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Joni Sledge Of R&b Group Sister Sledge Has Died At 60

... night: "Yesterday, numbness fell upon our family. We are saddened to inform you that our dear sister, mother, aunt, niece and cousin, Joni passed away yesterday. Please pray for us as we weep for this loss. We do know that she is now eternally with Our Lord. We miss her and hurt for her presence, her radiance, and the sincerity with which she loved & embraced life.". Warren said they last performed together in concert in October. We love you Joni. __link__/6 Zxj 6 g Lo Qh. — Sister Sledge (@Sister Sledge_) March 12, 2017. Raised in a show-business family, Sledge and and sisters Debbie, Kim and Kathy formed the band Sister Sledge in 1971. Joni had said they owed much of their vocal sophistication to their grandmother, Viola Beatrix Williams, a lyric soprano who tutored them in singing. 'She wouldn't let us get away with just shouting,' she told The Republic in 1994. 'She'd say, 'Oh no! Sing that ...

Joni Sledge, Member Of 'we Are Family' Hitmakers Sister Sledge, Dies At 60

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We Are Family' Singer Joni Sledge Dies At 60

... up of Joni and three of her sisters — Debbie, Kim, and Kathy — though Kathy parted ways with the group in 1989. They hailed from Philadelphia and formed the group in the early 70 s, inspired by their opera-singing grandmother. Their biggest hit, "We Are Family", written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers of Chic, came eight years after they got together and during a difficult time for the group professionally. "We were saying: 'Well, maybe we should go to college and just become lawyers or something other than music, because it really is tough,'" Sledge told The Guardian in an interview last year. The We Are Family recording session (their big hit was also the title of the album on which it was recorded) "was like a one-take party – we were just dancing and playing around and hanging out in the studio when we did it," she added. You Tube. Another song from the same album, "He's the Greatest Dancer," also climbed the charts and was later sampled in Will Smith's hit 1998 single "Gettin' Jiggy wit It.". Sledge also "wrote several of the songs on, and produced, ...

È Morta La Cantante Joni Sledge. Aveva 60 Anni

... non risultava essere malata e aveva in programma un concerto a Los Angeles sabato prossimo. "Ci mancano lei e la presenza, la sincerità, la luminosità con cui amava e affrontava la vita", recita una nota della famiglia. Figlie d'arte, Joni e le sue tre sorelle, Debbie, Kathy e Kim, sono cresciute a Philadelphia e negli anni Settanta hanno iniziato la loro carriera, ma il vero successo è arrivato nel 1979 con We are family, scritta da Nile Rodgers e Bernard Edwards, una hit della disco che le ha rese famose in tutto il mondo. — Sister Sledge (@Sister Sledge_) March 12, 2017. Rodgers ha fatto le sue condoglianze alla famiglia su Twitter: "Abbiamo fatto cose eccezionali insieme". #RIPJoni Sledge #We Are Family My heartfelt condolences to your family because they are my family too. We did. __link__/m 6 f Dm On FUM. — Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) March 12, 2017. We are family divenne in breve uno dei brani dance più conosciuti e ballati nel mondo e il ritornello ...

Décès De Joni Sledge, L'une Des Soeurs Du Hit Disco We Are Family

... Debbie, Kathy et Kim, filles de deux artistes, ont grandi à Philadelphie et s'étaient fait une certaine réputation en chantant du R&B dans les années 1970. Mais c'est en 1979 qu'elles rencontrent véritablement le succès avec "We Are Family", écrit par Nile Rodgers et Bernard Edwards devenus des figures majeures de la folie disco avec leur groupe Chic. Joni Sledge avait confié l'an dernier au quotidien britannique The Guardian qu'elle et ses soeurs envisageaient avant ce succès de changer de voie et de se mettre à des études de droit. "Enregistrer +We Are Family+ c'était comme une fête, nous dansions et nous amusions dans le studio", a-t-elle raconté. Nile Rodgers a présenté ses condoléances sur Twitter, écrivant: "nous avons réalisé ensemble quelque chose de vraiment incroyable". Malgré l'unité affichée par les soeurs, Kathy a quitté le groupe pour une carrière en solo, créant des tensions. Sister Sledge se ...