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"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 in April 1979 as a single from the album of the same name (1979) [1] and began to gain club and radio play, eventually becoming the group's signature song.
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.
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 and group were nominated for a Grammy Award and "We Are Family" was adopted as the official anthem for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who went on to win the World Series that year. Sister Sledge was ...
"We Are Family," Sister Sledge. LISTEN NOW. If you're not singing this at the top of your lungs at some point during the holiday, take it as a cue that you need to spice up your family gatherings.
The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999, WEA Int'l) The Essentials (2002, Rhino) Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (with Chic) (2005, WEA Int'l) The Definitive Groove Collection (2006, Rhino) Original Album Series (2011, Rhino) We Are Family: The Essential (2012, Music Club) An Introduction to Sister Sledge (2018, Rhino)
Joni Sledge, the second eldest sister in the hit pop group Sister Sledge, has died, a representative for the band says. Joni Sledge, member of 'We Are Family' hitmakers Sister Sledge, dies at 60 ...
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-1990s; most notably 1979's " We Are Family " and " He's the Greatest Dancer ".
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] As a member of the group, Sledge sang lead on their biggest hits " He's the Greatest Dancer " and " We Are Family "; the latter of which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B ...