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            CHIC





            CHIC



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            BIOGRAPHY



            FORMED: 1977, New York, NY DISBANDED: 1985

            Chic was the best and most influential disco band of the latter half of the '70s, earning hits with both their own records and the outside productions of co-leaders Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. Beginning their career as the Big Apple Band, the group changed their name to Chic in 1977 after Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band had a number one hit with "A Fifth of Beethoven." Along with the change in name came a change in music, from fusion to disco. Edwards (bass), Rodgers (guitar), and Tony Thompson (drums) hired Norma Jean Wright and Alfa Anderson to sing, and they recorded a demo of "Dance Dance Dance." Atlantic picked it up in late 1977 after a series of rejections from other record labels; the single sold a million copies in one month, catapulting Chic into the forefront of the disco scene. After Wright left for a solo career, Luci Martin joined the band. Chic's biggest hits -- "Le Freak" (number one), "I Want Your Love" (number seven), and the "Good Times" (number one) -- came in 1978-1979, and as disco started to fade, so did the group's popularity. Still, Chic's influence was apparent throughout the '80s; "Good Times" alone spawned Queen's hit "Another One Bites the Dust" (a complete rip-off), and Sugarhill Gang used the record as the foundation for "Rapper's Delight," arguably the first rap single. Nile Rodgers was one of the most successful producers of the early '80s, scoring hits with David Bowie's Let's Dance, Madonna's Like a Virgin, and Mick Jagger's solo debut, She's the Boss. Edwards' solo productions weren't as consistent as Rodgers', but the Power Station's album (which featured Tony Thompson on drums) was a hit. Chic re-formed in 1992, but failed to recapture the fire of its glory days. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide

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            DISCOGRAPHY

            LOOKALBUMYEAR
            Chic1977
            C'est Chic1978
            Risque1979
            Real People1980
            Take it Off1981
            Tongue in Chic1982
            Believer1983
            The Best of Chic, Dance, Dance, Dance1991
            Chic-ism1992
            The Best of Chic Volume 21992
            Chic Freak and More Treats1996
            Live at the Budokan1999


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            ALBUMS

            1977 Chic

            01. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
            02. S�o Paulo
            03. You Can Get by
            04. Everybody Dance             		05. Est-ce Que C'est Chic
            06. Falling in Love with You
            07. Strike up the Band


            1978 C'est Chic

            01. Chic Cheer
            02. Le Freak
            03. Savoir Faire
            04. Happy Man             		05. I Want Your Love
            06. At Last I Am Free
            07. Sometimes You Win
            08. (Funny) Bone


            1979 Risque

            01. Good Times
            02. A Warm Summer Night
            03. My Feet Keep Dancing
            04. My Forbidden Lover
            		 05. Can't Stand to Love You
            06. Will You Cry (When You Hear this Song)
            07. What about Me




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            1980 Real People

            01. Open up
            02. Real People
            03. I Loved You More
            04. I Got Protection             		05. Rebels Are We
            06. Chip off the Old Block
            07. 26
            08. You Can't Do it Alone


            1981 Take it Off

            01. Stage Fright
            02. Burn Hard
            03. So Fine
            04. Flash Back
            05. Telling Lies             		06. Your Love Is Cancelled
            07. Would You Be My Baby
            08. Take it off
            09. Just out of Reach
            10. Baby Doll


            1982 Tongue in Chic

            01. Hangin
            02. I Feel Your Love Comin on
            03. When You Love Someone
            04. Chic (Everybody Say)             		05. Hey Fool
            06. Sharing Love
            07. City Lights




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            1983 Believer

            01. Believer
            02. You Are Beautiful
            03. Take a Closer Look
            04. Give Me the Lovin'             		05. Show Me Your Light
            06. You Got Some Love for Me
            07. In Love with Music
            08. Party Everybody


            1991 The Best of Chic, Dance, Dance, Dance

            01. Dance, Dance, Dance
            02. Everybody Dance
            03. Strike up the Band
            04. Chic Cheer
            05. Le Freak
            06. I Want Your Love             		07. Good Times
            08. My Feet Keep Dancing
            09. My Forbidden Lover
            10. Soup for One
            11. Savoir Faire


            1992 Chic-ism

            01. Chic Mystique
            02. Your Love
            03. Jusagroove
            04. Something You Can Feel
            05. One and Only One
            06. Doin' That Thing to Me
            07. Chicism             		08. In it to Win it
            09. My Love's for Real
            10. Take My Love
            11. High
            12. M. M. F. T. C. F.
            13. Chic Mystique (Reprise)




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            1992 The Best of Chic Volume 2

            01. Rebels Are We
            02. What about Me
            03. 26
            04. Will You Cry
            05. Stage Fright
            06. Real People
            07. Hangin'
            08. Give Me All the Lovin'
            09. At Last I Am Free             		10. Just out of Reach
            11. When You Love Someone
            12. Your Love Is Cancelled
            13. Believer
            14. You Are Beautiful
            15. Flash Back
            16. You Can't Do it Alone
            17. Tavern on the Green


            1996 Chic Freak and More Treats

            01. Everybody Dance
            02. Dance, Dance, Dance
            03. Let's Dance
            04. Le Freak
            05. Upside down
            06. Do That Dance
            07. He's the Greatest Dancer             		08. Good Times
            09. I Want Your Love
            10. Music Is My House
            11. We Are Family
            12. Do That Dance (Dancehall/rap Remix)
            13. Just One World


            1999 Live at the Budokan

            01. Bernard Introduction
            02. Band Introduction
            03. Le Freak
            04. Dance Dance Dance (Intro)
            05. Dance Dance Dance
            06. I Want Your Love
            07. Sister Sledge (Intro)
            08. He's the Greatest Dancer
            09. We Are Family (Intro)
            10. We Are Family
            		 11. Do That Dance
            12. Good Times (Intro)
            13. Good Times
            14. Rapper's Delight
            15. Stone Free (Intro)
            16. Stone Free
            17. Chic Cheer
            18. Backstage
            19. Bernard #2




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