The bass player in the middle is Producer Leon Sylvers who was also a member of the family group The Sylvers who you reacted to a few days ago. He produced albums for his own group, Dynasty and for other Solar record artists like Shalamar, The Whispers, Lakeside, Midnight Star and several others. I love this song too.
Leon Sylvers and SOLAR(Dynasty, Shalamar) is interesting because they were the last wave of regional music(Motown, Stax, Philly Int.) and of course stood for “Sound Of Los Angeles”. Sylvers was younger and grew up in LA so he had the pulse of the streets. Their Soul Train connection helped get their records played on the East Coast right away. Sylvers bass lines were savage🎼🎸🔥
Some songs to consider 🤔: New Edition- She Gives Me A Bang (on OlsKool Jamz YT channel), Vanity 6- Nasty Girl (on TopPop YT channel) or Mary Jane Girls- All Night Long (Official Video).
A very nice reaction 🎯! I’ve Just Begun To Love You was the lead single from Dynasty's 1980 album: Adventures In The Land Of Music. It was written by Ricky Smith and William Shelby. It was produced by Leon Sylvers III. The song reached #5 on the Dance chart, #6 on the R&B chart and #87 on the Hot 100. No info on the music video is available. Dynasty Info 📰: Dynasty was a R&B/Funk band based in Los Angeles, California created by producer and SOLAR Records label head Dick Griffey and record producer Leon Sylvers III. The band was known for their R&B dance songs during the late 1970s and 1980s. Dynasty was essentially the brainchild of Dick Griffey and producer Leon Sylvers III, a former member of the family group: The Sylvers, who had achieved much popularity in the early to mid-1970s. Leon Sylvers III, a principal architect of the SOLAR sound, had become the in-house producer in 1978 for the SOLAR record label whose name stood for: "Sound Of Los Angeles Records", and it was in this capacity that he brought the group members of Dynasty together. The group initially consisted of three young performers: vocalists Nidra Beard and Linda Carriere and vocalist-keyboardist Kevin Spencer. After graduating from college in New Orleans, Linda Carriere became friends with Nidra Beard in Los Angeles during the winter of 1972. Both were frequent visitors to Maverick's Flat, a popular music nightclub. The owner of Maverick's Flat, John Daniels, was in the process of putting together a new singing group: DeBlanc, and both young singers became members. For two years they toured with DeBlanc throughout the major cities of Europe, Japan, Canada and the United States. When DeBlanc broke up in 1975, some of the original members including Linda Carriere and Nidra Beard formed a new group called Starfire. For one successful year, Starfire performed mainly in the United States, but with a few key dates in Finland and Iran. After the tour the group decided to disband. Around this time Nidra Beard developed a strong relationship with Leon Sylvers. She was, at that time, performing with The Sylvers as a fill-in on live dates for the female family members of the group who were minors. This new association proved beneficial to both Nidra Beard and Linda Carriere, as Leon Sylvers III introduced each to Dick Griffey. Kevin Spencer first met Leon Sylvers III when he appeared at the Sylvers' Palos Verdes home, unannounced, to audition as the bass player for the group. It was that introduction, coupled with Kevin Spencer's live on stage performance concerts with The Sylvers, that cemented what both Leon Sylvers III and Dick Griffey wanted for their new group. Work then began on Dynasty's first album. Dynasty's debut album: Your Piece Of The Rock, released in 1979, yielded the band's first R&B hit song: "I Don't Want To Be A Freak (But I Can't Help Myself)". The track also peaked at No. 20 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1979. The group's second album: Adventures In The Land Of Music, was released in 1980. The album contained the group's biggest hit song: "I've Just Begun To Love You", which peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard R&B chart; No. 87 on the US Billboard Hot 100; and No. 51 in the UK, as well as the charting songs: "Do Me Right" and "Groove Control". The three songs combined to reach number five on the US Dance chart. The album's title track would eventually provide the key samples for other artists including: Camp Lo's "Luchini AKA This Is It", Angie Stone's "Lovers' Ghetto", Terri Walker's "This Is My