BergenPAC Announces Chic Featuring Nile Rodgers and Sugarhill Gang, 3/30
By: Kelsey Denette
bergenPAC presents Chic featuring Nile Rodgers and Sugarhill Gang on Friday March 30th at 8pm Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or bergenPAC.org or by calling the box office at 201 227 1030.
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers and The Sugar Hill Gang will be performing their much-loved chart-topping tunes, including ‘Le Freak’, ‘I Want Your Love’, ‘Everybody Dance’ and ‘Good Times’. Recognized as one of the world’s most successful and influential music producers, Chic founding member Nile Rodgers has written iconic tracks including ‘We are Family’ for Sister Sledge, ‘I’m Coming Out’ for Diana Ross and produced two of the most popular albums of all time – Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ and David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’. Another career defining moment for Nile was his Live Aid performance with Madonna, to a global audience of millions. The Sugarhill Gang (from Englewood, New Jersey): Though the Sugarhill Gang inaugurated the history of recorded hip-hop with their single "Rapper's Delight," a multi-platinum-seller and radio hit in 1979, the group was cooked up to cash in on a supposed novelty item. Music industry producer and label owner Sylvia Robinson had become aware of the massive hip-hop block parties occurring around the New York area during the late '70s, so she gathered three local rappers (Master Gee, Wonder Mike, and Big Bank Hank) to record a single. Infectious and catchy, "Rapper's Delight" borrowed the break from Chic's "Good Times" and became a worldwide hit, eventually selling more than eight million copies. Most industry people figured rap for a short-lived trend, and though they were dead wrong, the Sugarhill Gang continues to perform internationally and has since become Icons in hip hop history.Videos