Sylvester
Album: Living Proof
Rating: * * * * 1/2
Release Date: Feb 1979
Recording Date: Mar 11, 1979
Label: Fantasy
Time: 63:04

Tracklist:
1 Overture: 
  Grateful/You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) /Dance (Disco Heat) 	
			Finden, Orbson, Robinson, Sylvester, Wirrick	3:25
2 Body Strong 		Finden, Sylvester 				3:21
3 Blackbird 		Lennon, McCartney 				4:52
4 Medley: Could It Be Magic/A Song for You 	
			Anderson, Manilow, Russel 			5:58
5 Happiness 		Toussaint 					5:59
6 Lover Man 		Davis, Ramirez, Sherman 			6:10
7 Sharing Something Perfect Between Ourselves 	
			Johnson, Porter 				6:57
8 You Are My Friend 	Edwards, Ellison, Labelle 			8:00
9 Dance (Disco Heat) 	Orsborn, Robinson 			       11:09
10 You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) 	Sylvester, Wirrick 	       10:38

Charts (Billboard)
Album:
1979	Living Proof			Black Albums	 	45
1980	Living Proof			Pop Albums	       123
Singles:
1978	Dance (Disco Heat)	 	Black Singles	 	 4
1978	Dance (Disco Heat)	 	Pop Singles		19
1978	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)/Dance (Disco Heat)  
					Club Play Singles	 1
1979	I (Who Have Nothing)/Stars/Body Strong  	
					Club Play Singles	 4
1979	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)	Black Singles		20
1979	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)	Pop Singles		36
1980	You Are My Friend	 	Black Singles		30

Credits:
Terry Adams 		Strings
Patrice Anderson 	Strings
Marc Baum 		Flute, Saxophone
Frederick Berry 	Trumpet
Adrienne Blackshere 	Strings
Edward Bogas 		Strings
Dean Boysen 		Trumpet
Phil Bray 		Photography
India Cooke 		Strings
Richard Corsello 	Engineer, Mixing
Patrick Cowley 		Synthesizer
Greg Crockett 		Bass
Ellen Dessier 		Strings
Kelvin Dixon 		Drums
Leslie Drayton 		Strings, Arranger, Horn, Horn Arrangements, 
			String Arrangements
Julianne Feldman 	Strings
Michael Finden 		Keyboards
Gus Anthony Flores 	Percussion
David Frazier 		Percussion
Harvey Fuqua 		Producer
Dennis Gassner 		Design
Stephen Gehl 		Strings
Kenneth Harrison 	Strings
Sharon Hymes 		Vocals (bckgr)
Bob Kingson 		Bass
Bob Kingston 		Bass
Danny Kopelson 		Mixing Assistant
Rick Kvistad 		Tympani [Timpani]
Mel Martin 		Sax (Baritone)
Mary Anne Meredith 	Strings
Carl Pedersen 		Strings
Randall Pratt 		Harp
Marjorie Prescott 	Strings
Julian Priester 	Trombone
William Pyncron 	Strings
Dan Reagan 		Trombone
Izora Rhodes 		Vocals (bckgr)
Barbara Riccardi 	Strings
Eric Robinson 		Synthesizer, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
Melinda Ross 		Strings
Nathan Rubin 		Strings
Serban Rusu 		Strings
Allen Smith 		Trumpet
David Sprunk 		French Horn
Jay Stolmac 		Flute, Saxophone
Sylvester 		Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
John Tenney 		Strings, Concert Master
Jeanie Tracy 		Vocals (bckgr)
Emily VanValkenburgh 	Strings
Melinda Wagner 		Strings
Wayne Wallace 		Trombone
Kathy Walters 		Strings
Martha Wash 		Vocals (bckgr)
Ralph Wash 		Guitar
Ross Wilson 		Trombone, Trumpet
Tip Wirrick 		Guitar