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Chic (band)

Index Chic (band)

Chic, currently called Nile Rodgers & Chic, is an American band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. [1]

173 relations: A Fifth of Beethoven, A Night in Amsterdam, Acetate disc, Anderson Paak, Another One Bites the Dust, Anton Fig, Apartment, Apple Music Festival, Atlantic Records, Audio engineer, Avicii, Believer (Chic album), Bernard Edwards, Bestival, Bill Holloman, Billboard (magazine), Blondie (band), Bob Clearmountain, Buddah Records, Bumper music, C'est Chic, Captain Sensible, Carly Simon, Change (band), Chic (album), Chic Mystique, Chic-ism, Cover version, Daft Punk, Dance Music Hall of Fame, Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah), Dave Weckl, David Bowie, David Guetta, Debbie Harry, Diana (album), Diana Ross, Disco, Distance (band), Duran Duran, Ecstasy, Passion & Pain, Everybody Dance (Chic song), Fonzi Thornton, Funk, Get Lucky (Daft Punk song), Glam rock, Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury Festival 2017, Good Times (Chic song), Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes, ..., Grace Jones, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, GuilFest, He's the Greatest Dancer, Here's to Future Days, Hip hop music, I Want Your Love (Chic song), I'll Be There (Chic song), I'm Coming Out, Isle of Wight, It's About Time (Chic album), Janelle Monáe, Jann Wenner, Jill Jones, Jocelyn Brown, John Deacon, John Taylor (bass guitarist), Johnny Marr, Johnny Mathis, Kathy Sledge, Kiss (band), KooKoo, Kool & the Gang, Labelle, Lady (Hear Me Tonight), Le Freak, Lenny Pickett, Let's Dance (David Bowie album), Let's Dance (David Bowie song), Library of Congress, Like a Virgin (album), List of artists who reached number one in the United States, List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart, List of Billboard number-one dance club songs, List of Billboard number-one singles, Live Aid, Live at the Budokan (Chic album), London, Love Somebody Today, Luther Vandross, Madonna (entertainer), Masters at Work, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, Mo Ostin, Modjo, Mura Masa, My Forbidden Lover, Nathaniel S. Hardy Jr., National Recording Registry, New Year Live, New Year's Eve, New York (state), New York City, Nicky Romero, Nile Rodgers, Noel Gallagher, Norma Jean (album), Norma Jean Wright, Notorious (Duran Duran album), Omar Hakim, Paul Shaffer, Pharrell Williams, Philippe Saisse, Pneumonia, Power Station (recording studio), Prince (musician), Prostate cancer, Queen (band), Random Access Memories, Rapper's Delight, Rapture (Blondie song), Real People (album), Rhythm and blues, Rio (song), Riptide (album), Risqué (album), Robert Christgau, Robert Palmer (singer), Robert Sabino, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone, Roxy Music, Rush Limbaugh, Sammy Figueroa, Sheila and B. Devotion, Simon Le Bon, Sister Sledge, Slash (musician), Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015, Sonny Emory, Soup for One (film), Sterling Campbell, Steve Winwood, Studio 54, Sumthing Distribution, Sylver Logan Sharp, Take It Off (album), The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel, The Definitive Groove Collection, The Honeydrippers, The Honeydrippers: Volume One, The Power Station (band), The Smiths, The Sugarhill Gang, The Very Best of Chic, The X Factor (UK TV series), Thompson Twins, Tom Coppola, Tongue in Chic, Tony Thompson (drummer), Twitter, Ullanda McCullough, Up All Night (The Chic Organization album), Upside Down (Diana Ross song), Vic Mensa, Vogue (Madonna song), Walter Murphy, Warner Bros. Records, We Are Family (album), We Are Family (song), Why (Carly Simon song), Wild Style. Expand index (123 more) »

A Fifth of Beethoven

"A Fifth of Beethoven" is a disco instrumental recorded by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band, adapted from the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

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A Night in Amsterdam

A Night in Amsterdam is a CD/DVD live album by American R&B band Chic, released in 2006.

