The Sylvers - Boggie Fever | REACTION

[@jamelakajamal]

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[@therealcobracommander8324]

Will you please react to red rider light in a tunnel/human race

[@therealcobracommander8324]

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[@aldoneira416]

Please check out “Marooned” by Pink Floyd

[@pmar27]

I can't find the women's slouchy sweatshirt I saw last week :(

[@parinthianquattropani9071]

Gotta add Boogie Wonderland!

[@lamusiclover2264]

I went to middle school with Foster (the youngest boy here) and Angie Sylvers. He had swag even in 7th grade, and Angie was the nicest, sweetest girl. And they were talented for real, and their older brother Leon produced many albums for other artists. They had some good songs, this one, High School Dance, Hot Line. Lots of fun.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

The young man really did resemble MJ. He looked more like his brother, tho.

[@timothymunger3186]

Around the time the Sylvers were performing "Boogie Fever", the Jacksons were performing "Dancing Machine"

[@jarrettcone8949]

You're right dancing machine was a bigger hit and j5 Already sold 60 million records at that time The Silvers was just starting to get hot They couldn't Keep up for real

[@Stoney_Snark]

I don’t know if you’re quite old enough to know, but The Sylvers were riding the wave of the Jackson 5 and Osmonds. They really made some good songs; this one, “Hot Line”, “High School Dance”, and a few others. But, by no means, the Jackson 5.

[@MagnoliaMS70]

I loved all of their songs. Huge fan back in the day.

[@RafaellaSchumann]

Love "Hot Line"!!

[@kdm71291]

Exactly!

[@cherylfugate7517]

Randy got it! Just what I was gonna say…

[@snikkerr1949]

They had the same producer back then. Interesting fact...Edmund Sylver was the voice of Marlon in the Saturday morning cartoon The Jackson 5ive.

[@Jillyconjem]

If you’re on a “boogie” theme, may I suggest "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by the band A Taste of Honey from 1978. You will enjoy it. 💜

[@christineremmer5514]

Definitely 👍

[@ajogg]

That bass line is great.

[@annettelauretta]

Go to the search bar and type it in. Jamel already reacted to that one.

[@themajicman745]

Boogie Wonderland by EWF

[@Jillyconjem]

@@annettelauretta Okay. Sorry. It just popped into my head, and I didn’t take the time. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@johnszostowski767]

"Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat" - should be next

[@NoName-fx9zi]

YES YES YES!!! I suggested that one when he did his "1-hit wonder" video. Excellent tune.

[@markmiwurdz202]

Do you remember "Bump Me Baby" by Dooley Silverspoon from 1975?

[@LeosHouse]

Great memories associated with Rock The Boat. Love 💜 that song!

[@JB-kf2hu]

Yes Rock The Boat would be awesome!

[@probitionate]

Regarded by some as the First Disco Hit.

[@katg6325]

Want another Boogie song? Listen to "Jungle Boogie" by Kool and the Gang.

[@themajicman745]

Boogie Wonderland by EWF

[@katg6325]

@@themajicman745 I also thought about "Boogie Nights" by Heatwave. So many "boogie" songs...

[@marygoodson4920]

YES!!!!

[@sherri7547]

That is something we need to hear.

[@breckrichardson390]

The Sylvers song to check out is Hot Line!

[@lilpoohbear653]

YES!

[@garykelly7422]

Oh yeah brings back memories of the skating rink in the late 70's. ☮️

[@pmar27]

Here's a tip: don't try skating in your driveway when you're 59 years old. You don't bounce as good as when you were a kid. :(

[@halfrutter2226]

Yup 👍 I remember those days. Makes me feel old as dirt. 🤪

[@terywetherlow7970]

@@halfrutter2226 ya got a ton of company Gary. Tee

[@maryc.3161]

I believe the young one is Foster Sylvers. He had a hit of his own called “Misdemeanor”.

[@SnappingTurtle801]

Forgot all about that song and I really like it. Gonna look it up on the Tube.....thanks for that memory.

