Everybody Dance: Chic and the Politics of Disco

by Daryl Easlea

Book Overview

Few narratives in pop encompass Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Madonna, Duran Duran, Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis and Led Zeppelin. This story is one of them. Chic, led by former Black Panther activist Nile Rodgers and down-home family man Bernard Edwards, are one of the most underrated and pivotal acts in African-American musical history. As artists, they created a discrete R&B sound that just happened to coincide with the disco movement. At...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785588443
• ISBN13: 9781785588440
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"