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Acetate disc

An acetate disc is a type of phonograph (gramophone) record, a mechanical sound storage medium, widely used from the 1930s to the late 1950s for recording and broadcast purposes and still in limited use today.

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Anderson Paak

Brandon Paak Anderson (born February 8, 1986), better known by his stage name Anderson Paak (stylized as Anderson.Paak), is an American rapper, songwriter, drummer, singer and record producer from Oxnard, California.

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Another One Bites the Dust

"Another One Bites the Dust" is a 1980 song by British rock band Queen.

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Anton Fig

Anton Fig (born 8 August 1952 in Cape Town, South Africa), known as "The Thunder from Down Under", is a South African session drummer, noted for his work in David Letterman's house band, the CBS Orchestra.

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Apartment

An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single storey.

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Apple Music Festival

The Apple Music Festival (formerly known as the iTunes Festival) was a music concert series held by Apple, Inc. inaugurated in 2007.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Audio engineer

An audio engineer (also sometimes recording engineer or a vocal engineer) helps to produce a recording or a performance, editing and adjusting sound tracks using equalization and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound.

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Avicii

Tim Bergling (8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), better known by his stage name Avicii, was a Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer.

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Believer (Chic album)

Believer is the seventh studio album by American band Chic, their last for the Atlantic Records label, and the last featuring the classic line-up of Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, and Tony Thompson.

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Bernard Edwards

Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996) was an American bass player, singer, songwriter and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded the band Chic.

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Bestival

Bestival is a four-day music festival held in the south of England.

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Bill Holloman

Bill Holloman (born c.1956) is an American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist and trumpet player.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.

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Bob Clearmountain

Bob Clearmountain is an American music engineer, mixer and producer.

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Buddah Records

Buddah Records (later known as Buddha Records) was an American record label founded in 1967 in New York City.

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Bumper music

Bumper music, or a bump, is a term used in the radio broadcasting industry to refer to short clips of signature or theme music used to buffer transitions between programming elements.

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C'est Chic

C'est Chic is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978.

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Captain Sensible

Raymond Ian Burns (born 24 April 1954), known by the stage name Captain Sensible, is a singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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Carly Simon

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author.

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Change (band)

Change was an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy, in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus (1949–1987) and Mauro Malavasi (born 1957).

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Chic (album)

Chic is the self-titled debut album by Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977.

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Chic Mystique

"Chic Mystique" is a song by American disco and R&B act Chic.

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Chic-ism

Chic-ism is the eighth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on the WEA label in 1992.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Daft Punk

Daft Punk are a French electronic music duo from Paris formed in 1993 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter.

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Dance Music Hall of Fame

The Dance Music Hall of Fame was an organization established in 2003 to honor and remember significant contributors to the genre of dance music.

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

"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" is a song by American R&B band Chic.

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Dave Weckl

Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960) is an American jazz fusion drummer and leader of the Dave Weckl Band.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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David Guetta

Pierre David Guetta (born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer who has sold over nine million albums and thirty million singles worldwide.

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Debbie Harry

Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Tremble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, known as the lead singer of the new wave band Blondie.

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Diana (album)

diana is the tenth studio solo album by American singer Diana Ross, released on May 22, 1980 by Motown Records.

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Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Distance (band)

Distance was a late-1980s rock/funk band led by bassist/producer Bernard Edwards, patterned after the Power Station.

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Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English new wave and synthpop band formed in Birmingham in 1978.

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Ecstasy, Passion & Pain

Ecstasy, Passion & Pain (often abbreviated EP&P or E.P.&P.) was a 1970s disco band.

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Everybody Dance (Chic song)

"Everybody Dance" is a song by American band Chic.

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Fonzi Thornton

Alfonso "Fonzi" Thornton is an American singer, songwriter/producer and vocal contractor.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)

"Get Lucky" is a song by French house music duo Daft Punk, featuring Pharrell Williams and co-written by the duo, Williams, and Nile Rodgers.

