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Leon Sylvers III joins PRL for Performer Rights administration

Leon Sylvers first rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a member of The Little Angles harmony vocal group featuring his siblings (Olympia, Charmaine, and James).

The impresario Mike Curb signed them to MGM Records in 1971 and marketed them as The Sylvers. Leon wrote his first hit single ("Wish That I Could Talk to You") which was on their debut album called The Sylvers.

He also penned his brother Foster Sylvers' Top 10 US R&B chart single "Misdemeanor" which was a hit during summer of 1973.

In 1978 Leon would produced The Sylvers most critically acclaimed album, Forever Yours. By mid 1978 Leon would leave the group to become the in-house producer for Dick Griffey's SOLAR Records. Sylvers started his major production career with Lakeside on their "Shot of love" which was a Top 10 Top R&B Album.

This would also be the year that Leon's association with Shalamar would begin starting with the "Disco Gardens" album which included the disco classic "Take That to the Bank". 1979 would become an even bigger year. Shalamar's next album "Big Fun" was an even bigger smash lading at #4 on the Top R&B Albums charts and was certified gold. The first single "The Second Time Around" was a hit record number one on both the US R&B and R&B charts and number eight on the US Top 10.

Leon also co-produced Lakeside's "Rough Riders" album. That same year he created the group Dynasty along with Dick Griffey.

The 1980s started off with a bang for Leon. 1980 was a great year that he produced and/or wrote timeless albums for SOLAR acts such as Shalamar, The Whispers, Dynasty, Carrie Lucas and the first album by Midnight Star. One song wrote and co-produced by Leon for The Whispers was the number one US R&B and US Dance hit "And The Beat Goes On" whichwould be one of Sylvers' biggest achievements.

This would be the year that Leon would be involved on projects outside of the SOLAR Records family such as his Gene Page single "Love Starts After Dark"and 7th Wonder's song "The Tilt".

1981 picked up where 1980 left off. Shalamar would chart with the "Three For Love "album at number eight on the US Top Soul Albums. The album would be certified Gold. The Whispers "It's A Love Thing" which was another R&B smash which helped propel the Imagination album to number three on the Top Soul Albums charts. At this time Leon would get married to Nidra Beard who was a member of Dynasty as well as becoming a member.

Around the same time Leon would also become and produced His old family group, The Sylvers signed with SOLAR. Both "The Second Adventure" by Dynasty and "Concept" by The Sylvers Leon produced.

In 1982 Leon would go on and produce Shalamar's "Friends". It would be a monster album topping the US Top R&B Albums propelled by the single "A Night To Remember". The album would be certified Platinum.

Leon would spend the next couple of years producing hit songs for The Whispers ("In The Raw", "Tonight"), Gladys Knight & The Pips ("Save the Overtime (For Me)"), Tavares ("Ten To One") among others.

Now PRL is pleased to announce Leon has joined PRL for global performer rights administration!