The Sylvers - Mahogany
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Why would it be a wig? Hard to believe but people did have afros that huge. All it was was long hair.
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Was Edmund singing the lead or was it Foster?
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This kid in our neighborhood used to wear his afro as big as them (lol) once we all went swimming his hair did the exact same thing....long and stringy....hours later it was back to that big puffy afro.
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@1domsdad nope I got the pic of them all in their pool in Memphis. Their hair went from afro to stringy and long. Our question back then was how do they get their hair back to puffy afros.
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Happy Birthday Ricky and Olympia!
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@1domsdad...so true!!!! was a victim of a sweaty fro...lol
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@Belburg Yeah I agree mostly it was his but then one time he had an outrageously huge fake fro. lol. Fake real or whatever I loved all those guys lol.
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@Nanadsyl That looked like Jermaine's hair.He had his own little tight fro back then.
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Oops wore one lol!
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I really dont think The Sylvers wore wig. But Jermaine Jackson wore won when he came out with his solo album lol!! I loved the J5 and The Sylvers and still do!!!
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i love the lyrics



Regarding the afro controversy...lol!....I grew up in the 60's and 70's, and it is true that some performers wore wigs onstage back in the day, but not because they didn't have real afros - as anyone who has had a 'fro knows, perspiration is the mortal enemy of the afro! Lol! So to prevent "shrinkage" onstage, some performers did wigs to keep the hair looking good. I honestly don't think the Sylvers did. Just my opinion.
1domsdad 5 months ago 3
@1domsdad My mom had an afro wig back in the day but her natural hair had a relaxer in it...lol. :-D
ladyvee7110 5 months ago
So here's the deal. I'm a huge fan of the EARLY Sylvers (As seen in your picture.). The picture posted here is very misleading. This song was done by the "later " version of the group. (Disco version) Unfortunately Foster's voice changed but not for the better.
(Foster is not even in the picture!)
PetePeterkin 1 year ago
@PetePeterkin....Ok here's the deal, this is the only picture of the Sylvers that I have and it was scanned from an old magazine my cousin had. I'm aware this photo was an older one. I'm sorry you're disappointed with the pic and you felt mislead. It was either this photo or a black screen. I preferred to use this photo. By the way, you'll rarely find every member of the Sylvers family in one given publicity photo or even at one live performance. There's almost always one or two members missing.
ladyvee7110 1 year ago 8