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Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s performed by musicians who wore outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter.

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England.

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Glastonbury Festival 2017

The 2017 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts took place between 21 and 25 June.

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Good Times (Chic song)

"Good Times" is a song by American R&B band Chic from their third album Risqué (1979).

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Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes

Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes is a two-disc compilation album of recordings by American R&B bands Chic and Sister Sledge, released by Warner Music in 2005, an expanded re-release of 1999's single-disc compilation The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge.

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Grace Jones

Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, supermodel, record producer, and actress.

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Grandmaster Flash

Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), better known as Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop recording artist and DJ.

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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were an American hip hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1976.

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GuilFest

GuilFest, formerly the Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues, was a music festival held in Stoke Park, Guildford, England, each July.

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He's the Greatest Dancer

“He's the Greatest Dancer” is a 1979 song by the American vocal group Sister Sledge.

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Here's to Future Days

Here's to Future Days is the fifth studio album by the British pop group Thompson Twins.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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I Want Your Love (Chic song)

"I Want Your Love" is a song by American band Chic from their second album C'est Chic (1978).

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I'll Be There (Chic song)

"I'll Be There" is a song by the band CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers.

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I'm Coming Out

"I'm Coming Out" is a song recorded by American singer Diana Ross.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IOW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England.

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It's About Time (Chic album)

It's About Time is the ninth studio album, written and conducted by Nile Rodgers and his collective Chic.

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Janelle Monáe

Janelle Monáe Robinson (born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actress, and model.

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Jann Wenner

Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is the co-founder and publisher of the popular culture biweekly magazine Rolling Stone, and former owner of Men's Journal magazine.

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Jill Jones

Jill Jones (born July 11, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter, who performed as a backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince in the 1980s.

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Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Lorette Brown (born November 25, 1950), sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw, is an American R&B and dance singer.

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John Deacon

John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician, best known for being the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen.

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John Taylor (bass guitarist)

Nigel John Taylor (born 20 June 1960) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, producer and actor, who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of new wave band Duran Duran.

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Johnny Marr

Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher; 31 October 1963) is an English musician, songwriter and singer, best known as the guitarist and – with Morrissey – co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987.

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Johnny Mathis

John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music.

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Kathy Sledge

Kathy Sledge (born January 6, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and producer.

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Kiss (band)

Kiss (often stylized as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley.

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KooKoo

KooKoo is the debut solo album by American rock singer and actress Debbie Harry, released in 1981 on Chrysalis Records.

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Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang are an American band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "D.T." Thomas, Robert Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West.

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Labelle

Labelle is an American all-female singing group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

"Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" is the debut single by French house duo Modjo, written and performed by vocalist Yann Destagnol and producer Romain Tranchart.

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Le Freak

"Le Freak" is a song by American R&B band Chic.

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Lenny Pickett

Lenny Pickett (born Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 10, 1954) is an American saxophonist and musical director of the Saturday Night Live band.

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Let's Dance (David Bowie album)

Let's Dance is the 15th studio album by David Bowie.

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Let's Dance (David Bowie song)

"Let's Dance" is the title-track from English singer David Bowie's 1983 album of the same name.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Like a Virgin (album)

Like a Virgin is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1984, by Sire Records.

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List of artists who reached number one in the United States

This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's weekly pop singles chart(s).

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List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart

This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's Dance Club Songs chart.

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List of Billboard number-one dance club songs

This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard magazine's Dance Club Songs chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs.

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List of Billboard number-one singles

This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it.

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Live Aid

Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative.

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Live at the Budokan (Chic album)

Live at the Budokan is a live album by American band Chic, released on Nile Rodgers' label Sumthing Else in 1999.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Love Somebody Today

Love Somebody Today is the fourth studio album by the American R&B vocal group Sister Sledge, released on March 16, 1980 by Cotillion Records.

