| Sister Sledge | |
|---|---|
| Origin | United States |
| Genre(s) | Disco |
| Years active | 1972 – Present |
| Members | |
| Kim Sledge Debbie Sledge Joni Sledge Kathy Sledge |
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Sister Sledge is an American musical group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1972 and consisting of four singers, all of whom are sisters: Kim Sledge (born 21 August 1957), Debbie Sledge (born 9 July 1954), Joni Sledge (born 13 September 1956), and Kathy Sledge (born 6 January 1959). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Kathy Sledge (born 6 January 1959, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Singer who has had several hits on the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Kathy Sledge (born 6 January 1959, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Singer who has had several hits on the
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Chart history
Sister Sledge were born and raised in West Philadelphia and began singing in local Philadelphia churches like the Second Macedonia Baptist Church. They were discovered by Charles Simmons and entered the UK Singles Chart in 1975 with "Mama Never Told Me" and "Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me". The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Their career went into decline before it revived under the magisterial production skills of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Nile Gregory Rodgers (born September 19 1952, in New York City) is an American musician Composer, Arranger, and Guitarist Bernard Edwards ( October 31 1952 – April 18 1996) born in Greenville North Carolina, was a Bass guitar player and Chic ( pron. ˈʃiːk ("sheek" sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC is an American Disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 This association gave them their biggest successes which came in 1979: the popular disco anthems "We Are Family" (#1 R&B, #2 Pop in the U.S.) and "He's the Greatest Dancer" (#1 R&B, #9 Pop in the U. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define The United States of America —commonly referred to as the " He's the Greatest Dancer " is a Disco song written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers for Sister Sledge 's third album S. ) Both songs were included on their eight song 1979 album We Are Family. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public We Are Family is a 1979 Album by Sister Sledge. The album which was both written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards Their follow up album was 1980's Love Somebody Today, which included the songs "Got to Love Somebody" (#6 R&B, #64 Pop in the U. S. , #34 in the UK) and "Pretty Baby". The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Switching to producer Narada Michael Walden in 1981, they released the album All-American Girls, yielding two hits (the title track, which reached #3 R&B and #79 Pop in the U. Michael Walden (born April 23, 1952, in Kalamazoo, Michigan U In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top S. and #41 Pop in the UK), and "Next Time You'll Know", which reached #28 R&B in the U. S. ) The sisters continued singing new material throughout the 1980s and 1990s. They achieved an international #1 hit with "Frankie" in 1985 (#1 in the UK for 4 weeks); surprisingly the follow-up single, "Dancing on the Jagged Edge", failed to make the UK Top 40. Frankie was a popular song by Sister Sledge. Written by Denise Rich after dreaming the song while on a flight from the US to Switzerland The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. In 1992, Kathy left the group and recorded the solo album Heart. The group continued to perform with her and recorded the album African Eyes in 1998 as well as the Live in Concert album in 1997. In 2004 they headlined the International Food and Wine Festival at the Epcot theme park. Epcot is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. The park is dedicated to international Culture and technological Innovation. Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group In 2003, Debbi and Joni performed with two other girls in the PBS special, My Music: 70's Soul Superstars, which is also available on DVD. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the
Their biggest hits have been re-released several times in the UK, often in newly-remixed versions which keep them sounding new and up-to-date. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version "We Are Family" is regarded by the feminist movement as a totemic statement – it reached number 7 in 1979, number 33 in 1984 and number 5 in 1993. "Lost in Music" reached number 17 in 1979, number 4 in 1984 and number 14 in 1993. "Thinking of You" reached number 11 in 1984 and number 17 in 1993. Originally their biggest UK hit back in 1979, peaking at number 6, "He's the Greatest Dancer" has not been a hit again in the UK as an updated version, although Will Smith sampled the backing music in his Top 3 UK hit "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" and Dannii Minogue covered it in 2007
Discography
Albums
- Circle Of Love (1975) US R&B #56
- Together (1977)
- We Are Family (1979) UK #7, US #3, US R&B #1
- Love Somebody Today (1980) US #31, US R&B #7
- All American Girls (1981) US #42, US R&B #13
- The Sisters (1982) US #69, US R&B #17
- Bet'Cha Say That To All The Girls (1983) US #169, US R&B #35
- When The Boys Meet The Girls (1985) UK #19, US R&B #52
- Freak Out: The Greatest Hits Of Chic and Sister Sledge (1987) UK #72
