The title track to their 1981 LP All American Girls (reissued as a 1995 Rhino CD) went to number three R&B. The Rodgers/Edwards-produced follow-up LP Love Somebody Today boasted the single "Got to Love Somebody" (number six R&B). The We Are Family LP went platinum, peaking at number three pop in spring 1979. The track was adopted by the 1979 World Series-winning Pittsburgh Pirates, numerous other organizations, became a standard tune for family reunions, and seemingly will be around as long as there are families. "We Are Family," the title track of Sister Sledge's third album, had already received massive dance club and radio play when it was issued as a single, giving the group its first and only certified gold single, going to number one R&B, number two pop in summer 1979.
Their first single with Rodgers and Edwards, issued on Atlantic's Cotillion label, was "He's the Greatest Dancer," which hit number one R&B and number two pop in spring 1979. The quartet had scored a hit with "Love Don't Go Through No Changes on Me" and worked with the producers of Silver Convention ("Fly Robin Fly") and Brad Shapiro ("Better Days"). The duo chose to produce a four-sister teenage act called Sister Sledge, signed to its Atco subsidiary. Rodgers and Edwards chose one of the label's lesser-known acts, reasoning that if they came up with a hit for a superstar act, the act would get the bulk of the recognition and the credit and not themselves. Atlantic Records told them that they could work with any artist on their roster. Their second LP, C'est Chic (number four pop, late 1978), went platinum, sold over one million copies and yielded the "Le Freak" follow-up "I Want Your Love" b/w "(Funny) Bone." With so much success, Rodgers and Edwards became in-demand songwriters/producers, racking up huge hits, most notably with Diana Ross and Sister Sledge. It became the biggest-selling single in Atlantic Records' history, selling over four million copies. "Le Freak" parked at number one R&B for five weeks, number one pop in fall 1978, returning to the top spot three times. Chic's biggest hit, "Le Freak," was recorded at the legendary Power Station in New York City with singers Alfa Anderson and Luci Martin, keyboardists Raymond Jones (who later produced and co-wrote with Freddie Washington Whitney Houston's "Someone for Me") and Robert Sabino, percussionist Sammy Figueroa, and the Chic Strings: Cheryl Hong, Marianne Carroll, and Karen Milne, directed by Gene Orloff. The debut LP issued in December 1977, Chic, went gold, peaking at number 27 pop in spring 1978. Their first single, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)," started out as a huge dance club hit and went gold, hitting number six R&B/pop on Billboard's charts in fall 1977. They received the inevitable rejections until they finally got a deal with Atlantic Records through president Jerry Greenberg. Forming Chic, the group sold their instruments to raise money to record tracks to secure a major-label record deal. The two can be heard on Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band's gold single "A Fifth of Beethoven" (number ten R&B, number one pop, spring 1976). Meeting drummer Tony Thompson, they formed the Big Apple Band, which backed the live concerts of vocal group New York City. They began playing at New York jazz clubs and taverns. Edwards later produced and played in '80s supergroup Power Station ("Some Like It Hot") produced ABC's "When Smokey Sings," Ross' "Telephone," and Rod Stewart and played bass on the Rodgers-produced Madonna LP Like a Virgin and Jody Watley's "Don't You Want Me."īorn October 31, 1952, in Greenville, North Carolina, Edwards met Rodgers in 1970. The bassist co-wrote and produced all of Chic's records as well as those the duo produced for Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, and others. A Chic live recording, Live at the Budokan, was released February 23, 1999, through Rodgers' Sumthing Distribution. The group scored three gold singles and one platinum single including two number one pop/R&B singles, "Le Freak" and "Good Times" two platinum albums, C'est Chic and Risque and one gold album, Chic. Bernard Edwards Langue disponible : anglaisīernard Edwards' supple, big-bottom basslines powered platinum hits by Chic, the '70s dance/pop band that he co-founded with guitarist/songwriter/producer Nile Rodgers.
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