Chic is the debut album

Album

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 by American R&B

Rhythm and blues

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 band Chic

Chic (band)

Chic was an African 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 " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"...

, released on Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 in 1977. It includes the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)

Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)

"Dance, Dance, Dance " is a 1977 disco song recorded by Chic. It was the group's first hit, reaching #6 on both the pop and R&B charts and reached #1 on the dance play charts. Luther Vandross provided backup vocals...

" - originally released on label Buddha Records - (US Hot 100 #6, R&B #6, US Club Play #1, UK #6) and "Everybody Dance

Everybody Dance (song)

"Everybody Dance" is the second single from the first album Chic by the Chic. It features Norma Jean Wright on lead vocals. Luther Vandross appears on background vocals...

" (US Hot 100 #38, R&B #12, US Club Play #1, UK #9). Chic's debut album reached #27 on the US Pop charts, #12 on the R&B charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA, selling more than half a million copies.

Chic was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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/Warner Music in 1991. The album was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records

Wounded Bird Records

Wounded Bird Records is a CD only, re-issue record label, that was founded in 1998 in Guilderland, New York. They re-release lesser known albums from both popular and lesser known artists, including Deborah Harry, Chic, David Blue, Marilyn Martin, Gordon Haskell, Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Ellen...

 in 2006 and by Warner Music Japan in 2011.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers unless otherwise noted.
Side A

1. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
   Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
   "Dance, Dance, Dance " is a 1977 disco song recorded by Chic. It was the group's first hit, reaching #6 on both the pop and R&B charts and reached #1 on the dance play charts. Luther Vandross provided backup vocals...
   
   " (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 8:21
2. "São Paulo" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 5:01
3. "You Can Get By" - 5:36

Side B

1. "Everybody Dance
   Everybody Dance (song)
   "Everybody Dance" is the second single from the first album Chic by the Chic. It features Norma Jean Wright on lead vocals. Luther Vandross appears on background vocals...
   
   " - 6:41
2. "Est-Ce Que C'est Chic?" - 3:53
3. "Falling in Love with You" - 4:29
4. "Strike Up the Band" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 4:32

Personnel

• Norma Jean Wright
  Norma Jean Wright
  Norma Jean Wright was the lead vocalist of the soul, R&B and disco group Chic, from 1977 to 1978. Before joining Chic in 1977, she sang in the female trio, the Topettes, and toured for a short time with The Spinners...
  
   - vocals
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• Luther Vandross
  Luther Vandross
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   - vocals
• David Lasley
  David Lasley
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   - vocals
• Alfa Anderson - vocals
• Robin Clark
  Robin Clark
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   - vocals
• Diva Gray  - vocals
• Bernard Edwards
  Bernard Edwards
  Bernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Nile Rodgers
  Nile Rodgers
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   - guitar
  Guitar
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  s , vocals
• Kenny Lehman - woodwinds
• Tony Thompson
  Tony Thompson
  Anthony T. "Tony" Thompson was a session drummer best known as a member of Chic. He was raised in the middle-class community of Springfield Gardens, in Queens, NY.-Chic:...
  
   - drums
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• David Friedman - Orchestral Bell
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  s, Vibraphone
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  s
• Raymond Jones - keyboards
• Robert Sabino
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   - keyboards
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• Andy Schwartz - keyboards
• Tom Coppola
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   - keyboards
• George Young - flute
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  , tenor saxophone
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• Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone
• Jon Faddis
  Jon Faddis
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   - trumpet
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• Barry Rodgers - trombone
  Trombone
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• Sammy Figueroa
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   - percussion
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• Alfred Brown - strings
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• Gloria Augustini - harp
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Production

• Bernard Edwards
  Bernard Edwards
  Bernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
  
   - record producer
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• Nile Rodgers
  Nile Rodgers
  Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
  
   - producer
• Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track B1)
• Bob Clearmountain
  Bob Clearmountain
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   - sound engineer
• Bob Drake - engineer
• Michael Frondelli - engineer
• Ron Johnson - engineer
• Savarese - engineer
• Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York; vocals and mix at Power Station, New York