Sylvester - Can't Stop Dancing (Fantasy Records 1979)
"Can't Stop Dancing" is a song written and produced by Sylvester. Sylvester James (September 6, 1947 -- December 16, 1988), was an American disco and soul singer-songwriter. Known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, he was often described as a drag queen, although repeatedly rejected such a description. Responsible for a string of hit singles, in the late 1970s, Sylvester became known in the United States under the moniker of the "Queen of Disco".
Born in Watts, Los Angeles, Sylvester first developed a love of singing through the gospel choirs of his Pentecostal church, however left the congregation after being persecuted for his homosexuality. Leaving home as a teenager, he was an early founder of a group of African-American cross-dressers and transwomen known as The Disquotays, who eventually disbanded in 1970. Moving to San Francisco, he embraced the counter-cultural lifestyle and joined drag troupe The Cockettes, eventually producing his own solo shows in which he was heavily influenced by female blues and jazz singers like Billie Holiday and Josephine Baker. It the middle of their critically panned tour of New York City, Sylvester left the Cockettes and decided to focus entirely on a solo career.
As the front man for Sylvester and his Hot Band, he released two commercially unsuccessful albums on Blue Thumb Records in 1973 before the members of the Hot Band left him. Gaining new backing singers in the form of Two Tons O' Fun and subsequently Jeanie Tracy, he proceeded to obtain a new recording contract with Harvey Fuqua of Fantasy Records. His first solo album, Sylvester (1977), was a moderate success, and was followed by the acclaimed disco album, Step II (1978), which spawned the hit singles "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and "Dance (Disco Heat)". He produced three more albums with Fantasy Records before breaking from them un-amicably. Signing to Megatone Records, the dance-orientated label founded by his friend and collaborator Patrick Cowley, he produced four further albums and the hit Hi-NRG track "Do Ya Wanna Funk". An activist who campaigned against the spread of HIV/AIDS, Sylvester died from complications arising from the virus in 1988.
On September 19, 2005, Sylvester was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame for his achievement as an artist.
On the night I first met you
You made all my dreams come true
And I said to myself that I would never stop dancing
When my feet first hit the floor
I jumped and boogied then I screamed some more
And when we kissed I swore I'd never stop dancing
When you said you're all talk and I like the way that you move
So, get back, slowly back, slowly back
And let me have some room... Oh!
I can't stop! (Can't stop dancing)
You won't let me go, no, no (I can't stop dancing)
I can't stop dancing) Dancing
(I can't stop dancing)
Oooh, I can't stop (Can't stop dancing)
You won't let me stop now (I can't stop dancing)
You won't let me stop (I can't stop dancing)
Who can make me stop dancing (I can't stop dancing)
(On the night I first met you
You made all my dreams come true
And I said to myself that I would never stop dancing) Oh!
(When my feet first hit the floor
I jumped and boogied then I screamed some more
And when we kissed I swore I'd never stop dancing)
When you said you're all talk and I like the way that you move
Oh, you move!
I'll get, I'll get back and let me have some room... Oh!
I can't stop! (Can't stop dancing)
You won't let me go, no, no (I can't stop dancing)
I can't stop, no (I can't stop dancing)
You are my everything (I can't stop dancing)
Now I can't (Can't stop dancing)
No, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't (I can't stop dancing)
Stop dancing (I can't stop dancing)
No, I can't stop (I can't stop dancing)
(Can't stop dancing I can't stop dancing) repeat
Then you said you're all talk and I like the way that you move
Ooohooohooo, you move!
I'll get back, I'll get back and let me have some room
(Can't stop dancing) Dancing! (repeat)
(On the night I first met you) You met
(You made all my dreams come true)
And I said to myself that I would never, never stop dancing Oh!
(When my feet first hit the floor) Jump and boogie!
(I jumped and boogied then I screamed some more) Then you kissed me, baby!
(And when we kissed I swore) I would never stop dancing
Then you said you're all talk and I like the way that you move
Oh, you move!
I'll get, I'll get back and let me have some room... Oh!
I can't stop! (Can't stop dancing)
You won't let me go (I can't stop dancing)
I can't stop, no (I can't stop dancing)
You are my everything (I can't stop dancing)
Now I can't (Can't stop dancing)
No, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't (I can't stop dancing)
Stop dancing (I can't stop dancing)
No, I can't stop (I can't stop dancing)
(Can't stop dancing) Dancing! (repeat)
When you said you're all talk and I like the way that you move
Oh, you move!
I'll get, I'll get back and let me have some room... Oh!