Disco band who were at their most popular in the late 70s, their hits included
Good Times,
Le Freak,
Everybody Dance,
My Forbidden Lover and
I Want Your Love.
Their music featured breathy vocals over great guitar riffs, fantastic basslines and the inevitable disco beat.
The main members of the band were
Nile Rodgers (rhythm guitar and vocals, 1976-present)and
Bernard Edwards (bass and vocals, 1976-1996) who wrote most of the songs and
Tony Thompson (drums, 1976-present).
The original vocalists for the first few hits were
Norma Jean Wright and
Alfa Anderson.
Nile and Bernard also did a lot of production work together for other artists including
Sister Sledge,
Diana Ross and
Debbie Harry which very much still had the
Chic sound.
Discography:
Chic (1978) - featuring
Everybody Dance and
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
C'est Chic (1978) - featuring
I Want Your Love,
Le Freak and
At Last I Am Free
Risqué (1979) - featuring
Good Times,
My Feet Keep Dancing and
My Forbidden Lover
Real People (1980)
Take It Off (1981)
Tongue In Chic (1982)
Believer (1983)
Chic-ism (1992)