Time", Tha' Rayne's "Kiss Me", Brooke Valentine's "Long As You Come Home", Rashad's "Sweet Misery", Antiloop's "Catch Me", Jadakiss' "How I Feel", HaLo's "Follow Me", Rushden & Diamonds' "Lil' Bits", DSP's "Tisztelet a Kivételnek" and Wiz Khalifa's "Won't Land". Leon Sylvers III joined the group in 1981, but his presence did not elevate their success. That year they released their third album: The Second Adventure. Although it did produce two top 40 R&B hit songs: "Here I Am" and "Love In The Fast Lane", the album was largely overlooked. Leon Sylvers III and Nidra Beard would briefly married during the early 1980s. The group's 1982 album: Right Back At Cha!, generated two singles: "Check It Out" and "Strokin'". Only "Check It Out" saw chart action while the album peaked halfway up the Billboard 200. SOLAR released two separate singles in the UK: "The Only One" and "Does That Ring A Bell", the latter reached No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart. The band returned with a new album 1986: Daydreamin', but by this time Linda Carriere was no longer part of the group. Dynasty's final album release was: Out Of Control, in 1988, but the hit singles had dried up. Curiously, Out Of Control, has exactly the same album cover as Daydreamin' and includes several of the same tracks. Even though new SOLAR producers LA Reid and Babyface were brought in for musical production on: Out Of Control, the group could not revive their earlier glory and disbanded soon afterwards. However, they would later appear as backing vocalists on Gospel artist and labelmate Juanita G Hines's 1994 album: Jesus, My Wonderful Friend. Nidra Beard (Sylvers), who had co-written much of Dynasty's material, continued as a songwriter. Her songs appear on albums by many artists including: Shalamar, The Whispers, 7th Wonder, 911, and LaRue. Linda Carriere continued as a background vocalist, while keyboardist-singer Kevin Spencer returned to studio work and can be heard on recordings by many artists including: Carrie Lucas, Shalamar, The Whispers, Tin Harris and Gladys Knight & The Pips. Leon Sylvers III went on to have a successful career as a music producer and songwriter for such artists as Howard Hewett, Ahmad Jamal, The Brothers Johnson, Glenn Jones and Blackstreet. Dynasty still performs their music live on stage in 2023. No info on who makes up the performing group members. Dynasty Group Members 👩🏾🎤👩🏼🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏽🎤: Nidra Beard: vocals Linda Carriere: vocals Wayne Milstein: percussion Wardell Potts Jr: drums Richard Randolph: guitar Ernest Pepper Reed: guitar William Shelby: keyboards/vocals (*Passed Away 2021) Ricky Smith: keyboards Kevin Spencer: keyboard synthesizer/vocals Leon Sylvers III: bass/vocals Dynasty Albums 📀: Your Piece Of The Rock (1979) Adventures In The Land Of Music (1980) The Second Adventure (1981) Right Back At Cha! (1982) Daydreamin' (1986) Out Of Control (1988) Some good Dynasty songs 🎶: Adventures In The Land Of Music, Groove Control, Satisfied, High Time (I Left You Baby), Way Out, Personality, That Loving Feeling, Here I Am, Daydreamin', Check It Out, Don't Waste My Time, When You Feel Like Giving Love (Dial My Number), Tuff Love, Way Out, I Can't Stop Loving You, That's The Way I Feel About You, Something To Remember, Your Piece Of The Rock, All's Fair In Love And War, Give Your Love To Me, Day And Night, The Only One, Questions, Cherry Red Bikini, Lock On Love, Pain Got A Hold On Me, Give It Up For Love, Ice Breaker, Love In The Fast Lane, I Don't Want To Be A Freak (But I Can't Help Myself), Strokin', Freeway Lover, Out Of Control, Does That Ring A Bell, Tell Me (Do You Want My Love?), You're My Angel, Everlasting, Revenge, Straight Out , A Man In Love, Right Back At Cha!, It's Still A Thrill and Do Me Right. Fun Fact 🕵🏾♂: Leon Sylvers was a member of both The Sylvers and Dynasty, who were both on SOLAR Records.
Omg omg. I’m not lying when I say I had forgot all about this song until the intro started. Haven’t heard it in decades. 😂Please do “Pass The Dutchie “ by Musical Youth and “Unconditional Love”. by Donna Summer with Musical Youth .
The bass player in the middle is Producer Leon Sylvers who was also a member of the family
group The Sylvers who you reacted to a few days ago. He produced albums for his own group,
Dynasty and for other Solar record artists like Shalamar, The Whispers, Lakeside, Midnight Star
and several others. I love this song too.