[@BassGods]

The crazy thing about this is that it's Live, and everyone is in sync including the musicians. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@sheilameyers152]

The Jackson’s were the originals!

[@zerores2005]

Actually, the Sylvers came way before the Jackson's. They were called the Little Angel's. Google Leon Sylvers III.

[@msylvers]

A friend just shared this with me! Too much fun seeing your REACTION to Boogie Fever! It’s definitely an ear worm! They sound like the Jacksons because the infamous Freddie Perrin who wrote so many of the Jackson’s hits also wrote Boogie Fever and Hot Line for The Sylvers! The oldest 4 siblings started out as The Little Angels and toured the world with Ray Charles in the early 60s. Their Creole mother, Shirley Mae Wyble Sylvers was a trained opera singer and played nothing but classical music in the house, while their father, Leon Frank Sylvers, grew up with the richness of the Memphis sound. Their voices were as real as their fros! The secret to the perfect fro… let someone else pat & shape it for you! If you’re looking in a mirror you’re not going to get that perfect sphere! On the question of who came first… they were really different yet similar and family friends! In 1976 when Boogie Fever was a #1.hit, The Sylvers opened for The Jacksons on tour! With the brothers & sisters on stage, and the Sylvers siblings are all fairly tall, along with the ridiculous afros…. they stole the crowd and the Jacksons couldn’t get the crowd back - so The Sylvers were sent home after the 2nd show. Their music stop getting played as widely and their manager sat on their contract and told anyone who let them on their stage that they would be sued. The Motown Machine was in full effect! Oldest brother Leon went on to write so many of the hits of the 80s with Solar Records. He produced music for Shalamar, The Whispers, Midnight Star, Janet Jackson, the list goes on! He also mentored so many great producers, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Teddy Riley, Pharrell Williams (Pharrell included Boogie Fever on his Despicable Me soundtrack). The Sylvers are a Super talented & loving family! 🙏🏾💜

[@terrymoselhy7279]

Thank You for that great insight msylvers … I couldn’t find anything on the net about this incredible group and family … cheers

[@gxl5892]

What an amazing family of talent!!!! Growing up as a teenager in 1976, great music!!!!! And great choreography!!!!

[@lanceflx63]

The Sylvers sing five part harmonies. The Jackson 5 came out in 1968 the Sylvers debut album came out in 1971 but the older siblings had been performing since 1958. The oldest brother Leon Sylvers went on to produce hits for the Whispers, Shalamar, and Lakeside.

[@ajogg]

The Sylvers were actually named a different band (made up of the older kids, they were from CA and were out in the mid 60s as The Little Angels), you can find appearances on mid 60s tv shows (before the Jackson 5). The father and wife divorced in the late 60s and they didn't have a group for a few years (when the Jackson 5 rose to popularity. They regrouped with the younger siblings and with their single mother's blessing recorded as The Sylvers in the early 70s, then had a couple huge hits in the mid 70s. Boogie Fever and Hotline and High School Dance were some of their biggest hits. Hotline was a great tune as well. For those big hits they were produced with a guy who produced the Jackson 5 as well. They did sound like them though. Loved this song, when it was out I thought it was the Jackson 5 until they said the name of the group.

[@auldthymer]

Jamel: two O's, not two G's "-- Boogie" PS: LOVE the Sylvers. I found a clip once of their parents on "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx

[@LeosHouse]

I didn’t even notice that. 🤣🤣

[@zerores2005]

The Sylvers started before the Jackson. Leon went on to produce many artist, from Shalamar to the Whispers.

[@StatisticsJason]

I saw the Sylvers open up for KC and the Sunshine Band at the Las Vegas convention center on my 10th birthday in July 1977.

[@pcallas66]

The Bump was an actual dance back in the day where one person would be swinging their hips in opposing directions so their hips would bump together. Sometimes that could end up knocking somebody flying, lol.

