The Resume

(1971- )
Formed in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Originally called 'Sisters Sledge'
Debra 'Debbie' Sledge (July 6, 1954-)
Joan 'Joni' Sledge (1957- )
Kim Sledge (August 21, 1958- )
Kathy Sledge (January 6, 1959- )
Recorded 'Time Will Tell,' 'Weatherman,' 'Love, Don't You Go Through No Changes on Me,' 'Mama Never Told Me,' 'Blockbuster Boy,' 'He's The Greatest Dancer,' 'We Are Family,' 'Lost In Music,' 'Thinking Of You,' 'Smile,' 'Pretty Baby,' 'All-American Girls,' 'Next Time You'll Know,' 'He's Just A Runaway,' 'Got To Love Somebody,' 'Reach Your Peak,' 'B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby),' 'My Guy' and 'Frankie'

Why they might be annoying:

Joni refuses to say when in 1957 she was born.
They sang as kids in their church choir as 'Mrs. Williams' Grandchildren.'
They dropped the last 's' in 'Sisters' because it was hard to pronounce 'Sisters Sledge' and caused 'hissing.'
They achieved their biggest hits when Chic's Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced them (1979-81). They showed their appreciation by dumping them.
Kathy, the lead singer, left in 1992 to go solo (so much for family).

Why they might not be annoying:

'We Are Family' (#1 R&B, #2 Pop) and 'He's The Greatest Dancer' (#1 R&B, #9 Pop) were huge disco hits in 1979.
'We Are Family' was adopted by the Pittsburgh Pirates as their 1979 championship season theme song.
They appeared on 'The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson' (November 1979).
They were featured in an episode of 'The Jeffersons' (March 1984).
'Frankie' was a big international song and hit #1 on the U.K. pop chart (1985).
They sang and worked well as loving sisters.

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Black and Beautiful
• Black Women Loved by Whites
• Disco Divas
• Fridays' Musical Guest
• I Performed on American Bandstand [R-Z]
• I Sang on 'We Are Family' for 9/11 Victims
• My Band, My Name
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart [1970s] (Ranked: 1979)
• My Song Inspired a Hannah Montana Episode Title
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Have a Nice Decade: The 70's Pop Culture Box'
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America'
• My Song is on Rhino's 'The Disco Box'
• My Song was Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2008)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1979] (Ranked: 33)
• Profiles 14251-14500 (Ranked: 14443)
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 02]
• The Chipmunks Covered My Song
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
• UK Telegraph's 50 Songs To Make You Dance [June 27, 2008] (Ranked: 4)
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs [Performers] (Ranked: 3)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 43 Votes: 65.12% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 30 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 107 Votes: 66.36% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 140 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 326 Votes: 68.71% Annoying