1998: Bunny Sigler (Sony Special Products).1996: The Best of Bunny Sigler: Sweeter Than the Berry (Sony/Legacy).2012: "When You're in Love at Christmas Time" (Bun-Z Music & Records)'.2012: From Bunny With Love & a Little Soul (Bun-Z Music & Records).
2008: The Lord's Prayer (101 Distribution).2003: Let Me Love You Tonight (Grapevine Records).1977: Let Me Party With You (Gold Mind).1977: Locked in This Position (with Barbara Mason).1976: My Music (Philadelphia International).1975: Keep Smilin' (Philadelphia International).1974: That's How Long I'll Be Loving You (Philadelphia International).1967: Let the Good Times Roll & Feel So Good (Parkway PS-50,000).This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items. Sigler died of a heart attack on October 6, 2017, at the age of 76. He also co-wrote "The Ruler's Back", the opening song on the album The Blueprint by Jay-Z. He sang the 23rd Psalm at the ceremony awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen on March 29, 2007, at the United States Capitol. įrom the 1980s, Sigler continued to write and produce for musicians including Patti LaBelle, and Shirley Jones of the Jones Girls. In 1978, his recording with Loleatta Holloway, "Only You", reached #11 on the national R&B chart and #87 on the pop chart. He also continued to work with Instant Funk on their breakthrough hit "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)", and with other acts on Salsoul. There, he had his biggest R&B hit, reaching #8 in early 1978 with "Let Me Party With You (Party, Party, Party)". In 1977, he moved to the Gold Mind label, set up by MFSB musician Norman Harris and distributed by Salsoul Records. He also appeared on "Soul Train" where he sang his song, "That's How Long I'll Be Loving You", and released a duo album with Barbara Mason. Sigler continued to work as a songwriter and producer for artistes including the Whispers, Ecstasy, Passion & Pain, Carl Carlton, Jackie Moore, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The Roots, Billy Paul, Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle, Stephanie Mills and Curtis Mayfield. He also released several albums in the mid-1970s, on which he was backed by the MFSB musicians as well as Instant Funk. He had his first chart success for six years in 1973 with a remake of the Bobby Lewis hit " Tossin' and Turnin'" (#38 R&B, #97 pop), and had several further minor R&B chart hits on Philadelphia International in the mid-1970s, including his version of " Love Train", and "Keep Smilin'". He discovered a group, Instant Funk, and began again recording as a singer. He also wrote songs solo and with Gamble, and his compositions were recorded by many of the Philadelphia International artistes.
In partnership with writer Phil Hurtt, Sigler wrote songs for the O'Jays including "Sunshine" and "When the World Is at Peace".
Īfter Cameo-Parkway folded, around 1970 Sigler began working as a songwriter with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff at Philadelphia International Records. The follow-up, another medley, this time of two doo-wop songs, " Lovey Dovey"/" You're So Fine", also reached the R&B chart in the same year. His second single for the Parkway label, a medley of two Shirley and Lee hits, " Let the Good Times Roll & Feel So Good", rose on both the national pop and R&B charts, reaching #20 R&B and #22 pop in 1967. Leon Huff then recommended him to record producers John Medora and Dave White at Cameo-Parkway Records. By the late 1950s he had started performing in local venues as a singer and pianist, and he first recorded for the V-Tone Records label in 1959. He sang in churches, and joined several local doo-wop groups, including the Opals, in which he sang with his brother James Sigler, Ritchie Rome and Jack Faith. Sigler was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and was nicknamed "Bunny" by his family as a young child.
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