Nile Rodgers
Composer, Actor, Producer
19 September 1952 (73 years)
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".
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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".
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Filmography
| 2005 | Roll Bounce · as Composer |
| 1999 | Public Enemy · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III · as Original Music Composer |
| 1994 | Blue Chips · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | White Hot · as Original Music Composer |
| 1988 | Earth Girls Are Easy · as Original Music ComposerOn Plex |
| 1988 | Coming to America · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | Alphabet City · as Original Music Composer |
| 1982 | Soup for One · as Original Music Composer |
| 2025 | Cerrone - Supernature · as Guest |
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| 2014 | The CNBC Conversation · as Featuring Guest |
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| 2008 | |
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| 2000 | A Diva's Christmas Carol · as Ceo Of Record Label |
| 1988 | Coming to America · as Basketball Game Attendee |
| 1985 | American Masters · as Composer |
| 2025 | Opus · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Disco's Revenge · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Opus · as Songs |
| 2021 | Coming 2 America · as Songs |