sylvester dance disco heat

[@ted1091]

When three voices sound like a full gospel choir....

[@notmebutyou8350]

IKR??? They are JAMMING!!! 🎶🎶

[@chrissealey6298]

His backing singers were affectionately known as The 2 Tonnes of fun, But went on to have a massive hit in their own right after Sylvester lost his battle with aids. They became The Weather Girls,and released Its Raining Men.

[@quandricorutledge]

He was AMAZING! You can hear the "Black Church" in Sylvester's music. He loved the Church, even though it didn't love him. I know the feeling...

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Gives me chills watching this and seeing that Huge Talent that gave us all so much Pure Joy on the dancefloor back in those years....I miss those times with all my heart. ❤

[@cariannette1]

My Girls Martha AND Izora are great gospel vocal trainers if you need it! Lol! Because they are saaaaaagin honey!

[@elliottgregory9539]

This is Disco... The Absolute Queen of Disco for all time is Sylvester...

[@marshalledwards7311]

This energy is on 🔥🔥🔥. I didn’t watch alot of American Bandstand growing up but occasionally I would on Saturday afternoons . Normally Soul Train but for Mr Clark to have Sylvester and Martha Wash and Izdora Armstead later the Weather Girls on his show said a lot . Love this performance

[@ezekielmajor5511]

Sylvester had a lof fans. He was bigger to his underground fanbase than the popular media fans. I'm a straight man, but I appreciate anyone who loves and gives music to the fullest. RIP Sylvester. GTS!

[@isrj01]

Me too, such a talented artist he was

[@MrBlackFabio]

This shows you that good music is good music. I could feel the energy of that crowd. Dick Clark was not afraid to let anybody perform on American Bandstand.

[@TheRmjr]

I loved that about Dick Clark, he wasn’t afraid of the various artists performing.

[@dianep6791]

I was sad when I learned that Dick Clark only allowed Black teens in the audience until the 70's after Soul Train started taking away his viewers.

[@isrealhagan]

Only after Soul Train was kicking his a**!

[@ChicagoNewsReport]

Just look at the crowds' reaction... they can barely contain themselves! Real music always hits your g-spot! ;-)

[@deevalayde7459]

Sylvester broke many barriers, ethnicity, gender, an artist by all design, un-inihibited freedom to be who she want to be. That era of the 70's was a good memorable time for me. Love and miss you Sylvester

[@madamvaudelune3298]

Deeva Layde when Izora hollers Get on yo'feet and dance to the beat, that's joy, that's living the moment, right there!

[@jonathangutierrez3151]

wish I was THERE, lucky you!!!

[@Castro62]

Yes and didn't have to proclaim or make announcements of gender and just was the sensational Diva that brought happiness to everyone. Very talented

[@luaneconn1345]

Always loving me some Sylvester

[@onlyrealtalentedartists]

Even she died at 41, she lived a great life, being herself and unapologetic queer. I live her interview with Joan Rivers

[@bobbyserrato1949]

Th I s I s soooooo magical...Sylvester came to us for the spirit of music.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

THE TWO TONS OF FUN MADE THIS SONG THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT.

[@froggyhoover]

RIP SYLVESTER No one could rock the crowd like you did . May you always dance around in heaven

[@doreenwyatt6409]

It’s 2023 and still love ❤️ love 💕 Sylvester it brings me to tears too see this over 45 years he was dynamic and awesome so beautiful love his look style music 🎶 I wish he was still was with us he was a trailblazer he was special I use to love ❤️ band stand and dick Clark he had all the talent on his show he brought out a lot of stars ⭐️ the good good good old days for music 🎶 fashion .

[@rwxman]

I wish there was a time machine and go back to those days, I'm glad I grew up in that era disco was the best, non stop dancing

[@hildapompa4236]

Rich Arnista Me too i am proud that i was in that DISCO ERA!!! I MISS SYLVESTER N HIS FUNK DISCO VOICE!!...R.I.P. SYLVESTER!!!

[@randonjack6184]

I wish I grew up in the Disco Era. I unfortunately grew up during the hip hop and R&B era. LoL. I was born in the wrong generation. 😔😪

[@LalaDiscoQueen]

Met him on the streets of NYC and Sylvester was warm, kind & genuine is a huge long fur coat (could not miss him!) Got to tell him we were going to see him that same night at The Garage!..oh them memories ; )

[@raymondrodriguez45]

them big girls was getting it! I know they had so much fun back then! No body taking pics for Ig, no weirdos going live on fb in the middle of the concert. it look like they just lived in the moment!

