The Sylvers III
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The Sylvers III is the third album by the Los Angeles
, California
-based R&B group The Sylvers
.
and Michael Viner
. This was their last album on MGM
before they went to Capital Records.
The album released only one single: "Through the Love In My Heart". Peak Billboard R&B
Chart Position 50
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, California
California
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-based R&B group The Sylvers
The Sylvers
The Sylvers were a popular R&B/soul and disco family group during the 1970s. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, the family would later relocate to Watts, California.- Beginnings :...
.
Reception
Released in 1974, Produced by Perry Botkin, Jr.Perry Botkin, Jr.
Perry Botkin, Jr. is an American composer, producer, arranger, and musician. He had a successful career in music for over forty years. As an arranger, he worked with Bobby Darin, Harry Nilsson, The Lettermen, Ed Ames, and Harpers Bizarre, among others...
and Michael Viner
Michael Viner
Michael Viner was an American film producer and record producer, who later shifted into book publishing and became an innovator in the audiobook field...
. This was their last album on MGM
MGM Records
MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. Later it became a pop label, lasting into the 1970s...
before they went to Capital Records.
The album released only one single: "Through the Love In My Heart". Peak Billboard R&B
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
Chart Position 50
Track listing
- "I Aim To Please" (Sharon Sylvers) 3:08
- "Could Be You" (James Sylvers) 4:40
- "Wish You Were Here" (James Sylvers) 2:20
- "Don't Give Up The Good Life" (Shirley Sylvers) 3:00
- "Even This Shall Pass Away" (Leon Sylvers IIILeon Sylvers IIILeon Frank Sylvers III is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He was a member of the family group The Sylvers and became one of the most successful producers in black music in the late 1970s to the mid 1980s through his association with Dick Griffey's SOLAR...
) 3:50 - "Am I Truly Yours" (Leon Sylvers IIILeon Sylvers IIILeon Frank Sylvers III is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He was a member of the family group The Sylvers and became one of the most successful producers in black music in the late 1970s to the mid 1980s through his association with Dick Griffey's SOLAR...
) 3:40 - "Be My Love" (Sharon Sylvers) 3:05
- "Love Over Mind" (Dana Marshall) 3:40
- "What's It All About" (Shirley Sylvers) 2:35
- "TCB" (Sharon Sylvers, Shirley Sylvers) 3:10
Samples
- "Even This Shall Pass Away"
- "No Future"" by Buckshot & 9th Wonder9th WonderPatrick Douthit , better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, professor, and lyricist from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J...
on his The Formula (album)The Formula (album)The Formula is a collaborative album by Buckshot and 9th Wonder , released on April 29, 2008 through Duck Down Records . The album is the second full-length collaboration between the two, the first being 2005's Chemistry. The album's first single was "Go All Out"...
- "No Future"" by Buckshot & 9th Wonder
- "What's It All About"
- "Drug Dealer"" by Boogie Down ProductionsBoogie Down ProductionsBoogie Down Productions was a hip hop group that was originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the...
on his Sex and Violence (album)Sex and Violence (album)Sex and Violence is the final album released by hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. The next year, 1993, the group's lead member, KRS-One, would begin recording under his own name....
- "Drug Dealer"" by Boogie Down Productions