Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits, also known as The Best of Chic, is a greatest hits album by the American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in late 1979. It includes the biggest hits from their first three albums: Chic (1977), C'est Chic (1978) and Risqué (1979).
The seven-track album, which omits the 1979 hit single "My Forbidden Lover" and replaces it with "Chic Cheer" and also combines three 7-inch edits and one extended 12-inch mix with three album versions, was the only compilation to be released during the band's six years on Atlantic. It reached number 88 on the US charts and number 30 in the UK in early 1980. Non-US editions dropped "Chic Cheer" for "My Forbidden Lover". The compilation was the first time that the 12" mix of "Everybody Dance" was made generally available, having previously been issued only as a promotion.
Track listing All tracks produced and written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, except "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" co-written by Kenny Lehman.
Personnel
Alfa Anderson – lead vocals (A1, A2, B2) Luci Martin – lead vocals (B2, B3) Norma Jean Wright – lead vocals (A4) Bernard Edwards – lead vocals (B3), bass guitar Nile Rodgers – guitar, vocals Tony Thompson – drums Fonzi Thornton – vocals Michelle Cobbs – vocals Ulland McCullough – vocals Luther Vandross – vocals David Lasley – vocals Robin Clark – vocals Diva Gray – lead vocals (A1) Sammy Figueroa – percussion Robert Sabino – keyboards, clavinet, acoustic piano and electric piano Andy Schwartz – keyboards, clavinet, acoustic and electric piano Raymond Jones – keyboards Tom Coppola – keyboards Jon Faddis – trumpet Ellen Seeling – trumpet Alex Foster – saxophone Jean Fineberg – saxophone Barry Rodgers – trombone Kenny Lehman – woodwinds George Young – flute, tenor saxophone Vito Rendace – flute, tenor saxophone David Friedman – orchestral bells, vibraphones Jose Rossy – tubular bells Gloria Augustini – harp Marianne Carroll (The Chic Strings) – strings Karen Karlsrud (The Chic Strings) – strings Cheryl Hong (The Chic Strings) – strings Karen Milne (The Chic Strings) – strings Valerie Haywood (The Chic strings) – strings Gene Orloff – concertmaster Alfred Brown – strings contractor
Production Bernard Edwards – producer for Chic Organization Ltd. Nile Rodgers – producer for Chic Organization Ltd. Kenny Lehman – co-producer (track A4) Jackson Schwartz – engineer Jeff Hendrickson – engineer Jim Galante – engineer Peter Robbins – engineer Ray Willard – engineer Burt Szerlip – engineer Dennis King – mastering All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station in New York. Mastered at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.
Charts +Chart performance for Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits Chart (1979–1980) Peakposition
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