RTM LTD - ROSTER OF ARTISTS
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Sister Sledge featuring Kathy Sledge "We Are Family", "He’s The Greatest Dancer", "Lost In Music", "Thinking Of You", "Frankie". During the formative Years with Sister Sledge, Kathy was often called the female counterpart to Michael Jackson since both came of age on stage as the youngest siblings and lead vocalists in a family group. Fueled by a prodigious musical talent, Kathy’s journey began in Philadelphia, the youngest of five daughters born to Edwin and Florez Sledge. Her grandmother, Viola B Williams. was an opera singer and protégé to Mary McLeod Bethune, gave Kathy and her sisters, “a true appreciation for music. Viola taught her granddaughters harmonies at a very young age. Kathy’s father, Edwin Sledge (one half of tap dance duo Fred & Sledge), was one of the first African Americans who broke racial barriers on Broadway. “I learned the true appreciation and the art of music through my mother, father, and my grandmother,” she says. Her artistic triumphs encompass chart-topping hits, platinum albums, and successful forays into several genres of popular music. Through her multi-faceted music career and her legacy as the signature voice in Sister Sledge.
Groundbreaking producers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (the CHIC Organization) completely changed their lives. The #1 We Are Family (1979) album went platinum and earned plaudits from the rock press. “‘We Are Family,’ beautifully sung by Kathy Sledge, is a near perfect fusion of gospel fire and disco cool,” wrote Stephen Holden in Rolling Stone. The song’s sentiment also stuck a personal chord with Kathy, who recorded her vocals in one take. Successful collaborations with musical geniuses like George Duke, Elton John, and Narada Michael Walden duly followed. Kathy’s debut solo project, Heart on Epic Records, released the chart-topping cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Another Star,” and Take Me Back to Love Again,” (#1 Billboard Club Hits). Several other singles have since powered Kathy’s amazing voice and she has been soaring ever since. Iconic producer Nile Rodgers says it best: “Kathy has one of the most original and unique voices in pop music. Always has and always will!” While Kathy Sledge has tapped into the power of her voice, she consistently sets new standards of excellence. As one of the most sought-after voices in dance and pop music Kathy collaborated with renowned London-based production team Horse Meat Disco on recent club hits “Jump Into the Light” (2020) and “Falling Deep in Love” (2019). Kathy received the “Outstanding Contribution Award” at the 2013 Ibiza DJ Awards. “Music is my passion,” she declares. “It’s what I love to do, throughout my music career, and now more than ever.”
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Kathy Sledge is a Renaissance woman — a singer, songwriter, author, producer, manager, and Grammy-nominated music icon whose boundless creativity and passion has garnered praise from critics and a legion of fans from all over the world.
The group originated worldwide anthems like: Lost in Music, Thinking of You, Frankie, He’s the Greatest Dancer and We Are Family, which was added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2017. 
