Dawn Silva

Dawn Silva is an American funk vocalist.

Silva was born in Sacramento, California. She started her career as a background vocalist for Sly and The Family Stone. She joined P-Funk in 1977. She was the only original Brides of Funkenstein member to continue through Brides' career. In 1978, with Lynn Mabry, she released the successful and acclaimed Funk Or Walk. The Bride's first single release on Atlantic Records, "Disco To Go", sold over five hundred thousand units, and was certified Gold. In 1979, with Sheila Horne & Jeanette McGruder, she released the top single "Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy," voted by Rolling Stone 2001 as one of the top 50 coolest albums ever released. The Brides were the only group in the funk organization to receive a Rhythm and Blues Award in 1981 for Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy.

Later career

Silva recorded and toured with The Gap Band in 1982. She signed a solo deal with Polygram Records in 1988, but her debut album was never released.

Her recording and touring credits include and not limted to are, Ice Cube, Boyz n the Hood, Roy Ayers, Snoop Dogg, Coolio, B.B. King, and Parliament Funkadelic. Her first solo album release in Europe on Musisoft (Paris France) All My Funky Friends, December 2000, sold thousands of units, and was hailed by Tower Records (2001) as the only authentic funk album to be released in over two decades. Silva's debut CD a stunning slab of infectious grooves (Amy Hanson AMG - All Music Guide) was the talk of the internet, and would earn her a second license deal with a Dutch label Challenge Records and headline performances such as The North Sea Jazz Festival in Den Haag Holland were written to be electrifying.

Discography

• Heard Ya Missed Me Sly & The Family Stone CBS
• I Get High On You Sly & The Family Stone CBS
• Parliament Live Parliament/Funkadelic Casablanca
• Funkentelechy VS the Placebo Syndrome Parliament/Funkadelic Warner Bros
• One Nation Under a Groove Parliament/Funkadleic Warmer Bros
• Aqua Boogie Parliament/Funkadelic Warner Bros
• GloryHallaStopoid Parliament/Funkadelic
• Trombibulation Parliament/Funkadelic
• Games Dames & Guitar Thangs Eddie Hazel Warner Bros
• The Horny Horns Atlantic Records
• Funk or Walk The Brides Of Funkenstein Atlantic Records
• Never Buy Texas From a Cowboy The Brides of Funkenstein Atlantic Records
• These Boots Are Made For Funking Bootsy Collins Warner Bros
• Gap Band IV The Gap Band Mercury
• Gap Band V The Gap Band Mercury
• Gap Band VI The Gap Band RCA
• Gap Band VII The Gap Band CBS
• All My Funky Friends Dawn Silva(SilvaSounds/JDC Records 2000)

External links

• DawnSilva.com via Internet Archive.

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