Empress

Empress

Band,
R&B/Soul, Electronic and Dance

One-album disco - funk band Produced, written and performed by Crown Heights Affair and the singer Gail Smith. Their "Dyin' To Be Dancin'" is considered an all time post disco-boogie classic.

Members

	William Anderson g, voc
	Bert Reid ts, voc
	Raymond Reid tb, voc 1952-2013 US
	Ray Rock dr, perc, voc
	Arnold "Muki" Wilson b, voc
	James Baynard tr, voc
	Skip Boardley voc
	Gail Smith voc

Popular Tracks

Heart & Mind on Heart & Mind by Empress

Easy To Be Sad on Easy To Be Sad by Empress

All We Get Is Time on All We Get Is Time by Empress

Lemme B Me on Lemme B Me by Empress

The Right Time on The Right Time by Empress

Round & Round on Round & Round by Empress

One Last Time on One Last Time by Empress

Piece By Peace on Piece By Peace by Empress

Vixen on Vixen by Empress

We Own This Crown - Chico Rose remix on We Own This Crown by Empress

Track list and 30sec audio provided by

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
You'll Never Know / Dyin' To Be Dancin'	Hi Gloss / Empress	1989	Single
Take A Risk / Give In To Love	Empress	1982	Single
Take A Risk	Empress	1982	Album
Empress	Empress	1982	Album
Menergy / Dyin' To Be Dancin'	Patrick Cowley / Empress	1981	Single
Dyin' To Be Dancin'	Empress	1981	Album
Inch By Inch / You Got What It Takes / Dyin' To Be Dancin'	The Strikers / Bobby Thurston / Empress		Album

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.