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

Piece By Peace on Piece By Peace by Empress

Heart & Mind on Heart & Mind by Empress

The Only One on The Only One by Empress

Sight Unseen - Acoustic Version on Sight Unseen by Empress

The Right Time on The Right Time by Empress

Lemme B Me on Lemme B Me 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

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.