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https://nypost.com/2021/12/23/wild-way-sister-sledge-taught-james-brown-to-speak-french/
The girls made it big in 1974 with the single “Love Don’t Go Through No Changes On Me”. The same year they also flew to Africa to perform at the fabled “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
“We got on this private jet with all these legendary artists like James Brown and The Spinners,” said Debbie. “There was a little bit of protest because JB had too much luggage. The other groups didn’t want to get on the plane if it was going to be dangerous. They said: ‘Take some of that luggage off!’”
Sister Sledge performed in front of 60,000 people at the stadium in Kinshasa before the big event. “There was such electricity,” Debbie said. She described how 18-year-old Joni tried to teach Brown how to take the micro and greet the French-speaking crowd with an enthusiastic “bon soir.”
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