Nile Rodgers
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.
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- 2024 · Avicii - I'm Tim as Self
- 2024 · Camden as Self
- 2024 · Disco’s Revenge as
- 2024 · Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends as Self
- 2024 · ABBA: Against the Odds as
- 2023 · Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023 as
- 2023 · Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
- 2023 · Little Richard: I Am Everything as Self
- 2023 · Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues as Self
- 2022 · Sheila, toutes ces vies-là as Self
- 2022 · If These Walls Could Sing as Self
- 2022 · Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert as Self
- 2022 · George Michael: Freedom Uncut as Self
- 2021 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panelist
- 2020 · Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President as Self
- 2019 · Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2018 · Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic as Self
- 2018 · Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll as Self
- 2018 · The Big Narstie Show as Self
- 2018 · Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know as Self
- 2018 · Studio 54 as Self
- 2017 · Avicii: True Stories as Self
- 2017 · George Michael: Freedom as Self
- 2017 · Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour as Self
- 2017 · Nile Rodgers and Chic: Live at Glastonbury 2017 as Himself
- 2017 · I Was There When House Took Over the World as self
- 2016 · Michael McIntyre's Big Show as Self - Performer
- 2016 · Molly: The Real Thing as Self
- 2015 · Daft Punk Unchained as Self
- 2015 · Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker as Self
- 2015 · Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013 as
- 2015 · Breaking a Monster as Self
- 2015 · Cerrone as Self
- 2014 · CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self
- 2014 · Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic as
- 2014 · What Difference Does It Make? as Self
- 2014 · Finding the Funk as Self
- 2013 · David Bowie: Five Years as Self
- 2013 · Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker as
- 2013 · Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6 as
- 2011 · Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston as Self
- 2009 · Chic: Live at the Budokan as Guitar
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self
- 2009 · Coming Back for More as
- 2008 · Sex: The Revolution as
- 2008 · NPR Tiny Desk Concerts as Self
- 2006 · Chic: Le Freak - Live as Guitar
- 2005 · Disco: Spinning The Story as self
- 2004 · Live Aid as Self
- 2002 · The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' as Self
- 2000 · A Diva's Christmas Carol as CEO of Record Label
- 2000 · Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran as Self
- 1999 · Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers as Self
- 1993 · Curves Contours & Body Horns as Self
- 1985 · Live Aid as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1972 · Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest as Performer - Los Angeles
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- Future · Amol Rajan Interviews as Self - Interviewed Guest
- Future · Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers as Self
- Future · American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special as Himself