The Genius of the LEGENDARY Iconic Mr Leon Sylvers
Leon Sylvers and SOLAR(Dynasty, Shalamar) is interesting because they were the last wave of regional music(Motown, Stax, Philly Int.) and of course stood for “Sound Of Los Angeles”. Sylvers was younger and grew up in LA so he had the pulse of the streets. Their Soul Train connection helped get their records played on the East Coast right away. Sylvers bass lines were savage🎼🎸🔥
Some songs to consider 🤔: New Edition- She Gives Me A Bang (on OlsKool Jamz YT channel), Vanity 6- Nasty Girl (on TopPop YT channel) or Mary Jane Girls- All Night Long (Official Video).
Classic Funk 🤘🏾
A very nice reaction 🎯! I’ve Just Begun To Love You was the lead single from Dynasty's 1980 album: Adventures In The Land Of Music. It was written by Ricky Smith and William Shelby. It was produced by Leon Sylvers III. The song reached #5 on the Dance chart, #6 on the R&B chart and #87 on the Hot 100. No info on the music video is available.
Dynasty Info 📰:
Dynasty was a R&B/Funk band based in Los Angeles, California created by producer and SOLAR Records label head Dick Griffey and record producer Leon Sylvers III. The band was known for their R&B dance songs during the late 1970s and 1980s.
Dynasty was essentially the brainchild of Dick Griffey and producer Leon Sylvers III, a former member of the family group: The Sylvers, who had achieved much popularity in the early to mid-1970s. Leon Sylvers III, a principal architect of the SOLAR sound, had become the in-house producer in 1978 for the SOLAR record label whose name stood for: "Sound Of Los Angeles Records", and it was in this capacity that he brought the group members of Dynasty together. The group initially consisted of three young performers: vocalists Nidra Beard and Linda Carriere and vocalist-keyboardist Kevin Spencer.
After graduating from college in New Orleans, Linda Carriere became friends with Nidra Beard in Los Angeles during the winter of 1972. Both were frequent visitors to Maverick's Flat, a popular music nightclub. The owner of Maverick's Flat, John Daniels, was in the process of putting together a new singing group: DeBlanc, and both young singers became members. For two years they toured with DeBlanc throughout the major cities of Europe, Japan, Canada and the United States. When DeBlanc broke up in 1975, some of the original members including Linda Carriere and Nidra Beard formed a new group called Starfire. For one successful year, Starfire performed mainly in the United States, but with a few key dates in Finland and Iran. After the tour the group decided to disband. Around this time Nidra Beard developed a strong relationship with Leon Sylvers. She was, at that time, performing with The Sylvers as a fill-in on live dates for the female family members of the group who were minors. This new association proved beneficial to both Nidra Beard and Linda Carriere, as Leon Sylvers III introduced each to Dick Griffey. Kevin Spencer first met Leon Sylvers III when he appeared at the Sylvers' Palos Verdes home, unannounced, to audition as the bass player for the group. It was that introduction, coupled with Kevin Spencer's live on stage performance concerts with The Sylvers, that cemented what both Leon Sylvers III and Dick Griffey wanted for their new group. Work then began on Dynasty's first album.
Dynasty's debut album: Your Piece Of The Rock, released in 1979, yielded the band's first R&B hit song: "I Don't Want To Be A Freak (But I Can't Help Myself)". The track also peaked at No. 20 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1979. The group's second album: Adventures In The Land Of Music, was released in 1980. The album contained the group's biggest hit song: "I've Just Begun To Love You", which peaked at No. 6 on the US Billboard R&B chart; No. 87 on the US Billboard Hot 100; and No. 51 in the UK, as well as the charting songs: "Do Me Right" and "Groove Control". The three songs combined to reach number five on the US Dance chart. The album's title track would eventually provide the key samples for other artists including: Camp Lo's "Luchini AKA This Is It", Angie Stone's "Lovers' Ghetto", Terri Walker's "This Is My Time", Tha' Rayne's "Kiss Me", Brooke Valentine's "Long As You Come Home", Rashad's "Sweet Misery", Antiloop's "Catch Me", Jadakiss' "How I Feel", HaLo's "Follow Me", Rushden & Diamonds' "Lil' Bits", DSP's "Tisztelet a Kivételnek" and Wiz Khalifa's "Won't Land".
