Nile Rodgers
Biography
Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, record producer and composer. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a three-time Grammy Award-winner, and the chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Known for his "chucking" guitar style, Rolling Stone wrote in 2014 that "the full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom". Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977, including the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "Everybody Dance". The 1978 album C'est Chic produced the hits "I Want Your Love" and "Le Freak", with the latter selling more than seven million singles worldwide. The song "Good Times" from the 1979 album Risqué was a number one single on the pop and soul charts, and ...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Studio 54
2018
Live Aid
1985
Avicii - I'm Tim
2024
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022
George Michael: Freedom
2017
ABBA: Against the Odds
2024
Live Aid
2004
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
2014
Avicii: True Stories
2017
A Diva's Christmas Carol
2000
Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
2022
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
2018
David Bowie: Five Years
2013
Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll
2018
Molly: The Real Thing
2016
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
2023
Daft Punk Unchained
2015
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know
2018
What Difference Does It Make?
2014
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
2023
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022
Cerrone
2015
Disco: Spinning The Story
2005
Disco’s Revenge
2024
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013
2015
Curves Contours & Body Horns
1993
Finding the Funk
2014
Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker
2015
Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
2013
Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour
2017
Breaking a Monster
2015