Nile Rodgers

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

66

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-09-19 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 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

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

    NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

  • Michael McIntyre's Big Show

    Michael McIntyre's Big Show

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

    Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest

  • David Bowie: Five Years

    David Bowie: Five Years

  • Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

    Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert

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

    SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

  • Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

    Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

  • Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

    Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

  • Cerrone - Supernature

    Cerrone - Supernature

  • Molly: The Real Thing

    Molly: The Real Thing

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

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

  • The Big Narstie Show

    The Big Narstie Show

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

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

  • George Michael: Freedom

    George Michael: Freedom

  • Little Richard: I Am Everything

    Little Richard: I Am Everything

  • Avicii - I'm Tim

    Avicii - I'm Tim

  • ABBA: Against the Odds

    ABBA: Against the Odds

  • Breaking a Monster

    Breaking a Monster

  • Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

    Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers

  • Finding the Funk

    Finding the Funk

  • By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

    By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem

  • Camden

    Camden

  • Studio 54

    Studio 54

  • Disco’s Revenge

    Disco’s Revenge

  • Live Aid

    Live Aid

  • If These Walls Could Sing

    If These Walls Could Sing

  • George Michael: Freedom Uncut

    George Michael: Freedom Uncut

  • Sex: The Revolution

    Sex: The Revolution

  • Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

    Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

  • American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

    American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

  • Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators

    Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators

  • Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends

    Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends

  • Daft Punk Unchained

    Daft Punk Unchained

  • Avicii: True Stories

    Avicii: True Stories

  • Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

    Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues

  • Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

    Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

  • Coming Back for More

    Coming Back for More

  • A Diva's Christmas Carol

    A Diva's Christmas Carol

  • CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

    CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

  • What Difference Does It Make?

    What Difference Does It Make?

  • I Was There When House Took Over the World

    I Was There When House Took Over the World

  • Live Aid

    Live Aid

  • Curves Contours & Body Horns

    Curves Contours & Body Horns

  • Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker

    Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker

  • Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers

    Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers

  • Cerrone

    Cerrone

  • Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

    Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

  • Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour

    Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour

  • The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

    The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

  • Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

    Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6

  • Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

    Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

  • Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

    Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran

  • Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

    Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker

  • Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

    Sheila, toutes ces vies-là

  • Disco: Spinning The Story

    Disco: Spinning The Story

  • Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013

    Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013

  • Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023

    Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023

  • Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic

    Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic

  • Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004

    Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004

  • Chic: Live at the Budokan

    Chic: Live at the Budokan

  • Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

    Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

  • Chic: Le Freak - Live

    Chic: Le Freak - Live