[@kimberleighlivingston9411]

The Jackson's, The Sylvers and then DeBarge. That's the order they went in, I know cause first Michael was my boyfriend then I found out he was too old for me then Foster the youngest member of the Sylvers then I realized he was too old for me and then came El Debarge and he is just 2 years older than me. Can you see the stipulations they put on a girl back then, the had to be the right age, come from a loving household and knows how to make his own money. El had 2 out of 3.😉😉😉😎😎

[@rachel-in-the-208]

And then he married Janet 😉

[@LivnNLearnin]

Hi@@rachel-in-the-208 I think you mean El’s older brother James.🙂😎🎼

[@pamelajohnson8044]

NO THE SYLVERS CAME OUT FIRST AS THE LITTLE ANGELS OPENING FOR RAY CHARLES AND APPEARING ON GROUPO MARX SHOW WITH THEIR PARE TS IN THE 50'S

[@lepoetress]

They were actually before the Jacksons, but not as you see them on the MNS. The 4 older siblings (Olympia, Leon, Charmaine and James) were known as The Little Angels. There are a few songs on here with the older siblings singing. The Gopher Song, Says You and an appearance on the Danny Thomas show and the whole family on Groucho Marx's game show singing The Gopher song live.

[@paveltolz6601]

We did a lot of Boogieing back in then.

[@Zeldarw104]

Yes, I was even in their fan club -- The Sylvers......😍 Boogie fever baby!💓💯

[@carolespinoza8452]

Oh dam jamal, a true oldie but goodie. A real treat,great times..... 💃🕺🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@FM-ig3th]

Ok Jamel, they had another hit "Hotline"....great memories from my High School days!

[@kimnewton1205]

Yes. Yes. 1976 200 yr bday for our country. Also, I graduated that year. I loved disco, too. Friday night's it was either going out clubbing & cruising or we were at the skating rink (roller skating, not roller blading).

[@allisonyoung4007]

"...for your love. for your love!"

[@wdfamily_027]

@@kimnewton1205 another Kim here, class of 76!

[@jasminet4442]

Gotta love the Sylvers 💕. Fool’s paradise is my favorite sylvers song. I’m young but I heard a lot growing up.

[@jonthebeloved6094]

We used to sing this on the school bus she I was 5 or 6. Whole damn bus was singing! Great memory. 😎

[@1939lb]

I met them at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1977 at a BOOTSYS RUBBER BAND concert..very nice people and humble..

[@melissatuel862]

AMAZING choreography!

[@TroysPop]

This was a super hot track in 1976 when I was in college. The youngest member of the group, Foster Sylvers, recorded and had success as a solo artist as well. Yes, they were all brothers and sisters. There is a clip on KZbin (you have to search for it) of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvers appearing on the "You Bet Your Life" game show with host Groucho Marx. The oldest children (very young at that time in the 60's) appeared on the show. I met Foster a couple of years ago here in LA and you could not meet a nicer person. He was struggling a little bit at that time, but he was creating new music and looking for a new record company. I recall that some of the family members got together and performed at The Taste Of Soul event a couple of years ago (pre-Covid shutdown). It is held on Crenshaw Boulevard every October. I wish Foster all the best and hope the family is still able to perform when they can.

[@cherylfugate7517]

They were on “You Bet Your Life,” Groucho Marx’s show. This was when the kids were little and the last one was on the way. They perform for Groucho and you can see how talented they all are…

[@aerynsunx]

Hey Jamel. The Jackson 5's first hit was in late 1969, though they started a few years before that. The Sylvers charted as an act in the 70's. But like the Jacksons, they were also a family group--all brothers and sisters. You should also check out another one of their pop chart hits, "Hot Line". ☮✌🏽 out!

[@jarrettcone8949]

Right But the Jackson Still outsold them Rock roll Hall of fame also

[@WanQuitaNettles]

The Sylvers career started in the late 50’s as The Little Angels.