[@jpurify08]

Hunnie, they smooth went off and went IN on the American Bandstand!!

[@Darrigrande]

Imposible to resist the music without dancing! Unforgettable!

[@CarolAnn-gh9fl]

I saw Sylvester and Two Tons of Fun perform in NY & Montreal so talented

[@fiquitoyunque]

The break at 2:56 is one of the most epic moments in the history of music... Work it, Izora, work it!

[@cariannette1]

Yessssss!

[@baracuboriginal]

I remember that exactly part was used years later in a dance club song but I can't find it. Please, what are the exact words she is singing in this part? English is not my main language and can't understand what she said so I can Google it. Thanks in advance.

[@jeffmargulis4498]

@@baracuboriginal (Get on your feet and dance to the beat and dance!)

[@reginaldwesley2]

Dick Clark , appreciated talent. Thank You, Dick.

[@ted1091]

He was a warm, gentle man

[@Mannchild11]

American Bandstand bowed down in respect when these divas graced their stage. Sylvester was as real as it gets. RIP.

[@cassandradennis5685]

What a Classic!! The audience was on FIRE!!!! I remember that show!!! Brings back Funtastic memories!!!!

[@leepitts8596]

he owed everything to the sister's on this song..they carried the hell out of it.

[@rhino79]

Sylvester is serving Alfre Woodard realness here.

[@Platynumlove]

..and Roberta Flack with a twist! LOL

[@MelodyMaker151]

rhino79 Not Alfre though. LMAO.

[@masongarrett3066]

Platynumlove Lol..you are observant and so right! lol

[@jabnola]

If you were a Gay boy in the 70's this music was playing everywhere in the clubs, on the radio you could not escape it. Finally after years of hard work the talented African American artist and the LGBT community have put together a new musical bound for Broadway. You owe to yourself, and to the loving sole of Sylvester to get out and see this Musical. You will dance, & you will cry to the lost loves one to AIDS. But looking back it was a time like no other because we were "Mighty Real."

[@ChicagoNewsReport]

Are there any plans to bring this play to Chicago?

[@Mandi7882]

+John Black - Thank you for posting this. I was not a gay boy or gay in the 70s, but a teeny-bopper who listened to the radio, and to be honest, too young to know the big impact this music had on the gay community. But, it was music that I loved and I remember seeing this on AB and dancing to it. It was a great tune , for 'everybody', and Sylvester? One of the greats in dance music, I remember the Mighty Real video and wanted to 'fan' just like Sylvester, I thought it was cool! No boundaries, just music and as a hetero, I am dying to see this play just to celebrate Sylvester's life and contribution!

[@MsDandelioness]

+John Black I loved Sylvester's music and still do. I will go and see the musical.

[@rogerpr364]

So right So actual for the fan lovers of disco & soulfull heart music, it was so much fun and great times back then, 😎:-)

[@sharksport01]

and the early 80s

[@arcadiosaberon1286]

Anyone else still listening to this classic disco song in 2021 besides me?

[@simon5005]

I was lucky enough to see Sylvester perform at the club 4001 in Dallas back around 1984.........talk about amazing days!

[@cduone]

A HOUSE MUSIC PIONEER

[@Blossbabii0708]

All live, nothing but practice, time, blood, sweat and passion for good ass music

[@RTT8001]

Now this is jamming and the crowd is pumped!!! So exciting!!! RIP Sylvester, Izora, and Dick Clark. So many gone now but not forgotten.

[@tomtalker2000]

God bless Sylvester the Original and ONLY diva. Even you must step aside Ms. RuPaul for this legendary disco icon. And godbless Martha Wash to she really was having a great time being part of his group as a back up singer. Just fantastic.....!!! I really miss those days......

[@MikeKrysta1]

R.I.P Sylvester and Izora!!!!!

[@vincenthayeshatter1702]

+MikeKrysta1 Gone but have not been forgotten

[@playsbass1969]

+Vincent Hayes Hatter i was 9 AT THE TME

[@100_Percent_PURE]

🙏🏾 Amen

[@Darrigrande]

They were great!

