Ross Radio Show 176

 

It is the long awaited (by a couple folk) return of The Ross Radio. Years ago after complaining about not having music to listen to on the radio I made my own station. Sometimes there are themes and sometimes I just play what I wanna hear. In this episode I play The Whispers Rock Steady, A Taste Of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie, Rejoice Best Of My Love, Chaka Khan Like Sugar, Shalamar Second Time Around, Earth Wind & Fire Let's Groove, Sylvester Disco Heat, and Cheryl Lynn Got The Best Of My Love. Click here for previous episodes.

Pride And Entertainment: Sylvester

Allow me to preface this by saying that I'm a straight Black dude. I know you have to be careful when writing or talking about things especially when talking to people you don't know about things you aren't. I just wanna point out that this is Pride Month and talk about someone who I'm a fan of and a while ago read about and thought “Holy shit. This dude was bold as fuck.” And that person is Sylvester James Jr. better known as the singer Sylvester. If you don't know who Sylvester is then shame on you because he made some awesome ass songs.

Sylvester was born on September 6th, 1947 in Watts, California. Read that again and let it sink in. If you said he was born in Watts 1987 and you knew about Watts back then you'd go “Yeesh.” Sylvester sang at church growing up before leaving after a combination of the church being against his sexuality and a sexual relationship with an older member of the church. This was when he was 13 years old so it is now about 1960. In his early teens after not being able to get along with his mother and stepfather he left becoming homeless.

Ross Radio Show 140

Felt like playing some disco this morning. Donna Summer Hot Stuff, Jackson 5 Dancing Machine, Sylvester Disco Heat, Patrick Hernandez Born To Be Alive, Michael Jackson Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, Rose Royce Car Wash, Lynn Collins Think, Earth Wind & Fire Let’s Groove Tonight, Indeep Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, and Foxy Get Off. Click here to download this and previous Ross Radio Shows.

Ross Radio Show 113

Felt like listening to some good disco music. I play some La Flavour Mandolay, T Connection Do What You Wanna Do, Loleatta Holloway Love Sensation, Donna Summer I Feel Love, Chic Dance Dance Dance Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah, Saturday Night Band Come On And Dance Dance, Michael Jackson Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough, The Trammps That’s Where The Happy People Go, Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive, and Sylvester Dance Disco Heat. Click here to download this episode and here for past Ross Radio Shows.

Ross Radio Show 95

If “don’t ask” I “wont tell” what the theme of this episode is. I play some Diana Ross I’m Coming Out, The Weather Girls Its Raining Men, Sylvester You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive, ABBA Dancing Queen, RuPaul Supermodel, George Michael Too Funky, Grace Jones Slave To The Rhythm, Village People Macho Man, Cher Believe, Sister Sledge We Are Family, and Donna Summers Love To Love You. Click here to download this and past Ross Radio Shows.

Ross Radio Show 30

In this rollerskating themed show I play some Cheryl Lynn Got To Be Real, Evelyn Champagne King Shame, Candi Station Young Hearts Run Free, The Jackson 5 Blame It On The Boogie, Donna Summer Last Dance, Grace Jones Pull Up To The Bumper, Bell and James Livin’ It Up, Sylvester Dance, and Fatback Strokin’. Click here to download this and past Ross Radio Shows.

Ross Radio Show 9

In this disco-fied episode I play some Amii Stewart, Sylvester, Rose Royce, Patrick Hernandez, McFadden & Whitehead, and La Flavour. Click here to download this and past Ross Radio Shows.