Dawn Silva

Dawn Silva is an American funk vocalist. Silva started her career as a background vocalist for Sly and the Family Stone. She joined Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977. She was the only original Brides of Funkenstein member to continue through the Brides' entire career. In 1978, with Lynn Mabry, she released the successful Funk Or Walk. The Brides' first single release on Atlantic Records, "Disco To Go", sold over five hundred thousand units, and was certified Gold. In 1979, with Sheila Horne and Jeanette McGruder, the Brides released the single "Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy". In 1981, The Brides became the only group in the P-Funk organization to receive a Rhythm and Blues Award for the Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy album. It was voted by Rolling Stone in 2001 as one of the top 50 coolest albums ever released. 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 but are not limited to; 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.[citation needed] High on You Sly & The Family Stone (Epic/CBS) 1975 Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back Sly & The Family Stone (Epic/CBS) 1976 Parliament Live P.Funk Earth Tour Parliament (Casablanca) 1977 Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome Parliament (Casablanca) 1977 Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs Eddie Hazel (Warner Bros) 1977 A Blow for Me, a Toot to You Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns (Atlantic) 1977 Funk or Walk The Brides Of Funkenstein (Atlantic) 1978 One Nation Under a Groove Funkadelic (Warner Bros) 1978 Motor-Booty Affair Parliament (Casablanca) 1978 GloryHallaStoopid Parliament (Casablanca) 1979 Say Blow by Blow Backwards Fred Wesley and The Horny Horns (Atlantic) 1979 Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy The Brides of Funkenstein (Atlantic) 1979 This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N Bootsy Collins (Warner Bros) 1979 Trombipulation Parliament (Casablanca) 1980 Gap Band IV The Gap Band (Total Experience) 1982 Gap Band V The Gap Band (Total Experience) 1983 Gap Band VI The Gap Band (Total Experience) 1984 Gap Band VII The Gap Band (Total Experience) 1985 All My Funky Friends Dawn Silva (SilvaSounds/JDC Records) 2000 "Parliament Funkadelic documentary screens at SF Black Film Fest this Sunday". San Francisco Bay View. June 15, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2019. "Sync The Funk Up: QA with Lead Bride Of Funkenstein, Dawn Silva". Sync Summit. August 3, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2019. "From the Archives: Interview with Bride of Funkenstein Dawn Silva". IndieDisco. December 1, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2019. DawnSilva.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 1, 2001).