[@laminage]

They along with another Family Group The Jets hold the distinction of having the most Family Members on a Show. The Midnight Special was on NBC from 1972-1981 and this was before Infomercials. They would tape the Show on Saturday Morning and then broadcast it the Following Friday Night. If you can check out their lifestory on Unsung, which like a R & B Version of Behind The Music.

[@tomaroni6670]

Boogie Nights also.....in 76 Michael was 17 or 18 and knee deep in the Jackson 5...but this kid definately sounds like a young Michael...thx for this reaction n the memories!

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Thank god I grew up in the 70s and 80s..this song just makes you happy

[@raytorres2685]

🎶🎵🎶 Boogie Fever and "Hot Line" big hits back in the day

[@ritacarducci344]

Could never get enough of this song 🎶🎶🎶🎶😍

[@kimhesketh2016]

There will never be a time that Disco will not rule.

[@kenperk9854]

Let's not get carried away.

[@bonnieplasha4684]

I agree with Kim!!! As long as there are heartbeats in human bodies, disco will make those legs dance! You just can't help yourself.....❤!

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

Kim is absolutely right!

[@bonnieplasha4684]

@@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 OMG Queen!!! Bunny Fu-Fu was my nickname all through high-school and college. I even had it on a license plate on the front of my ride. Good to see a sister!😁

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

@@bonnieplasha4684 Wow! I mean what are the odds of finding another Bunny Foo Foo? The world needs more of us....we're fun people! 😁.

[@judipepper6066]

Great memory from 8th grAde!!!💜🙋🏻

[@rhondajennings6402]

Your rocking that chair to outer space. Let the games begin😜🎵🎶

[@lilpoohbear653]

one of my fave ol groups...fun tune...on my permanent playlist!

[@lilpoohbear653]

not Michael...LOL

[@barbmack7098]

Ohhhhh... the Disco daze ....SO much fun during the short time it lasted and THIS one was a GOOD one!!!!!

[@pennieshivaie9343]

Hello there, Shout out to YOU for being a good human. Get your "boogie fever " on 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@angierussell4771]

I kept waiting for the wig!!!! ✌🏻💜✌🏻

[@snikkerr1949]

The Sylvers started out as The Little Angels. They worked hard performing all over. They changed their name and continued plugging away until the industry started to notice. They signed with MGM, and later signed with Capitol and got hooked up with Freddie Perren, who also produced the Jackson Five. They recorded this song and off they went!

[@kbusby4824]

I've got "Boggie" Fever and the only prescription is more cowbell. Sorry couldn't help myself. Would love if you could react to Tavares, It Only Takes a Minute, from the same era. Heard it for the first time in ages the other day; it is a great song.

[@VikingJeff]

I love "It Only Takes A Minute".

[@annother3350]

@@VikingJeff I prefer it a bit bigger than minute

[@gerardroll6468]

Jamel... This is like a throwback to “Soul Train Saturday”... Only in the middle of the week!!! ✋️😜🤚. Yet another nostalgia trip with my Californian “brother from another mother”.. THANKS MATE!!! Keep up the great work 🤟😎 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@FernandoRiley]

There was a magazine called Right On Foster always headlined the covers that rivaled Michael.

[@triryche3]

Darn Jamel, you let me down. I bet myself whether you were going to get up & dance, I love to watch you dance 😆💖

[@moonviolet27]

I remember watching this! The Sylvers are a talented family- awesome! Thanks for the great music and memories😃

[@SousChef77]

Takes me back to the Discos in the 70's. Good Times. Great Clothes.

[@bryanCJC2105]

OMG I was like 12 yrs old and I love The Sylvers. "High School Dance" and "Don't Stop, Get Off"

[@lisabohannon2336]

Music was so fun in the 70's!!!

[@chiefsjen]

One of my all-time faves! been dancing to this song since I was a little girl. I had the 45! can't wait to watch you enjoy it...here goes!

