Living Proof (Sylvester album) explained

Living Proof
Type:Live
Artist:Sylvester
Cover:Living Proof Sylvester album.jpg
Released:1979
Recorded:March 11, 1979
Venue:War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California
Genre:Disco, pop
Label:Fantasy
Producer:Harvey Fuqua, Sylvester
Prev Title:Stars
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Sell My Soul
Next Year:1980

Living Proof is an album by American singer Sylvester, released in 1979 on the Fantasy label. Living Proof was a double-record set featuring three sides of live material recorded at War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California. The fourth side of the album included three new studio recordings.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 45 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 123 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Can't Stop Dancing", which peaked at No. 43 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and a cover version of Patti LaBelle's "You Are My Friend", which charted at No. 30 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. "Can't Stop Dancing", along with the track "In My Fantasy (I Want You, I Need You)", both reached No. 2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1979)Peaks
[1]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs123
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs45

Singles

YearSinglePeaks
US
R&B
US
Dan

1979"Can't Stop Dancing"432
"In My Fantasy (I Want You, I Need You)" -
1980"You Are My Friend"30 -

Notes and References

  1. US Charts > Sylvester. Billboard. 24 November 2019.