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"He's the Greatest Dancer" is a late 70s’ song by the American vocal group Sister Sledge. Released on February 3, 1979, the song was written and composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers , and recorded for the group's successful 1979 album We Are Family .
He's the Greatest Dancer" was the first single from the album and became the group's first major hit, reaching the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the R&B chart. We Are Family was digitally remastered and reissued on CD by Rhino Records in 1995.
The lead single "He’s the Greatest Dancer" charted at number one R&B and was a Top 10 Pop crossover smash, peaking at #9. In 1979, the record's anthemic title track "We Are Family" followed and became a worldwide smash charting at number two pop and number one R&B.
The song samples the 1979 Sister Sledge song "He's the Greatest Dancer".The "mama-uh, mama-uh, mama come closer" line is a reference to the song "Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango, specifically the version adapted by Michael Jackson in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"'s final bridge.
The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B bands Chic and Sister Sledge, released by Rhino Records/Warner Music in 1999. An expanded two-disc edition of the compilation was released by Warner Music in 2005, under the title Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes.
Joan Elise Sledge (September 13, 1956 – March 10, 2017) [4] was an American singer best known as a founding member of the family vocal group Sister Sledge.The group was known for their hits during the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s and 90s; most notably 1979's "We Are Family" and "He's the Greatest Dancer".
Kathy Sledge (born January 6, 1959) [4] [5] is an American singer–songwriter and producer. Sledge is best known as the youngest and founding member of Sister Sledge, an American vocal group which is made up of her sisters that formed in 1971. [3]
Sister Sledge ended up recording "He's the Greatest Dancer", which was supposed to be recorded by Chic. In the United States, "I Want Your Love" reached number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in November 1978 [2] and number five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in April 1979. [3]