We Are Family

…Now” and Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” (both 1979), and feminism—in particular, Black women’s liberation as expressed by African American divas such as Candi Staton in “Young Hearts Run Free” (1976) and Chaka Khan in “I’m Every Woman” (1978).

“We Are Family” remained an R&B staple and was used as a theme song for Major League Baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates during their 1979 championship run. It later became an anthem for both feminist and gay rights groups. Another single from the album, “Lost in Music,”…