- The Best of Sister Sledge: 1973-1993 (1993) UK #19
- African Eyes (1997)
Singles
| Title | U.K. Singles | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Mama Never Told Me" | #20 | - | - | 1975 |
| "Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me" | - | #92 | #31 | 1975 |
| "Love Has Found Me" | - | - | - | ? |
| "Blockbuster Boy" | - | - | #61 | 1977 |
| "Cream Of The Crop" | - | - | #100 | 1977 |
| "When You Wish Upon A Star" | - | - | - | 1977 |
| "He's The Greatest Dancer" | #6 | #9 | #1 | 1979 |
| "We Are Family" | #8 | #2 | #1 | 1979 |
| "Lost In Music" | #17 | - | #35 | 1979 |
| "Got To Love Somebody" | #34 | #64 | #6 | 1979 |
| "Easy Street" | - | - | - | 1980 |
| "Reach Your Peak" | - | - | #21 | 1980 |
| "Let's Go On a Vacation" | - | - | #63 | 1980 |
| "If You Really Want Me" | - | - | - | 1980 |
| "All American Girls" | #41 | #79 | #3 | 1981 |
| "Next Time You'll Know" | - | #82 | #28 | 1981 |
| "He's Just A Runaway" | - | - | - | 1981 |
| "My Guy" | - | #23 | #14 | 1982 |
| "All The Man I Need" | - | - | #45 | 1982 |
| "Super Bad Sisters" | - | - | - | 1982 |
| "B. " He's the Greatest Dancer " is a Disco song written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers for Sister Sledge 's third album In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording " Gettin' Jiggy wit It " is a single by Will Smith from his album Big Willie Style. Danielle Jane Minogue (born 20 October 1971 known as Dannii, is an Australian singer songwriter Television personality and occasional actress, We Are Family is a 1979 Album by Sister Sledge. The album which was both written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards Love Somebody Today is a 1980 Album by Sister Sledge. The album which just like 1979's highly successful We Are Family, was The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. " He's the Greatest Dancer " is a Disco song written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers for Sister Sledge 's third album Y. O. B. (Bring Your Own Baby)" | - | - | #22 | 1983 |
| "Gotta Get Back To Love" | - | - | #56 | 1983 |
| "Thinking Of You" | #11 | - | - | 1984 |
| "Lost In Music" (re-mix) | #4 | - | - | 1984 |
| "We Are Family" (re-mix) | #33 | - | - | 1984 |
| "Frankie" | #1 | #75 | #32 | 1985 |
| "Dancing On The Jagged Edge" | #50 | - | #71 | 1985 |
| "When The Boys Meet The Girls" | #89 | - | - | 1986 |
| "Here To Stay" | #78 | - | - | 1986 |
| "We Are Family" (2nd re-mix) | #5 | - | - | 1993 |
| "Lost In Music" (2nd re-mix) | #14 | - | - | 1993 |
| "Thinking Of You" (re-mix) | #17 | - | - | 1993 |
Cover versions of Sister Sledge songs
- "All the Man That I Need" was originally done by Linda Clifford in 1981 and was covered by Whitney Houston in 1991, becoming her ninth number-one hit. " Thinking Of You " is a single released by Sister Sledge in 1984 that became a hit single in the UK. " All the Man That I Need " is the second single from Whitney Houston 's third album I'm Your Baby Tonight, a number-one hit in the US Linda Clifford may refer to Linda Clifford (singer, American R&B singer Linda Clifford (attorney, American attorney and candidate Whitney Elizabeth Houston' (born August 9 1963 is an American Singer-songwriter, Actress, Film producer, Arranger and former
- "Mama Never Told Me" was covered by Tracie & The Questions in 1983. Tracie is the 1999 studio effort released from R&B singer Tracie Spencer. The recording was released on a compilation album entitled "Love The Reason" by Paul Weller's Respond label. A respond is a half-pier or half-pillar which is bonded into a Wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an Arch
- "Thinking of You" was a UK hit single for Maureen Walsh in 1990; it was also covered by Monday Michiru in 1999 and Paul Weller in 2004. Maureen Walsh is an Australian politician and is a councillor at Parramatta City Council in the Woodville Ward Monday Michiru Sipiaguine (maiden name Mariano more commonly known as Monday Michiru / MONDAY 満ちる born August 19, 1963) is a Japanese American Paul Weller (born John William Weller 25 May 1958 in Sheerwater near Woking, Surrey) is an English Singer-songwriter.
- "Lost In Music" was covered by The Fall in 1993 on the album The Infotainment Scan. The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976
- "We Are Family" was covered by Babes in Toyland in 1995, the Spice Girls in 1998, Jump5 in 2003, and Jordan Pruitt in 2007. Babes in Toyland was a grunge band formed in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1987 The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 Jump5 was an American Dance-pop / Contemporary Christian group Jordan Lynne Pruitt (born on May 19 1991 in Loganville, Georgia) is an American pop Singer-songwriter signed to Hollywood
- "Lost in Music" was covered by Wackside sampling Sister Sledge in 2002.
- "He's The Greatest Dancer" was covered by Dannii Minogue in 2006. Danielle Jane Minogue (born 20 October 1971 known as Dannii, is an Australian singer songwriter Television personality and occasional actress,
- "We Are Family" was covered by Groovestylerz in 2007.
- "We Are Family" was covered by Home Made Kazoku in 2007. is a Japanese hip hop trio signed to Ki/oon Records, a subsidiary of Sony Records.
- "Thinking of You" was remixed by Solitaire in 2004. Samples of the same music were used in Eclipse's dance hit "Makes Me Love You" in 1999.
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
External links
- http://www.sistersledge.com. This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (under construction)
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