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Luther Vandross

Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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Masters at Work

Masters at Work is the garage house production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez.

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Methodist Central Hall, Westminster

The Methodist Central Hall (also known as Central Hall Westminster) is a multi-purpose venue and tourist attraction in City of Westminster, London.

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Mo Ostin

Mo Ostin (born March 27, 1927) is an American record executive who has worked for several companies, including Verve, Reprise Records, Warner Bros. Records, and DreamWorks.

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Modjo

Modjo was a French house musical duo made up of producer Romain Tranchart (born 9 June 1976) and vocalist Yann Destagnol (a.k.a. Yann Destal, born 14 July 1978).

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Mura Masa

Alex Crossan (born 5 April 1996), also known by the stage name Mura Masa (sometimes stylised as mura masa) is a Guernsey-born electronic music producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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My Forbidden Lover

"My Forbidden Lover" is the second single from Chic's 1979 album Risqué.

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Nathaniel S. Hardy Jr.

Nathaniel Sidney Hardy Jr. (born April 19, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American musician, composer, and keyboardist.

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National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress.

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New Year Live

New Year Live (also known as New Year's Eve Fireworks) is the New Year celebration show broadcast across the United Kingdom on BBC One during the end of a year and the beginning of a new year.

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New Year's Eve

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on 31 December which is the seventh day of Christmastide.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nicky Romero

Nick Rotteveel (born 6 January 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero, is a Dutch DJ, record producer, musician and remixer from Amerongen.

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Nile Rodgers

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger and guitarist.

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Noel Gallagher

Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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Norma Jean (album)

Norma Jean is the debut, and only, solo studio album by American R&B singer Norma Jean Wright, released on Bearsville Records in 1978.

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Norma Jean Wright

Norma Jean Wright (born in Elyria, Ohio) is an American singer and was the lead vocalist of the American group Chic, a soul, R&B and disco band, from 1977 to 1978.

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Notorious (Duran Duran album)

Notorious is the fourth studio album by the English new wave band Duran Duran.

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Omar Hakim

Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1964) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer.

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Paul Shaffer

Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).

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Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Philippe Saisse

Philippe Saisse is a French smooth jazz and new-age music multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer and arranger.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Power Station (recording studio)

Power Station at Berklee, NYC, formerly known as Avatar Studios is a recording studio at 441 West 53rd Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City.

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Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and filmmaker.

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Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the development of cancer in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970.

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Random Access Memories

Random Access Memories is the fourth studio album by French electronic music duo Daft Punk.

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Rapper's Delight

"Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 hip hop track by the Sugarhill Gang and produced by Sylvia Robinson.

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Rapture (Blondie song)

"Rapture" is a song by the American pop rock band Blondie from their fifth studio album, Autoamerican (1980).

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Real People (album)

Real People is the fourth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1980.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rio (song)

"Rio" is the seventh single by Duran Duran.

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Riptide (album)

Riptide is the eighth solo studio album by the British singer Robert Palmer, originally released in November 1985.

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Risqué (album)

Risqué is the third studio album by American disco band Chic, released on Atlantic Records on July 30, 1979.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American essayist and music journalist.

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Robert Palmer (singer)

Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Robert Sabino

Robert Sabino is an American rock keyboardist.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, recognizes and archives the history of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

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Roxy Music

Roxy Music were an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry, who became the band's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson.

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Rush Limbaugh

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and conservative political commentator.

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Sammy Figueroa

Sammy Figueroa is an American percussionist born in The Bronx, New York.

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Sheila and B. Devotion

Sheila and B. Devotion (also credited as Sheila B. Devotion, Sheila and the Black Devotion or S.B. Devotion) was a disco group fronted by French singer Sheila between 1977 and 1980.

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Simon Le Bon

Simon John Charles Le Bon (born 27 October 1958) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and lyricist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia.

