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Nile Rodgers

Nile Rodgers

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Born: September 19, 1952New York City, New York, USA

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 became one of the most-sampled songs of all time, "ushering in" hip-hop via the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", inspiring Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust", and anchoring the Daft Punk hit "Around the World". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nile Rodgers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
Billy Idol Should Be Dead

Billy Idol Should Be Dead

Self

2026
Cerrone - Supernature

Cerrone - Supernature

Guest

2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

Self

2025

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

Self

2024
Avicii - I'm Tim

Avicii - I'm Tim

Self - Artist

2024
Disco’s Revenge

Disco’s Revenge

2024
ABBA: Against the Odds

ABBA: Against the Odds

Self

2024
Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023

2023
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

Self

2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Self

2023
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

Self

2023
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

Self

2022
If These Walls Could Sing

If These Walls Could Sing

Self

2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

Self

2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut

George Michael: Freedom Uncut

Self

2022
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Self

2020
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Self

2019
Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers

Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers

Self

2019
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Self

2018
Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

Self

2018
Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

Self

2018
Studio 54

Studio 54

Self

2018
Avicii: True Stories

Avicii: True Stories

Self

2017
George Michael: Freedom

George Michael: Freedom

Self

2017
Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour

Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour

Self

2017
Molly: The Real Thing

Molly: The Real Thing

Self

2016
Daft Punk Unchained

Daft Punk Unchained

Self

2015
Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

Self

2015
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013

Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013

2015
Breaking a Monster

Breaking a Monster

Self

2015
Cerrone

Cerrone

Self

2015
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

Self

2014

Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic

2014
What Difference Does It Make?

What Difference Does It Make?

Self

2014
Finding the Funk

Finding the Funk

Self

2014
David Bowie: Five Years

David Bowie: Five Years

Self

2013
Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker

Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker

2013
Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

2013
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

Self

2011
Chic: Live at the Budokan

Chic: Live at the Budokan

Guitar

2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Self

2009
Coming Back for More

Coming Back for More

2009
Chic: Le Freak - Live

Chic: Le Freak - Live

Guitar

2006
Disco: Spinning The Story

Disco: Spinning The Story

self

2005
Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004

Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004

2005
Live Aid

Live Aid

Self

2004
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

Self

2002
A Diva's Christmas Carol

A Diva's Christmas Carol

CEO of Record Label

2000
Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

Self

2000

Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

Self

1999
Curves Contours & Body Horns

Curves Contours & Body Horns

Self

1993
Live Aid

Live Aid

Self

1985