Music Monday - C is for Chic

If I have musical heroes, they are Chic.Their records are just the half of it, they, Nile Rodgers or Bernard Edwards or both, have produced a stack load of my favourite artists including Duran Duran and Madonna but also 'supergroup' The Power Station (2 members of Duran Duran, Tony Thompson - Chic's drummer and the brilliant Robert Palmer). Sad to note that Tony Thompson, Robert Palmer and Bernard Edwards (just 43) all passed away but left not only a huge musical legacy but a big influence on me.They've also produced (revived) Diana Ross and Sister Sledge and so many more.What I have learnt is that Bob Clearmountain, known to me as Bryan Adams' main producer but also works with Springsteen, Bon Jovi and hundreds of others, engineered their first album. So in fact they link up a vast majority of my favourite artists.Let's go for a top 5 of these genius artists:Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)Le Freak - known for being a gigantic influence on a huge variety of bassists, the bass line in this is the most amazing. Apparently this track was the biggest seller for Warner Bros until Madonna's Vogue came alongMy Forbidden LoverHe's the Greatest Dancer (Sister Sledge but heck, it's their track. "One night at a disco on the outskirts of Frisco, I was cruising with my favourite gang". That line made me go to the only place on the west coast of America I ever wanted to go, San Francisco.Good Times - in my top 10 of all time and possibly the most sampled track of all time although possibly Rodgers & Edwards are the most sampled producers of all time?My childhood, indeed my life is deeply enriched for hearing Chic.Nile Rodgers