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Sister Sledge

Sister Sledge is an American musical vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Slash (musician)

Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), better known by his stage name Slash, is an English-American musician and songwriter.

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Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015

A total solar eclipse occurred on March 20, 2015.

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Sonny Emory

Sonny Emory (born December 23, 1962) is a freelance touring and studio drummer.

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Soup for One (film)

Soup For One is a 1982 American sex comedy film directed and written by Jonathan Kaufer and produced by Marvin Worth.

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Sterling Campbell

Sterling Campbell (born May 3, 1964), is an American musician and songwriter who has worked with numerous high-profile acts, including The B-52s, Duran Duran, Soul Asylum, Cyndi Lauper, Gustavo Cerati and David Bowie.

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Steve Winwood

Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English rock musician whose genres include progressive rock, blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, pop rock, and jazz.

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Studio 54

Studio 54 is a former nightclub and currently a Broadway theatre, located at 254 West 54th Street, between Eighth Avenue and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Sumthing Distribution

Sumthing Distribution is an American based company started by Nile Rodgers that distributes recording artist and independent record labels.

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Sylver Logan Sharp

Sylver Logan Sharp has been lead vocalist with Nile Rodgers and Chic since the early 1990s and continued to tour with them until 2010.

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Take It Off (album)

Take It Off is the fifth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in November 16, 1981.

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The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel

"The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" is a single released by Grandmaster Flash in 1981.

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The Definitive Groove Collection

The Definitive Groove Collection is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B band Chic, released by Rhino Records/Warner Music in 2006.

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The Honeydrippers

The Honeydrippers were a rock and roll band of the 1980s, deriving their name from Roosevelt Sykes, an American blues singer also known as "Honeydripper".

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The Honeydrippers: Volume One

The Honeydrippers: Volume One is an EP released on 24 September 1984, by a band led by rock singer Robert Plant.

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The Power Station (band)

The Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer, former Chic drummer Tony Thompson, and Duran Duran members John Taylor (bass) and Andy Taylor (guitar).

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The Smiths

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982.

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The Sugarhill Gang

The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group.

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The Very Best of Chic

The Very Best of Chic is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B band Chic, released by Rhino Records/Warner Music in 2000.

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The X Factor (UK TV series)

The X Factor is a British reality television music competition to find new singing talent.

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Thompson Twins

Thompson Twins were a British pop band that formed in April 1977.

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Tom Coppola

Thomas Wilkinson Coppola (better known as Tom Coppola) (born June 6, 1945) is a pianist and arranger, known for being a principal member of the group Air.

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Tongue in Chic

Tongue in Chic is the sixth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in late 1982.

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Tony Thompson (drummer)

Anthony Terrence "Tony" Thompson (November 15, 1954 – November 12, 2003) was an American session drummer best known as the drummer of The Power Station and a member of Chic.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".

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Ullanda McCullough

Ullanda McCullough is an American pop music singer most noted as a background vocalist.

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Up All Night (The Chic Organization album)

Up All Night is a compilation album by Nile Rodgers and The Chic Organization, released in 2013.

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Upside Down (Diana Ross song)

"Upside Down" is a song written and produced by Chic members Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.

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Vic Mensa

Victor Kwesi Mensah (born June 6, 1993), known professionally as Vic Mensa, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Chicago, Illinois of Ghanaian and European descent.

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Vogue (Madonna song)

"Vogue" is a song by American singer Madonna from her second soundtrack album I'm Breathless (1990).

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Walter Murphy

Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter, and record producer.

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Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros.

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We Are Family (album)

We Are Family is the third studio album by the American R&B vocal group Sister Sledge, released on January 22, 1979 in the United States and on April 30, 1979 in the United Kingdom by Cotillion Records.

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We Are Family (song)

"We Are Family" is a song recorded by American vocal group Sister Sledge.

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Why (Carly Simon song)

"Why" is a song performed by Carly Simon, recorded for the film Soup for One in 1982.

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Wild Style

Wild Style is an American 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn.

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References

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