Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits
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Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits a.k.a. The Best of Chic is a greatest hits album by American R&B band Chic
, released on Atlantic Records
in late 1979, including the biggest hits from their first three albums Chic
(1977), C'est Chic
(1978) and Risqué (1979).
The seven track album, which interestingly omits the 1979 hit single "My Forbidden Lover
" and replaces it with "Chic Cheer" and also combines three 7 inch edits and one extended 12 inch mix with three album versions, was the only compilation to be released during the band's six years on the Atlantic label and reached #88 on the US charts and #30 in the UK in early 1980. Non-US editions dropped "Chic Cheer" for "My Forbidden Lover".
Side A
Side B
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
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
in late 1979, including the biggest hits from their first three albums Chic
Chic (album)
Chic is the debut album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977. It includes the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance " - originally released on label Buddha Records - and "Everybody Dance"...
(1977), C'est Chic
C'est Chic
C'est Chic is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978. C'est Chic includes the band's classic hit "Le Freak" which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, and US Club Play in October 1978, selling six million copies in the US alone and is to date both...
(1978) and Risqué (1979).
The seven track album, which interestingly omits the 1979 hit single "My Forbidden Lover
My Forbidden Lover
"My Forbidden Lover" is the second single from the band Chic's 1979 album Risqué. The song was written and produced by Chic's two frontmen, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers....
" and replaces it with "Chic Cheer" and also combines three 7 inch edits and one extended 12 inch mix with three album versions, was the only compilation to be released during the band's six years on the Atlantic label and reached #88 on the US charts and #30 in the UK in early 1980. Non-US editions dropped "Chic Cheer" for "My Forbidden Lover".
Track listing
All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers unless otherwise noted.Side A
- "Le FreakLe Freak"Le Freak" is a successful 1978 disco song by the disco band Chic. It was the band's third single album and first Billboard Hot 100 and soul music number-one song. Along with the tracks, "I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks...
" (7" Edit) – 3:30 - "I Want Your Love" (7" Edit) - 3:28
- "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...
" (7" Edit) (Edwards, Rodgers, Lehman) - 3:40 - "Everybody DanceEverybody 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...
" (12" Mix) - 8:25
Side B
- "Chic Cheer" - 4:42 (Replaced on International editions with "My Forbidden LoverMy Forbidden Lover"My Forbidden Lover" is the second single from the band Chic's 1979 album Risqué. The song was written and produced by Chic's two frontmen, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers....
" - 4:42) - "Good Times" - 8:13
- "My Feet Keep DancingMy Feet Keep Dancing"My Feet Keep Dancing" is the third single from the third album Risque by Chic.-Track listings:Atlantic 7" 3683, 1979* A. "My Feet Keep Dancing" - 4:16* B. "Will You Cry " - 4:05Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 220...
" - 6:46
Personnel
- Alfa Anderson - vocals
- Bernard EdwardsBernard EdwardsBernard 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:...
- vocals, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Fonzi ThorntonFonzi ThorntonFonzi Thornton, is an American singer, song writer/producer, stage performer and radio personality.Thornton has provided background vocals on albums by artists which include Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Chic, Sheena Easton, Mariah Carey, David Bowie, Michael Jackson,...
- vocals - Luci Martin - vocals
- Michelle Cobbs - vocals
- Ulland McCullough - vocals
- Norma Jean WrightNorma Jean WrightNorma 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 - Luther VandrossLuther VandrossLuther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
- vocals - David LasleyDavid LasleyDavid Lasley is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his contributions as a background singer for such artists as Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor and Luther Vandross....
- vocals - Robin ClarkRobin ClarkRobin Clark is an American vocalist best known for her 1985 work with UK band Simple Minds in Once Upon A Time album and tour. She has also performed vocals on numerous other tours and albums, including work with David Bowie and Luther Vandross amongst others...
- vocals - Diva Gray - vocals
- Nile RodgersNile RodgersNile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Tony ThompsonTony ThompsonAnthony 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:...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Sammy FigueroaSammy FigueroaSammy Figueroa is an American percussionist born in The Bronx, New York. At 18 he joined the band of bassist Bobby Valentín and also co-led the Brazilian/Latin fusion group Raices....
- percussion - Robert SabinoRobert SabinoRobert Sabino is an American rock keyboardist.. , The New York Times He was born and raised in the Bronx...
- keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, clavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
, acoustic pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and electric pianoElectric pianoAn electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented... - Andy Schwartz - keyboards, clavinet, acoustic piano and electric piano
- Raymond Jones - keyboards
- Robert Sabino - keyboards, Fender Rhodes
- Tom CoppolaTom CoppolaThomas Wilkinson Coppola is a pianist and arranger, known for being a principal member of the group Air...
- keyboards - Jon FaddisJon FaddisJon Faddis is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator renowned for both his highly virtuosic command of the instrument and for his expertise in the field of music education...
- trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - Ellen Seeling - trumpet
- Alex Foster - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Jean Fineberg - saxophone
- Barry Rodgers - tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Kenny Lehman - woodwinds
- George Young - fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble... - Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone
- David Friedman - Orchestral BellBell (instrument)A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually a hollow, cup-shaped object, which resonates upon being struck...
s, VibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
s - Jose Rossy - tubular bellTubular bellTubular bells are musical instruments in the percussion family. Each bell is a metal tube, 30–38 mm in diameter, tuned by altering its length. Its standard range is from C4-F5, though many professional instruments reach G5 . Tubular bells are often replaced by studio chimes, which are a smaller...
s - Gloria Augustini - harpHarpThe harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
- Marianne Carroll (The Chic Strings) - stringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
- Karen Karlsrud (The Chic Strings) - strings
- Cheryl Hong (The Chic Strings) - strings
- Karen Milne (The Chic Strings) - strings
- Valerie Haywood (The Chic strings) - strings
- Gene Orloff - concert master
- Alfred Brown - stringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
contractor
Production
- Bernard EdwardsBernard EdwardsBernard 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:...
- producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
for Chic Organization Ltd. - Nile RodgersNile RodgersNile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
- producer for Chic Organization Ltd. - Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track A4)
- Jackson Schwartz - engineer
- Jeff Hendrickson - engineer
- Jim Galante - engineer
- Peter Robbins - engineer
- Ray Willard - engineer
- Burt Szerlip - engineer
- Dennis King - mastering
- All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station in New York. Mastered at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.