[@Squirrel36]

How did they beautiful Izora die?

[@BlkAmerPncS]

My mom is a huge Sylvester fan. After seeing "Unsung", their were some songs he sang that my mom played when I was a kid. I couldn't believe it was a man singing those songs all along. This one is my fav. All I want to do is dance.

[@rayfrench1971]

i love it!! this is one of my favorite performances of SYLVESTER to watch. MARTHA WASH and IZORA ARMSTEAD (RHODES) added a very special element to this song that made it such a classic!!! their voices are amazing. i absolutely love it.

[@misterx8592]

Those ladies can sing!

[@rayfrench1971]

@@misterx8592 yes they can!

[@misterx8592]

The Weather Girls!

[@MichaelSorbello-yo4nl]

The two acts were fantastic by themselves. Together they take it to another level. I can remember when The Weather Girls were called "Two tons of Fun" . Not necessarily fat shaming but a huge talent. I remember these days with such fondness. What I wouldn't give to re-live one of those

[@rayfrench1971]

@@MichaelSorbello-yo4nl yes. I totally agree

[@phillyitalian819]

I remember when this actual episode of American Bandstand aired, it was a Saturday afternoon on ABC tv network. I was young, may 9 or 10...I actually thought Sylvester was a woman, I didn't really know about the gay life at that age. Watching this clip made that hair stand up on my arms...those were good times. It's sad how AIDS has effected the world.

[@igotyourback9175]

I'm telling my age but I remember watching this episode on TV when I was a little girl! My momma loved, loved, loved this song!

[@Castro62]

+Grandma Dynamite stop lying, you know you was throwing down to sylvester at a club or party ;)

[@igotyourback9175]

Hector Castro Lol... No but I sure wish I was old enough to do so.

[@latinguy67]

Right on for your beloved mother!

[@MrMuscleBruh]

The disco balls are no longer spinning and all of the fabulous discotheques of the 70's have long closed their door's and few remember the hustle but your music live's on forever and a day dear friend.

[@michaelgaynor6866]

Blessed to see the Phenomenal Sylvester twice, once at a club called Tracks in Denver and again at the Bourse Building in Philadelphia a couple weeks later.....He made me feel MIGHTY REAL! December 2021

[@MsCarpinteria]

Even fuzzy, this video captures the pure delight the crowd has in watching these dynamic performers. the arrangment is simple but driving and the black church influences are obvious. That, with Sylvesters geat ear and inimitable style made he and Martha and Isadora a force to be reckoned with.

[@rgracia633]

One of the best songs at the clubs to dance to. Great memories

[@coffeeicecream1]

Oh my this is too fabulous. I need to dance. Rest In Peace Sylvester.

[@vincenthayeshatter1702]

+LaurenJayne Diamond yes

[@carolynflynn7749]

LOVE THIS! Found an old CD of disco hits-and I can't stop playing this song!!! I remember the good ol' disco days! Tried to explain to the younger generation how fun the discos were-they just don't get it. Oh well, dance on!

[@nymet2454]

We were lucky to be around during the disco era.

[@stephenhardy6340]

Pure Joy is the only way to describe this performance and artist! You have to be soulless not to feel the electricity pulsing from these three rays of light, Sylvester, Izora Armstead & Martha Walsh..

[@playsbass1969]

the weather girls

[@playsbass1969]

they later became the weather girls

[@jennifersenn]

Wonderful times! I was just like those screaming disco-crazy kids in the audience! Love it :)

[@225guy1]

Sylvester lives forever in his music

[@sheilapalmer224]

Stephen Hardy he was deep

[@craigdavis4265]

They are jamming man.

[@KatrinaMess]

Such good times! A fraction of the tech and a hundred times the fun. Donna Summer, RIP, passed today. It was a great time to be young and love to dance. I remember this song; with a few hundred more it defined wearing slinky Quiana dresses and sneaking into clubs in high school.

[@nymet2454]

I love American Bandstand, and I like the crowd reaction @ 3:15

[@DaveWollenberg]

Hard to believe that the kids got all excited over Sylvester James. He hit #19 in Bilboard, 11-25-78. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Sylvester

[@MarkReillyRoyalJones]

soundtrack of our lives. i know right where i was... youth wasted on the young. i treasure this trio RIP #Izorah #Sylvester #Harvey

[@candidnot]

I was only 14 when that song came out; that and "Mighty Real" but I knew how special that music was, how special that scene was. I hear those songs and I feel them just like I felt them back then. It was a happy feeling, a happy thing during hard times...