[@muzikman4399]

The Spinners “Rubberband Man” on the Midnight Special is a jam

[@loritajohnson5664]

Pretty sure Jamel already reacted to Rubberband Man performance on Midnight Special.

[@muzikman4399]

@@loritajohnson5664 ok, I’ll check it out. Thanks

[@ritajonesayers9968]

So many memories 😂. Good Time's

[@roxannemoser]

🎶🎶🎶🎶 I used to sing this all the time as a kid!

[@Tuning_Spork]

The Sylvers were on TV first. Several of the older siblings, as young kids, performed as The Little Angels, and appeared on Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life" game show, and others, in the early-mid '60s. But, as The Sylvers, they didn't become hit makers until the early-mid '70s, after the Jackson 5 were already super famous.

[@jarrettcone8949]

yup

[@vickinewby408]

When I was in 6th grade, the pep squad I was in did a routine to this song. Love this song!

[@pmar27]

I was always rocking out in the 70s but the top 40 was a mix of all kinds of music. When we went to clubs or even school dances we got down! Still do, but just a little slower. ;)

[@bonnieplasha4684]

Those were the days (and nights). We would hit the clubs and never sit down. Danced without stopping until 3am. And we dressed for it too!

[@leegriffin2705]

welcome to midnight special J! haha - used to watch all the time ! its the 70's what can i say ! love ya ! thx for bein so fun ! and enjoying music !

[@lucyf9452]

Yes! THE greatest chair dancer on KZbin! That's half the fun of tuning in to watch you REACT! Hugs from Edmonton, Alberta CANADA:)

[@Wolfhoundfromthehighseas]

Boogie fever, boogie down!🙌🏼🙌🏼💙💙

[@zerores2005]

The Sylvers were a singing family before the Jackson. Check them out on the Groucho Mark's show, I think they were called the little Angel's. Also, Edmond Sylvers was the voice of Marlon on the J5 cartoon.

[@footy2rock]

One of the best disco songs and there were so many songs in the 70s with Boogie in the title

[@sheriwoodward2925]

This so takes me back. My older sisters had the 45 single of this song. One of the first I really remember the look and feel of the record and played it often. Music is a time machine 🥰🥰🥰 Thanks for taking me back.

[@GeekGinger]

Sounding and looking TIGHT!

[@dewdew34]

Thought they were starting off with a little Daytripper intro.. Funky. Says in their wiki they are from Watts, CA.

[@dennygc5874]

I thought that lick sounded familiar... good catch 👏

[@vandeolkon]

The BEST Roller Disco Song!!

[@alfrednaify1683]

The oldest of the Sylvers was Leon in the far left. He started his own group called Dynasty in '79/'80. They were based in Los Angeles. Leon has been a big time record producer the past 40 years with many singers.

[@pdmullgirl]

Dig every thing about that. The song, the costumes, the dancing, everything!! Very polished and entertaining! Enjoyed that. Full of energy! Love it! ❤️💜💚

[@Suzanne-33]

Omg The Sylvers! I loved them as a kid! Let’s Gooo!

[@deelawson4551]

Thanks so much for checking them out! Great memories come to my mind with this song I was 8 and my younger brother and older brother and mom and I would perform in the living room to this song! We were a very musical family! Also try Hot Line by them! Keep On Rockin`

[@dianedollion6126]

Man! This brought back memories! Remember that dance called The Bus Stop?

[@anjo2365]

Great summer jam! Those were the days!

[@ajruther67]

The Jackson 5 had their first hit in 1969 when Michael was 11, "I Want You Back" 2nd hit song "ABC" released in 1970. "The Love You Save" also released in 1970.

[@jarrettcone8949]

You're absolutely right

[@cah8124]

The Sylvers topped the Jackson’s in 1972 with their first #1 hit “Wish that I could talk to you” Watch it on KZbin. Very talented and aesthetically beautiful to watch ,which is why Joe Jackson and Berry Gordy kicked them off of their tour. Had things been fair…………

[@ajruther67]

@@cah8124 I loved The Sylvers as well. Another great family group.

