Nile Rodgers and his Chic Organization are godlike geniuses. No question about it. Chic were the smartest and coolest disco outfit who ever lived, creating some sophisticated dance floor monsters that are still light years ahead of the game.

Rodgers wasn’t keen to just sit back and turn out dance tracks though. He had an eye on the wider angle of rock and pop. He, along with his musical brother, Bernie Edwards, produced some dazzling records for other artists including Diana Ross and Sister Sledge.

And it doesn’t bring us any pleasure at all to share the news that Rodgers has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, which of course, he’s tackling with all the class you’d expect of one of the world’s finest and nicest (Nile writes about it here, on his blog).

And so, by way of small tribute, hecklerspray has made a playlist dedicated to Chic and those that were produced by either Rodgers flying solo, or as a tagteam with Bernie Edwards.

It really is a diverse mix, taking in Chic hits, Sister Sledge, Diana Ross and Grace Jones as well as David Bowie, Madonna, Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Debbie Harry and The B-52s. Also, keep in mind that, when listening to Le Freak, the original refrain was “Aaaaah FUCK OFF!”, aimed at the jerks who worked the door of Studio 54.

Here’s the tracklisting for Chic & Friends, with a link to the Spotify playlist at the bottom. Get well soon Nile. You’re way too cool to be leaving us just yet.

HecklerPlay: Chic & Friends

Le Freak – Chic

I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross

He’s The Greatest Dancer – Sister Sledge

My Forbidden Lover – Chic

Spacer – Sheila

Everybody Dance – Chic

Good Times – Chic

Dance Dance Dance – Chic

We Are Family – Sister Sledge

Chic Cheer – Chic

Est-ce Que C’est Chic – Chic

Upside Down – Diana Ross

I Want Your Love – Chic

Strike Up The Band – Chic

Lost in Music – Sister Sledge

My Old Piano – Diana Ross

Hangin’ – Chic

I’m Not Perfect – Grace Jones

Like A Virgin – Madonna

Why – Carly Simon

Surrender – Debbie Harry

The Reflex – Duran Duran

I Feel Your Love Comin’ On – Chic

Modern Love – David Bowie

Stage Fright – Chic

Notorious – Duran Duran

Material Girl – Madonna

Take It Off – Chic

Let’s Dance – David Bowie

Roam – The B-52s

Sometimes You Win – Chic

Click here for the Spotify playlist of Chic & Friends

For many, Debbie Harry was a first crush. If you’re older, just a plain ol’ crush. Either way, she’s a well assembled woman who happened to front a pretty cool band that covered a lot of ground. Disco, proto-rap, rock, punk, pop… oh, and that terrible ‘Maria’ one.

And there’s a certain tragic suicide blonde thing going on with Debbie, which makes her even more alluring. She’s been a Playboy Bunny with her boobies out, she was adopted as a baby and is generally a bit broken and trashy.

Oh, and she was nearly killed by one of America’s most notorious serial killers, Ted Bundy.

While promoting new Blondie LP, ‘Panic of Girls’, Harry revealed that she was almost murdered by the notorious sex killer Ted Bundy.

She totally forgot to mention this previously, but now there’s an album to promote, this salacious news suddenly sprung back into her mind. Handy that.

Debbie opened up about how she nearly accepted a lift from the Bundy, who of course, was executed in ’89 for murdering over thirty women in the early ’70s.

Debbie Harry told a newspaper we’re not linking to, because they don’t link to us when they steal our articles:

”The hairs on the back of my neck just stood up. I pulled the door handle from the outside. He tried to stop me by spinning the car, but it helped me fling myself out,”

She added: ‘

‘Afterwards I saw him on the news. Ted Bundy.”

If he’d kept her in the car, he probably would have strangled her and then had sex with her dead body. That’s a nice cheery thought to see you safely into the weekend, eh?

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