[@hazelman]

Sylvester (RIP), Martha, and Izora (RIP) were on FIRE!!!!!!!!!!

[@jloutas62]

Got a chance to say hello to Sylvester when he visited Sydney,Australia...a surprisingly shy,sweet man in person

[@stanharry3722]

I was born in the late 60's and raised through the disco era and listening to this song again brings back memories thank you Sylvester and Martha, and Izora.,.RIP. Sylvester and Izora...

[@musicforthepeople4701]

A time when music made you lose your mind in a good way. Disco was probably at it's peak right here.

[@williamdavenport9824]

OH how I miss those days that you just didn't give a shit about how you danced, but you got out there and DANCED!

[@dianealexander7004]

The disco era was the best era ever. Van McCoy-Do the Hustle, Donna Summers-Love to Love You Baby etc, and my favorite, with perfect pitch Sylvester, he left a legacy of music. RIP in heavenly peace Sylvester.

[@dianealexander7004]

Sylvester was the best and rocked his music. I miss him and the Disco era. I was living the life. Lol.

[@marthaangeles4241]

Esa si era musica hermosa Y recuerdos tambien cuando todas las familias nos reuniamos sanamente para comer y bailar.

[@Muziclvr07]

Sylvester was the BOMB! A true pioneer. He caused excitement wherever he went. Disco Heat was one one of my favorite disco jams in the 70s. I was 28 when he passed away. So sad. There will never be another like him. I'm glad that TV One is telling his incredible story of courage, truth and great talent. He is missed.

[@SVIDAANTONIO1]

Esa música disco al estilo de silvester es inconfundible los sonidos y los arreglos jamás se podrá repetir por que esa música es para siempre

[@jguyfletch2187]

OMG I'm dancing again! Wish I was back at the Gallery Bar on Cathedral St. in baltimore wearing my leather!

[@mikesansom289]

he was the first gay person i ever saw besides when i used to look in the mirror ..and realized there were others like me and i was 16 ..i used to watch bandstand in 1978-79 on saturdays every week

[@franklinfuentes]

wow, you must have some great memories & stories to tell?!

[@Sunnybunny2006]

wow, if this was released today and I bet it would be a hit - it's just great music - miss you Sylvester R.I.P. , you will always live through you music!

[@myboylollipop09]

Makes todays club music seem dead!! glad i was there!!!!!!

[@cliffordjobrikisii6787]

I remember Sylvester so well! I saw him perform at Catch One in L.A. One word to say, "FIERCE"! I love how Sylvester was way beyond his years & Dick Clark was open minded enough to have him on his show & perform along with Izora Armstead & Martha Walsh. Where did we go wrong, look at today!

[@domenicleone8051]

Look how much he loves what he does performing

[@trippmcintyre2347]

Sylvester and The Weather Girls wiped that floor clean and brought the House Down!

[@smallfry7743]

Such positive energy with this performance, I love it.

[@Gonzalez719]

I will never forget this great interpreter of contemporary disco, a great voice, personality, and is part of my memories as a child and teenager in Mexico is loved and greatly missed by thousands of fans of his music, came several times to major mobile discos and TV locations that will, in our country do not notice their music never as gay, or the old avant-garde music, just listen to Sylvester as it always was until his unfortunate death, as the genius High energy, Italo disk .

[@barbiewmn]

I loved Sylvester and Two Tons of fun so much back then. I got to meet Izora Rhodes when she came to the First Interstate Bank to have lunch with her son Orlando when we both worked there. I will never forget that.

[@taniaferjones706]

If this song dont make you move or tap your feet your just dead DISCO IS STILL ALIVE IT NEVER DIED🤗🤗🤗🤗♥♥♥♥

[@glamslamcam]

This is so great right here! I didn't know Sylvester was on American Bandstand. Him and the girls tore the place DOWN! This is incredible right here and I LOVE this song! They don't make hot songs like this anymore and its a damn shame. God Bless Sylvester.

