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Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Disco Pioneers - Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers

Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris Disco!
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Sophie tells the story of Bernard and Nile - from jobbing musicians in the '70s, to forming CHIC, writing and producing huge hits and having a legacy that lasts to the present day.

Sophie tells the story of Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers - from being jobbing musicians in 1970s New York, to forming CHIC, and writing, playing on and producing some of disco's biggest hits.

As well as their own disco classics - including Le Freak, Good Times and Everybody Dance, their work with labelmates Sister Sledge resulted in songs like We Are Family, He's The Greatest Dancer and Lost In Music.

Their legacy has continued through the decades with projects in the 1980s for David Bowie and Madonna, their music becoming the basis of seminal hip hop and dance tracks, and Nile appearing on 21st Century albums by Daft Punk and 叠别测辞苍肠茅.

In addition to the amazing music they made, and songs from the disco era, the story is told through archive conversations and interviews with Bernard, Nile, Sister Sledge, David Bowie and Luther Vandross.

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Wed 28 Aug 2024 03:00
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Brilliant Adventure

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet Home Alabama

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Funkadelic

    Cosmic Slop

  • Kool & the Gang

    Hollywood Swinging

    • Wild and Peaceful.
    • Poludor.

  • KISS

    Strutter

  • Chic

    Savoir Faire

  • The Jacksons

    Skywriter

  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Boney M.

    Sunny

    • The Magic Of Boney M.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 14.

  • Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

    A Fifth Of Beethoven

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Ohio Express

    Yummy Yummy Yummy

  • 1910 Fruitgum Co.

    Simon Says

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Chic

    Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)

    • Golden Age Of Black Music (1977-88).
    • Atlantic.

  • Donna Summer

    Love's Unkind

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • Odyssey

    Native New Yorker

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • GQ

    Disco Nights (Rock Freak)

    • Disco Nights.
    • Arista.
    • 13.

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Norma Jean

    Saturday

    • Norma Jean.
    • Sequel.
    • 4.

  • East 57th St.

    Saturday (feat. Donna Allen)

  • Dave Lee & Taka Boom

    Saturday

  • Audio Freaks

    Saturday Night Takeaway Theme

  • MFSB

    Love Is The Message (A Tom Moulton Mix)

  • Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

    The Love I Lost

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • Elton John

    Are You Ready for Love

  • New York City

    I'm Doing Fine Now

    • Temptation (Various Artists).
    • Quality Television.

  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Sister Sledge

    He's The Greatest Dancer

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • Sheila & B. Devotion

    King Of The World

  • Sheila & B. Devotion

    Spacer

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • Alcazar

    Crying At The Discoteque

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
    • 6.

  • Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor

    Crying At The Discotheque

    • Songs From The Kitchen Disco: Sophie Ellis Bextor's Greatest Hits.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Chic

    My Forbidden Lover

    • Love On The Dance Floor (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 2.

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
    • Pickwick.

  • Diana Ross

    I'm Coming Out

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Diana Ross

    My Old Piano

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Diana Ross

    My Old Piano (Original CHIC Mix)

  • Luther Vandross

    Never Too Much

    • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • David Bowie

    Young Americans

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Luther Vandross

    Shine (Freemasons Club Mix)

  • Chic

    Soup For One

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.

  • Modjo

    Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Carly Simon

    Why

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Bonita Applebum

    • Jive.

  • David Bowie

    Young Americans

    • EMI.

  • Madonna

    Like A Virgin

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 7.

  • Sister Sledge

    Lost In Music (Sure Is Pure Remix)

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    CUFF IT

    • RENAISSANCE.
    • Columbia.

  • Chic

    Everybody Dance (Live)

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Dec 2023 00:00
    麻豆社 Radio 2
  • Wed 28 Aug 2024 03:00
    麻豆社 Radio 2