Leon Sylvers III joined the group in 1981, but his presence did not elevate their success. That year they released their third album: The Second Adventure. Although it did produce two top 40 R&B hit songs: "Here I Am" and "Love In The Fast Lane", the album was largely overlooked. Leon Sylvers III and Nidra Beard would briefly married during the early 1980s.
The group's 1982 album: Right Back At Cha!, generated two singles: "Check It Out" and "Strokin'". Only "Check It Out" saw chart action while the album peaked halfway up the Billboard 200. SOLAR released two separate singles in the UK: "The Only One" and "Does That Ring A Bell", the latter reached No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart. The band returned with a new album 1986: Daydreamin', but by this time Linda Carriere was no longer part of the group. Dynasty's final album release was: Out Of Control, in 1988, but the hit singles had dried up. Curiously, Out Of Control, has exactly the same album cover as Daydreamin' and includes several of the same tracks. Even though new SOLAR producers LA Reid and Babyface were brought in for musical production on: Out Of Control, the group could not revive their earlier glory and disbanded soon afterwards. However, they would later appear as backing vocalists on Gospel artist and labelmate Juanita G Hines's 1994 album: Jesus, My Wonderful Friend.
Nidra Beard (Sylvers), who had co-written much of Dynasty's material, continued as a songwriter. Her songs appear on albums by many artists including: Shalamar, The Whispers, 7th Wonder, 911, and LaRue. Linda Carriere continued as a background vocalist, while keyboardist-singer Kevin Spencer returned to studio work and can be heard on recordings by many artists including: Carrie Lucas, Shalamar, The Whispers, Tin Harris and Gladys Knight & The Pips. Leon Sylvers III went on to have a successful career as a music producer and songwriter for such artists as Howard Hewett, Ahmad Jamal, The Brothers Johnson, Glenn Jones and Blackstreet.
Dynasty still performs their music live on stage in 2023. No info on who makes up the performing group members.
Dynasty Group Members 👩🏾🎤👩🏼🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏽🎤:
Nidra Beard: vocals
Linda Carriere: vocals
Wayne Milstein: percussion
Wardell Potts Jr: drums
Richard Randolph: guitar
Ernest Pepper Reed: guitar
William Shelby: keyboards/vocals (*Passed Away 2021)
Ricky Smith: keyboards
Kevin Spencer: keyboard synthesizer/vocals
Leon Sylvers III: bass/vocals
Dynasty Albums 📀:
Your Piece Of The Rock (1979)
Adventures In The Land Of Music (1980)
The Second Adventure (1981)
Right Back At Cha! (1982)
Daydreamin' (1986)
Out Of Control (1988)
Some good Dynasty songs 🎶: Adventures In The Land Of Music, Groove Control, Satisfied, High Time (I Left You Baby), Way Out, Personality, That Loving Feeling, Here I Am, Daydreamin', Check It Out, Don't Waste My Time, When You Feel Like Giving Love (Dial My Number), Tuff Love, Way Out, I Can't Stop Loving You, That's The Way I Feel About You, Something To Remember, Your Piece Of The Rock, All's Fair In Love And War, Give Your Love To Me, Day And Night, The Only One, Questions, Cherry Red Bikini, Lock On Love, Pain Got A Hold On Me, Give It Up For Love, Ice Breaker, Love In The Fast Lane, I Don't Want To Be A Freak (But I Can't Help Myself), Strokin', Freeway Lover, Out Of Control, Does That Ring A Bell, Tell Me (Do You Want My Love?), You're My Angel, Everlasting, Revenge, Straight Out , A Man In Love, Right Back At Cha!, It's Still A Thrill and Do Me Right.
Fun Fact 🕵🏾♂: Leon Sylvers was a member of both The Sylvers and Dynasty, who were both on SOLAR Records.
It wasn't popular but very nice kinda dance song haven't heard in a long time
Omg omg. I’m not lying when I say I had forgot all about this song until the intro started. Haven’t heard it in decades. 😂Please do “Pass The Dutchie “ by Musical Youth and “Unconditional Love”. by Donna Summer with Musical Youth .
Lol I did that one
This is of my favorite jams of all time filthy Is great reaction👏👏👏💯💯
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If you look up the name Leon sylvers the 3rd? He started the family group THE SYLVERS, IN THE 70s
If you look up the name Leon sylvers the 3rd? He started the family group THE SYLVERS, IN THE 70s