Chic

Their music Influenced the generation and continues to have timeless appeal.

1978–1979: Chic was an American Disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco
songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (1977), "Everybody Dance" (1977), "Le Freak" (1978), "I Want Your Love" (1978), "Good Times" (1979), and "My Forbidden Lover" (1979).

Chic's self-titled debut album came out in 1978, with rhythmic and harmonic blend of funk, soul, and Euro-disco. During late 1978, the band released the album C'est Chic, containing one of its best-known tracks, "Le Freak."
The next year, the group released the
Risqué album and the lead track "Good Times", one of the most influential songs of the era.The disco sound had a strong influence on early hip hop.

The Sugarhill Gang used Chic's "Good Times" as the foundation for their 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight", generally considered to be the song that first popularized rap music in the United States and around the world.

Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards inspired many artists with the sampling of "Good Times" in their own music tracks. The likes of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five on its hit "On the Wheels of Steel" as well as being the inspiration for Queen's  "Another One Bites the Dust" and Blondie's "Rapture".

During this time, Rogers and Edwards were inspiring, composing,arranging,performing and producing many influential disco records for various artist which included the likes of:

Luther Vandross who was introduced as a young singer who sang on Chic's early albums.

Sister Sledge "We Are Family" (1979)

Diana Ross "Upside Down"and "I'm Coming Out" (1980)

Debbie Harry's debut album breakout from the group Blondie. (1980)

1980's Disbanded

In the early 1980's the group disbanded and both Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards continued to produce records for a variety of artists both together and separately. This list of success for both is legendary while working with likes of:

Diana Ross early 1980's in both the US and UK.

David Bowie 1983 album "Let's Dance"

Madonna in 1984 album 'Like A Virgin"

Robert Palmer's 1985 debut album "Riptide"

Duran Duran 1986 album "Notorious"


The influence of the group known as "Chic" and both Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards arguably had made a major contribution to the evolution of music in many genres during this era.

It has shown to have a timeless appeal to many generations and legendary in the history of music.





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As Disco music gained even more popularity, more artists were producing some timeless music...
The Jacksons did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including "" (1978), "Blame it on the Boogie" (1978), and "Can You Feel It" (1980)—all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, "Rock with You", "Workin' Day and Night", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough".

The Rise into the Mainstream

From 1974 through 1977, disco music increased in popularity as many disco songs topped the charts.

KC and the Sunshine Band formed by Harry Wayne Casey ("KC") and Richard Finch had a string of disco-definitive top-five hits, including "Get Down Tonight", "That's the Way (I Like It)", "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man" and "Keep It Comin' Love".
Also noteworthy are Cheryl Lynn's "Got to Be Real" (1978), Evelyn "Champagne" King's "Shame" (1978), Cher's "Take Me Home" (1979), Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" (1979).
The evolution of 'Disco' was well underway and the influence had crossover appeal to different genres as the revolution had begun.

The era of Disco!

For many people, Disco is the genre of music most readily associated with the 1970s.

First appearing in dance clubs by the middle of the decade, with such hits as "The Hustle" by Van McCoy, songstresses like Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor and Anita Ward popularized the genre and were described in subsequent decades as the "Disco Divas."

The pinnacle of disco was the December 1977 release of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, starring John Travolta and featuring the music of the Bee Gees and several other artists. It had the effect of setting off disco mania in the United States. The Bee Gees soundtrack to" Saturday Night Fever" became the best-selling album of all time until 1983 when Michael Jackson "Thriller" broke that record.

It was 'Disco' that transformed the music industry in a way that elevated producers, overshadowing artists...the EVOLUTION was underway.