Who sings the male leads on Chic songs?

says CHIC also helped introduce the world to an up-and-coming young vocalist named Luther Vandross, who sang on several of CHIC's albums.

most of the male vocals on Chic albums were by session singers most notably the great FONZI THORNTON. later Chic albums feature the distinctive deep voice of keyboardist RAY JONES.

alright then. hope martin's doing OK, wonder if he ever finished listening to all those discs -- that was quite the funk library.

hah Ruud that's a good comparison, I might pick Raymond Jones cause he sang more leads while Stingray was more of a harmonizer. WARNING LOVEBUG WAR STORY CUEING UP: when I saw Funksdelic/Parliament @ the Apollo in 1980 they did this great set-up for "Give Up The Funk" where all the other vocalists chanted Ray's name and pointed at him until he kicked into "tear the roof off the sucka tear the roof..."

Yes! This is at least the second mention of FONZI on sandbox ILM in the last week.

Hello.

Here's the part of the thread where I turn bright green with envy.

Good on Xgau for reminding us how good those post-peak Chic albums are.

That's a nice Ben Ratliff article, not Xgau.

Too band this show did not happen:

In 2004, inspired by what the musical “Mamma Mia!” did for Abba’s back catalog, Mr. Rodgers imagined a Broadway show featuring his own songs, and those he produced, as the backbone, a kind of index of pop in the second half of the 20th century, moving through various cultural movements, cutting across race and class and sexual identity. It didn’t happen, but Mr. Rodgers had already framed the narrative and found the connective threads to his own story, which became the memoir.

too bad

Actually I meant this one:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/books/review/le-freak-an-upside-down-story-of-family-disco-and-destiny-by-nile-rodgers-book-review.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=books

the xgau one

land of the good groove is great, i bought it in part bc of the leather vest outfit nile is wearing on the back of the sleeve

I need to check that one out

So who does sing on "You Can Get By"?