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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 ...
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 ...
Chic (stylized CHIC; / ʃ iː k / SHEEK), later called Nile Rodgers & Chic, is an American disco band founded in 1972 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. [1] Between 1972 and 1979, Chic released several of the biggest hits of the disco era, including " Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) " (1977), " Everybody Dance ...
Anderson toured internationally with a trio she formed with former Chic members Norma Jean Wright and Luci Martin. [14] In 2016, the group sang with Aristofreeks and guest vocalist Kathy Sledge on the song "Get on Up", which reached #2 on Billboard's Club Chart. [15] Nile Rodgers recreated Chic with new vocalists in 1992. [10]
Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic.
Thompson was a member of the band Non-Toxic at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife, two children, and his sister, Cookie. On September 19, 2005, like his former band member Bernard Edwards, Thompson was honoured posthumously along with the rest of the Chic band members by being inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame.
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2024.