Artist: Sister Sledge
Genre(s):
Rock
disco
Other
Discography:
Sister Sledge
Year: 1986
Tracks: 11
All American Girls
Year: 1981
Tracks: 10
Love Somebody Todeay
Year: 1980
Tracks: 8
We Are Family
Year: 1979
Tracks: 15
Best known for their work with Chic in the late '70s, siblings Debbie, Kim, Joni, and Kathy Sledge -- together with Sister Sledge -- reached the tallness of their popularity during the disco earned run average just had been recording since the early '70s and were placid active in the former '90s. The mathematical group was formed in Philadelphia in 1971, when the sisters' ages ranged from 12 to 16, and they recorded their first single, "Time Will Tell," for the Philly-based Money Back label. (For the first few days, the group called itself Sisters Sledge.) In 1972, Sister Sledge signed with Atco and recorded its instant single, "Weatherman," which was followed by the Jackson 5-like "Mummy Never Told Me" in 1973.
Sis Sledge's offset national hit came in 1974, when "Making love, Don't You Go Through No Changes on Me" reached number 31 on the R&B charts and the Philadelphians recorded their debut album, Circle of Love. Their second album, Together, was released in 1977 and contained the issue 61 R&B hit "Smash hit Boy." It wasn't until 1979, when Chic leaders Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced We Are Family, that Sister Sledge really exploded commercially. "He's the Greatest Dancer" and We Are Family's title song both soared to number one on the R&B charts, and the latter (a number iI pop smash) was adopted as a composition by the World Series-winning Pittsburgh Pirates.
Sis Sledge's succeeding album, Dear Somebody Today (1980), was as well produced by the Rodgers/Edwards squad, and the single "Got to Love Somebody" became a number six R&B hit. In 1981, Sister Sledge switched producers and worked with Narada Michael Walden, wHO produced 1981's splendid All American Girls. The title song was a number three R&B strike, and in 1982, Sister Sledge had a number 14 R&B strike with a cover of Mary Wells' "My Guy" that appeared on The Sisters. But after that, the foursome's popularity washy, and it never had another Top 20 strike in the U.S. -- although 1985's "Frankie" (a number 32 R&B strike in the States) became a bulge number one hit in England. Sister Sledge left Atlantic for estimable in 1985, but its members kept in use in the nineties. Epic released Kathy's debut solo record album, Heart, in 1992, and 1997 found the sisters transcription a risk-taking date, African Eyes, arguably one of the finest albums they of all time recorded.
