Sister Sledge - He’s The Greatest Dancer (Cotillion Records 1978)

“He’s the Greatest Dancer“ is a popular disco song written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers and recorded by American disco group Sister Sledge for their successful album We Are Family (1979). “He’s the Greatest Dancer“ was sampled by Will Smith in his 1998 number one hit single “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It“. In 2000, DJ Tony Touch recorded a version of the song, entitled “I Wonder Why? (He’s the Greatest DJ)“ with lyrics sung by Keisha Spivey and Pam Long of R&B girl group Total. The song was recorded and released by Dannii Minogue in 2007 and was an international Top 40 hit. The tune was also sampled by a Russian pop group Hi-Fi in their 1999 song “Pro Leto“ (translated as “About Summer“). Robert Hood released a Techno track based on the Hook of this song on his label M-Plant. The lyrics were written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers and contains rhymes such as...“Arrogance, but not conceit As a man, he’s wears the finest clothes, the best designers heaven knows, from his head down to his toes.
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