Nile Rodgers

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger and guitarist. The co-founder of Chic, he has written, produced, and performed on records that have cumulatively 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 1970 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977. It included the hit singles Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) and Everybody Dance. The 1978 album Cest Chic produced the hits I Want Your Love and Le Freak, with the latter selling more than 7 million singles worldwide. The song Good Times from the 1979 album Risque 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 Gangs Rappers Delight, inspiring Queens Another One Bites the Dust, and anchoring the Daft Punk hit Around the World.With Edwards, Rodgers wrote and produced music for other artists, including the songs Hes the Greatest Dancer and We Are Family for Sister Sledge and Im Coming Out for Diana Ross. After Chics 1983 breakup Rodgers produced a string of the post-disco eras biggest albums and singles, including David Bowies Lets Dance, Original Sin by INXS, Duran Durans The Reflex and Notorious, and Madonnas Like a Virgin. He later worked with artists including The B-52s, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, The Vaughan Brothers, Bryan Ferry, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, and Daft Punk, winning three Grammy Awards in 2014 for his work on their album Random Access Memories.

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