Bernard Edwards: Last News

Have you heard about the new dance craze? That was the first line to the 1978 disco hit “Le Freak” by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, who performed with a large cast as Chic.

Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has stage four metastatic prostate cancer. The 61-year-old was diagnosed four years ago and his bandmate Simon Le Bon fears he will not be “around for very long”. Duran Duran broke the news at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (05.

Dolly Parton has shared her feelings on selling the rights to her back catalogue, as some of her peers have done recently, in a new interview.The likes of Neil Diamond, Sting, Bob Dylan, ZZ Top, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks and more have all sold their back catalogues in recent months and years.Asked in an interview with the BBC if she was also planning to do the same, Parton replied: “I would not be above doing that. All I would do then is to take that money and do whatever for my family or other businesses.“Then I would start a whole new publishing company, start over in a few years, sell that too if I wanted to.

Kathy Sledge dominated the disco era with her musical sisters in Sister Sledge, and now she's spilled the studio secrets behind her former band's iconic hits like We Are Family.The legendary soul singer, 63, shot to fame in the 1970s as a member of the family disco group Sister Sledge, who scored timeless pop tracks such as We Are Family, He's the Greatest Dancer, and Lost in Music.The band famously worked with world renowned record producer and Chic star Nile Rodgers on a number of their hits, including We Are Family, He's the Greatest Dancer, Lost in Music and Thinking of You.They also worked with late producer Bernard Edwards as they brewed their pop magic in the studio.Kathy spoke exclusively to Daily Star ahead of her May 14 show at London's O2 Indigo with her band - Sister Sledge featuring Kathy Sledge.The Sledge sister dished on the studio secrets behind Sister Sledge's greatest hits, and what it was like to join forces with genius producer Nile Rodgers.Kathy said Nile and Bernard wanted "spontaneity" in their hits and didn't want them to sound rehearsed, which meant Kathy and her sisters weren't allowed to hear the soon-to-be hits until the moment before they sung them.She said: "Nile Rodgers and the late Bernard Edwards had this thing where they wanted spontaneity. "They wanted you to be spontaneous with the lyrics and with the melody and they didn't want it to sound rehearsed."So because of that, I wasn’t allowed to hear anything, and now I get it, of course.

Michael Jackson - and the one question she always wished she had asked the late King of Pop. The legendary disco singer shot to fame in the 1970s alongside her musical sisters in Sister Sledge - who are famed for classic disco hits like We Are Family, Lost in Music and He's the Greatest Dancer.

Glamour: So you really never get tired of “We Are Family”?Debbie Sledge: Oh my goodness, no. The longevity of that song, it's still going. It touches all generations.

Diana Ross' career spans 60 years: first as a member of the Supremes, who rivalled the Beatles in terms of success in the 1960s, then as the group's lead star and eventually a solo career. Her presence on the Official Chart has been felt across five decades, racking up a rarely-seen 70 Top 40 singles.

Sister Sledge star Kim Sledge has re-recorded We Are Family to raise money for the World Health Organisation.The singer, 63, has joined with the social enterprise group The World We Want to record a new version of her band's disco hit, with proceeds going to WHO's foundation arm, including its global coronavirus response.Celebrities, frontline workers, international leaders and members of the public will feature in a viral music video for the track, which is released on November 9.Sledge and her sisters Debbie, Joni and Kathy formed Sister Sledge in 1971 and went on to release songs such as Lost In Music and He's The Greatest Dancer.We Are Family was written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards from Chic and recorded at the famous Power

Yahoo Entertainment, the iconic songstress was told it would be the end of her career. “Diana loved it. We never delved into the meaning or why we wrote it — until she played it for Frankie Crocker, who had now become the No.

The Chic legend co-produced the singer's iconic 1980 hit

When Diana Ross wanted to turn her legendary music career “Upside Down” at the dawn of the ’80s, she enlisted the Chic production team of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.