[@cletopesina8207]

Sylvester may be gone,but he still lives in everyone.....Where he was the best in Disco!! Hell Yeaa! " Disco King "..... Sylvester forever!!!!!!! RIP!!!!

[@fernandobarreramorales2502]

Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes..... wonderful with the King of Disco.......beautiful memories

[@karenmarchand7706]

danced all night to Sylvester and the tons of fun - at the old Stud in sf ... holy beloved memories of a happy time... sadly , most of the friends i went dancing with died of aids long ago - this scene was our religion - the feeling of love and freedom on the dance floor so wonderful - i will always revere Sylvester !

[@TheTourmaline57]

I hear you.Same in the manhattan scene just such a wonderful time.Miss my friends.

[@surge2k7]

Oh my, I remember "The Old Stud," good times, I hung out at the old broadway Power and Light, that place was crazy, but what wasn't in the City back in '78. Halloween on Polk Street was way better than the chaos on Castro nowadays

[@victoriousone9447]

your religion shouldbe jesus not a gay guy ,,, he was nice but god punishes for being gay !!!!!!

[@effiebug4278]

That brings back memories.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

@@victoriousone9447 ...GIRL BYE!✋🙄🤔

[@johnnybronxo9311]

Saw him at the Red Parrot in NYC 57st. West side 1979' ...Amazing show. That was the 1st time I had seen & heard him and what a show...you wanted it to go on & on... Good times... Those were the dayz... Peace

[@oriethompson]

what pure fun. He was so far ahead of his time. none of us knew what was ahead.

[@edgardpalacios9719]

Bien venido al Camino de horiente cuando las mejores disco estaban esperándote para bailar asta al amanecer, con sus con cursos del robot el cámara lenta las pista deluz con todos sus efectos. Esa era una juventud tan sana y alegré que viva los80

[@nymet2454]

OK let me give you some context, this segment was taken from Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" saluting Disco music. The whole hour was pure disco.

[@hpribot]

The women were called, 'Two Tons of Fun.' Sylvester, he was such a queen. You can't deny their music - at the top of their game.

[@98clearlake]

I remember when this song came out ! Loved it ! I first heard it on the Mike Douglas show Dec 1978 They played it also at my jr high dances ! Disco area was fantastic! Glad I was a part of it ! ❤️🕺🎼🛼

[@SnowLeopard68]

Impossible not to dance to this music. This was the real thing!

[@hakanmartinsson4398]

Forget Sylvester!!! THIS IS MARTHA WASH!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@Multi1628]

~ High energy still fresh in 2018! R.I.P. Sylvester ~ Love to Martha Wash! Cheers, Waaaayyyyy before RuPaul. DAVEDJ ~

[@misstweakaturner]

the place just a oozing disco ...this performance with the disco lights and bandstand dancers pretty much sums up the bliss of disco... bravo

[@davidalan1967]

One of the best performers of our time. RIP Sylvester

[@jaegermexman]

This was one of the few times on American Bandstand that I remembered it not being so Wholesome, loved this clip! I was on High school at the time and my friends were the ones hustling in the background. Great memories, will never be repeated!

[@pauleypavillion6088]

Just can't believe this song will be almost 40 years old in a few years.

[@pauleypavillion6088]

Next year it will be 40 years old.

[@iammotley9212]

Everyone loved Slyvester.

[@TheEggman51]

The Palms on Polk Street in the late '70's. They rocked the house!! I've not been the same since.

[@kronk99]

The people in the audience are loosing their minds....That was what Sylvester brought to music....

[@lhaynes79]

u know they turned the joint out...i remember watching the show live--it was the talk for months....what a performance and what a cut/jam that was the song in the day!!!

[@rodesia2]

This song gives me life!!! The live versions are just incredible.. The energy and spirit of love is overwhelming.. I miss this in todays music.

[@jorgeluisfloresbravo5537]

Nectar dd verano

[@latinguy67]

Sylvester was a TRUE pioneer and hero! I LOVE Sylvester!

[@Darrigrande]

Era imposible resistir esta música sin bailar! Inolvidable!

[@hyperballadbradx6486]

Unbelievable song.it's electric. No music is pure like this aanymore! Pure joy!

[@chakafan2]

It feels good seeing Sylvester.

[@mstp1012]

What a time to be alive. Grateful