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"Good Times" is a disco soul song by American R&B band Chic, released in June 1979 by Atlantic Records as the first single from their third album, Risqué (1979). It ranks 68th on Rolling Stone ' s list of the " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ", [ 1 ] and has become one of the most sampled songs in music history, most notably in hip hop music .
Risqué is the third studio album by American disco band Chic, released on Atlantic Records on July 30, 1979. One of the records that defined the disco era, [3] the album became highly influential not only within the movement, but also in other styles such as hip hop, art rock and new wave. [4]
Alfa Anderson, a vocalist known for her work with the iconic 1970s disco band Chic, has died. She was 78. Niles Rodgers, founder of Chic, shared the news in an Instagram post on Dec. 17. “RIP ...
"Rapper's Delight" outperformed "Good Times" in the charts and popularised the bassline and the song, and it became one of the most sampled tracks (and hence one of the most distinctive basslines) in the history of recorded music. Having agreed on a commercial structure for the use of their song in "Rappers Delight", Edwards and Rodgers agreed ...
Alfa Anderson, the disco queen who was an integral member of Nile Rodgers' influential band Chic, died Dec. 16 at 78.. Her publicist, Tonya Hawley, confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly and ...
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. Disc one contains the original recordings made between the years 1973 ...
It is purported that John Deacon's bass line was inspired by "Good Times" by the disco group Chic. [17] [18] In an interview with NME, Chic co-founder Bernard Edwards stated, "That Queen record came about because that Queen bass player ... spent some time hanging out with us at our studio."
Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes, by Chic and Sister Sledge, or the title song by Chic (see below), 2005 The Good Times , by Afroman, 2001 The Good Times (Neil Sedaka album) or the title song, 1986