Tony Thompson (Chic)
The hardest rocker of the disco era, Thompson laid down floor grooves for Chic, the outlandish disco group that stomped conventions of the genre. Thompson also played drums for Madonna on “Like a Virgin.”
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.