In 1980 Rodgers and Edwards wrote and produced the album Diana for Diana Ross, yielding the smash hits " Upside Down" and "I'm Coming Out". On Diana's 1985 album Swept Away, Edwards wrote and produced the top ten "Telephone". Chic’s song "Good Times" played a pivotal role in the explosion of hip hop music, as an interpolation of the song's bass line and the record’s … [Read more...] about Tuesday Afternoon Thread: Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards Week
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There can be little argument that CHIC was disco's greatest band; and, working in a heavily producer-dominated field, they were most definitely a band. By the time CHIC appeared in the late '70s, disco was already slipping into the excess that eventually caused its downfall. CHIC bucked the trend by stripping disco's sound down to its basic elements; their funky, stylish … [Read more...] about Sunday Evening Thread: Nile & Bernard Week