1979 Sister Sledge – We Are Family (US:#2 UK:#8)
“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 as a single from the album of the same name in April 1979 and began to gain club and radio play, eventually becoming the group’s signature song.
Chic worked with Sister Sledge, who had signed to Atlantic in 1973, at the inspiration of Atlantic president Jerry L. Greenberg. Nile Rodgers remembered later; ” That’s why we came up with We Are Family. [–] Everything he said about them gave us a picture of them. You’ve got to remember, we never even met them. [-] All of the content on that record came from that one day with the president [–] I was fascinated and enthralled by the concept of people who loved music who could be in the midst of the whole disco era.”
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. The album was written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the band Chic, and includes […]
Musicians
| Bass | Bernard Edwards |
| Drums | Tony Thompson |
| Guitar | Nile Rodgers |
| Clavinet | Rob Sabino |
| Piano | Andy Schwartz |
| Piano | Rob Sabino |
| Flute | Alex Foster |
| Sax | Jean Fineberg |
| Sax | Alex Foster |
| Trombone | Barry Rogers |
| Trumpet | Ellen Seeling |
| Trumpet | Jon Faddis |
| Percussion | Sammy Figueroa |
| Background Vocals | Alfa Anderson |
| Background Vocals | David Lasley |
| Background Vocals | Diva Gray |
| Background Vocals | Luther Vandross |
| Background Vocals | Norma Jean Wright |
Produced By
Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers
Songwriters
Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers
Charts
US:#2
UK:#8