[@ackmrk]

LOVE THIS!! It was my first LP as a kid!

[@traceyrankin936]

The Jackson’s were the first band but the Sylvers were right behind. The youngest brother is Foster Sylvers. And the lead singer Leon Sylvers is a big time producer.

[@Eric4471066]

The youngest member of the sylvers family is Foster Sylvers. The Sylvers came second a few years after the Jackson 5.

[@carladicarlo3255]

Wow! This brings back memories of listening to this with my friend on a 45 record her room. Loved this song!

[@smittybenzo4693]

Michael Jackson was 18 when The Sylvers did this song which would make him around the age of The lead singer of The Sylvers. The Jackson Five came out years before these guys.

[@brooklynmysticaldiva4729]

Blast from the past!!! Great choice 👌

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

There were some amazing fros back in the day....I miss them. Everyone walked around with the Afro Combs aka Picks in their back pocket....even white or hispanic folks with curly hair. Those were the days!😁.

[@mkmstillstackin]

Talk about holly fond memories, Batman! This was like must-see TV when I was a kid. If you didn't "catch it" when it aired, that was it. You missed it. See what I did there? "Catch it"? Lol

[@mrbuster1964]

The most in synch performance in history!!!

[@chab1rd155]

Loved this jam back in the day!!! ....and STILL DO! 💟

[@chellj8175]

I haven’t heard this in a long time! Always loved this song

[@julespumachu]

There were many groups with similar styles and sounds. From hearing all of them on the radio, and seeing them on TV, you'd get the differences locked in your head. (I miss my Big Wheel. 🤣)💖

[@minervagarza95]

My class danced to this in the 5th grade on parents' night. What a fun song

[@famijher]

I can't challenge your chair dancing skills. It has been a long time since I heard this one. Back when it first came out, I was too young. Later on, almost all Disco made me gag. Now, as I've gotten older, I've realized that there were good Disco songs, and this is definitely one of the Classic Tunes from Back in the Day!

[@CCDzine]

One of my first 45 records. The flip side was Hotline.

[@NYPG1968]

Leon Sylver is one of the best producers of modern music including Shalamar, The Whispers and Midnight Star

[@cah8124]

Absolutely. His producing , writing, bass playing, and mentoring can hardly be matched.He led his siblings out of poverty when it was a do or die

[@suzan5533]

I used to love dancing to this one and the high voice was the best!

[@katherinereece]

It is always time to boogie!

[@NYPG1968]

jAMEL The Sylvers were a south central LA family approximating the Jackson esthetic. You can check for their song Hotline too

[@willnorris4452]

Thanks Jamal, for doing "Boogie Fever", I had requested it awhile back.. Jackson 5 came way first with the hits in the early 70's(ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye, I Want You Back, etc..). From the mid 70's era, check out "Dancing Machine", when Michael introduced The Robot, or the great Ballad/rocker, "I Am Love", for Jackson 5. Still requesting Midnight Specials.. Ohio Players epic performance of "Fire".. Thank you.

[@PaintedCavern]

One of my all time favorite songs, this came out when I was 12 and I have always lived it. Stephen King used lyrics from this in his book The Stand along with Don't Fear the Reaper.

[@JohnCoctostan]

Jamel I miss your afro wig. Definitely needed it for this one.

[@angelanicholson951]

The Jackson's first. They had a cartoon series called The Jackson 5ive which started in 1971. Obviously, before that they were already performing with their look and dancing. I dsaw them in the UK is 1979. I was right at the front. They wore their light cream/ white outfits they were known for. Someone picked me up to put onto the stage, and Micheal looked down and smiled at me as i tried to get myself down. Barely any security.

[@jeffbrown1653]

Time to put on those roller skates. Wow it's been along time since I heard this song.

[@nja3224]

Wow, I had a smile from ear to ear listening to this. It’s flat out a fun song.