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"Le Freak" is a 1978 funk-disco song by American R&B band Chic. It was the band's third single and first Billboard Hot 100 and R&B number-one hit song. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Along with the tracks " I Want Your Love " and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks. [ 4 ]
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 ...
C'est Chic was the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number 4 on Billboard's album chart and topping the US R&B chart for eleven weeks. [6] C'est Chic was Billboard ' s 1979 R&B Album of the Year, claiming the number one spot on Billboard ' s Year End Review.
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 ...
WJBF – Notable singer and Augusta native Alfa Anderson has died. According to several reports, Anderson died on Tuesday, December 17th. Anderson was a part of the Rock and Roll inducted R&B ...
Along with fellow lead Luci Martin, Chic would go on to produce many more charted hits, including the multi platinum "Le Freak" (1978) and "Good Times" (1979), as well as "My Forbidden Lover" (1979). Anderson is the lead vocalist for the top ten hit " I Want Your Love " (1978) and "At Last I Am Free" (1978).
Thompson first drummed for the group Labelle, and then for a short while was a member of the soul/disco band Ecstasy, Passion & Pain.This was followed by a long tenure with Chic, where he helped create hits such as "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)," "Le Freak," and "Good Times".
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