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Died On This Date (March 11, 2004) Edmund Sylvers / The Sylvers

Posted by themusicsover on March 11, 2010

Edmund Sylvers
January 25, 1957 – March 11, 2004

As one of disco’s family groups, the Sylvers, Edmund Sylvers scored a huge hit with “Boogie Fever” in 1976. He was also the voice of the Marlon Jackson character in the popular Jackson 5 cartoon. After the disco fever died off, Sylvers continued to work as a percussionist and a producer with such artists as Jackson 5, the Whispers, Gladys Knight and Janet Jackson. He succumbed to cancer on March 11, 2004.

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