Nile Rodgers
Known For
Acting
Born
1952-09-19 in New York City, New York, USA
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 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.
Most Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
as Self
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
as Self - Performer
Goldene Kamera
as Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Panellist
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
as Self - Performer (Los Angeles)
The Big Narstie Show
as Self
Camden
as Self
Live Aid
as Self
Avicii - I'm Tim
as Self - Artist
Amol Rajan Interviews
as Self - Interviewed Guest
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
Avicii: True Stories
as Self
ABBA: Against the Odds
as Self
Studio 54
as Self
Cerrone
as Self
Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
as Self
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
as Self