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• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 24th 1979, Sister Sledge performed "He's the Greatest Dancer" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
  At the time the song was at #29 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; seven weeks later on May 6th, 1979 it would peak at #9 {for 2 weeks} and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100...
  On March 25th, 1979 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's R&B Singles chart; it was preceded and then succeeded at #1 by the same record, "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" by Instant Funk...
  Between 1974 and 1985 the Philadelphian family quartet had eight Top 100 records; with two making the Top 10, their other Top 10 record was "We Are Family" at #2* {for 2 weeks}, also in 1979...
  * The two weeks that "We Are Family" was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer.
• Ironbob from San Jose, CaSister Sledge's big break came on of all places, Chuck Barris' "Gong Show" and sang the song, "We Are Family".
• Carl from Vancouver , Wathis was the song back in the days
• John from Nashville, TnThis record along with the WE ARE FAMILY album was Sister Sledge's last chance. The Sisters gave themselves a deadline to have a hit by the end of the decade (1979). If that goal wasn't achieved, they were going to get out of the business to strictly concentrate on pursuing their college degrees.
• Kristin from Bessemer, AlI remember when this song debuted on "American Bandstand" on the "Rate-A-Record" portion of the show - the first person liked it, but the second person said that no one would buy it, and that it wouldn't be a hit-

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