Editing Bernard Edwards (section)

==Biography==
Edwards was born in [[Greenville, North Carolina]], and grew up in [[Brooklyn]], New York, where he met [[Nile Rodgers]] in the early 1970s. At the time, Edwards was working at a post office with the mother of Rodgers's girlfriend.<ref name="htmiitmb">{{cite episode|title=Episode 1|series=Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business|airdate=25 August 2018|network=[[BBC4]]}}</ref> The two formed the Big Apple Band (active 1972–1976) and then united with drummer [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]] to eventually form Chic together with singer [[Norma Jean Wright]].

With Chic (active 1976–1983), Edwards created era-defining hits such as "[[Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)|Dance, Dance, Dance]]", "[[Everybody Dance (Chic song)|Everybody Dance]]", "[[Le Freak]]", "[[I Want Your Love (Chic song)|I Want Your Love]]" and "[[Good Times (Chic song)|Good Times]]". Edwards also worked with Nile Rodgers to produce and write for other artists, using Chic to perform everything musically and vocally except lead vocals. Those productions with [[Norma Jean Wright]], [[Sister Sledge]], [[Sheila (and) B. Devotion|Sheila and B. Devotion]], [[Diana Ross]], [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Debbie Harry]] and [[Fonzi Thornton]] led to more hits such as "Saturday", "He's The Greatest Dancer", "[[We Are Family (song)|We Are Family]]", "Spacer", "[[Upside Down (Diana Ross song)|Upside Down]]", "[[I'm Coming Out]]" and "Backfired". In the song "We Are Family," Kathy Sledge gives Edwards a brief shout-out, singing "Yeah, come on Bernard, play...play your funky bass, boy!". As a lone songwriter/producer, he gave [[Diana Ross]] her Top 15 hit, "Telephone" from her 1985 platinum "[[Swept Away (Diana Ross album)|Swept Away]]" album released on [[RCA]] and Ross' international label, [[Capitol Records|Capitol-EMI]].

Edwards released a solo album, ''Glad to Be Here'' in 1983, and in 1985 he was instrumental in the formation of the [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[The Power Station (band)|the Power Station]]. The band's first album was produced by Edwards and featured Chic drummer [[Tony Thompson (drummer)|Tony Thompson]], and [[Duran Duran]] members [[John Taylor (bass guitarist)|John]] and [[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]] as well as singer [[Robert Palmer]]. Edwards followed this by producing Robert Palmer's hit album ''[[Riptide (album)|Riptide]]''. He continued to produce artists throughout the 1980s and 90s, including Diana Ross, [[Adam Ant]], [[Rod Stewart]], [[Jody Watley]], [[Grayson Hugh]], [[Air Supply]], [[ABC (band)|ABC]] and Duran Duran.

Edwards was the father of multi-platinum record producer [[Focus...|Bernard "Focus..." Edwards, Jr.]] who has produced songs for [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Beyoncé]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Bishop Lamont]], [[Tony Yayo]] and more.

Edwards teamed up with Nile Rodgers again for the Chic reunion in the early 1990s and released the album ''[[Chic-Ism]]'' in 1992.