I was a FAN for LIFE I don’t have to listen to their NEWEST music 🎼 all you have to say to me is WHISPER’S and i GOT IT🤗

[@patriciayoung9298]

Love the Whispers

[@seadoggiedog]

timeless music,just mike mj and bob marley.well done men

[@wesgriffin6081]

Deborah...you have the BEST interviews !

[@valleygold]

Thank you Wes

[@croon3]

@danazbiz Mr. Potts. Croon3. My man, I am a huge fan of yours for 30 yrs. You, Joey Gallo, all the guys. I know you know My Goduncle Gene[Dozier], and Keni[St. Lewis].What have you been doing? Man, I miss the music you guys created back then. Beautiful, genius. Wish it would come back. Take care Croon3

[@MarshalltheIrish]

Agreed...while it's hard to argue their stature as one of the greatest R&B bands of all-time, many people still don't know them! I hope to catch them at the Blues Festival in Reno this summer. Would love to meet them if ever that was possible, seem like the sweetest group of guys!

[@valleygold]

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[@patriciayoung9298]

Give Leon Silvers his props ❤ the Whispers.

[@Tre404]

ValleyGold, thank you so much for the clarification! Cathey above had my heart rate up for a second there! So glad Nick (a HUGE force behind the scenes) is doing well.

[@TOMKHOMION]

Legends

[@cameron_fairchild]

❤😂 Amazing 🤩

[@DJB1PlanetFunksville]

Would love to see the full vid

[@valleygold]

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[@jayamaw]

this is too funny...i'm a big Leon sylvers fans...actually a big slyvers fan.....and leon would be crazy like dat...lol

[@valleygold]

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[@Huaralcity]

Nice Song (Y)

[@valleygold]

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[@Tre404]

PTREZAML: Did you not just hear Nicholas Caldwell himself tell you the story of Leon Sylvers recording the bass drum, down on his knees, for the entire six minutes of the song? Repeatedly?? Dude has no reason to lie, man! Yes, by 1980, there were Linns and Simmonses coming into play, and Scotty is inaccurate when he says that there weren't. But at that time, The Whispers weren't using them. For them, that came a year or two later.

[@valleygold]

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[@potrezaml]

All right,I believe what you say there;... after all, there were still "REAL" musicians at taht period, capable of everything...respect to them anyways !

[@snolan1990]

Do you happen to know if he ever used the technique discussed in this video? perhaps on another track. It seems like it would make for quite a distinctive sound. I almost want to try it myself now.

[@mattfoley6082]

Leon Sylvers is a bass god.

[@potrezaml]

P.S. : If I'm not mistaken,they used to be five(one guy who was part of the band in the early 1970s who was then replaced by an other guy who remained in the band till the late 1980s...right??)...what happened to the fifth guy ? ...guess he was too busy that day...

[@basehead617]

Is there more of this interview?

[@valleygold]

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[@xNatethaGreat]

"TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT" WHAT YEAR WAS THIS AIRED PLEASE ?????

[@valleygold]

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[@potrezaml]

You are smart...!!... (no irony in that...) :-)

[@valleygold]

Thank you SlikkTim, Much Love, Debor'ah

[@wdblogic]

@potrezaml 1. REAL musicians can do it. 2. I've seen some of their sessions and YES people like Leon, Prince and others in those days would go in by themselves and do whole tracks alone. NO DRUM machines. Later on in their recording arsenal drum machines were used along with real drums. Believe it or not. :-)

[@oholm09]

wdblogic roland tr808 linn drums dmx oberheim

[@xNatethaGreat]

WHO EVER UPLOADED THIS VID SHOULD AT LEAST ACKOWLEDGE THIER NAMES ! THX

[@Delicious4Ant]

LOL...I love the Whispers and thier music but I'm curious, why do they all have so much hair on thier faces and where are they from?

[@valleygold]

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[@maxinevaughn-ayala8992]

SophisticatedShorty Leaveil is the only one in the group that doesn’t have a lot of facial hair on his face. 😀

[@Tre404]

@ValleyGold ... so funny how a sprained ankle becomes a life-threatening illness on the internet!! LOL

[@potrezaml]

I doubt there was no drum machine... come on...they all used them -Linn drums and other stuff of the same kind- especially around 1983 to 1987/88; or at least Simmons drums...he can't say that they were no ELECTRONIC drums used in their songs ...there was that kind of hyper fast drum/percussion solos that you can not perform on "real" drum;not even on electronic drums (such as Simmons..) I'm sure they used drum machines...one time at least !

[@MrRealbrotha]

And the beat goes on came out in 1979. drum machines was not a option

[@oholm09]

Facts 💯

[@potrezaml]

Yes, I checked ...the fifth guy is dead...(I guess my comment sounds stupid now ...

[@croon3]

Leon F. Sylvers is the G.O.A.T. I've been saying that for 30yrs. but no one believed me. I got that from my Goduncle gene[Dozier]in the 70's. Croon3.

[@frambrianna]

too bad Black players arent like that no more!!