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"We Are Family" is a song recorded by American vocal group Sister Sledge. Composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers , they both offered the song to Atlantic Records ; although the record label initially declined, the track was released in April 1979 as a single from the album of the same name (1979) [ 1 ] and began to gain club and radio ...
“We Are Family” is the title track of Sister Sledge’s breakout album—celebrating the Sledge sisters’ family bond. Writers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (of the band… Read More
Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic.
"We Are Family" was written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers; their band Chic had a hit at the time with " Le Freak." Rodgers and Edwards got the idea for the song's title when they first met the sisters and learned about their tight family connection.
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The album was written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the band Chic, and includes four hit singles: the title track, "He's the Greatest Dancer", "Lost in Music" and "Thinking of You", all of which have been sampled, remixed, and reissued in the decades after the album's release.
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Sister Sledge's We Are Family came at the summit of an amazing non-stop burst of creativity from Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, aka The Chic Organization Ltd, in 1978.
