Actor

Nile Rodgers

Born September 19, 1952 in New York City, New York, USA9 films

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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Filmography

9 films as actor

2023Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023
2015Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013
2014Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic
2013Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
2009Chic: Live at the BudokanGuitar
2006Chic: Le Freak - LiveGuitar
2005Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004
2000A Diva's Christmas CarolCEO of Record Label
1991What is House? An Insider's Look at Dance Music