Which group performed the 1979 disco hit “He's the Greatest Dancer”?

Sister Sledge performed the 1979 disco hit “He’s the Greatest Dancer.”

The song was written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, the creative team behind Chic. It appeared on Sister Sledge’s album We Are Family and became one of the group’s signature recordings.

Its lyrics celebrate an exceptionally stylish dancer, while the arrangement uses Chic’s tightly controlled rhythm-guitar and bass approach. The single was a major success on dance, R&B, and pop charts, helping make Sister Sledge central figures in late-1970s disco.

A common mix-up is associating the song with Chic because Rodgers and Edwards produced it and the backing musicians came from the Chic orbit. The vocal performance, however, belongs to Sister Sledge, the Philadelphia-born group of four sisters.