Nile Rodgers

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-09-19 (72 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

Actor

Amol Rajan Interviews

as Self - Interviewed Guest

2024
2024
Camden

as Self

2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self - Panellist

2018
Studio 54

as Self

2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show

as Self - Performer

2015
2015
Cerrone

as Self

2014
2006
2004
Live Aid

as Self

2000
A Diva's Christmas Carol

as CEO of Record Label

1985
Live Aid

as Self

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1972

Sound

2025
Opus

as Songs

2000
Eventual Wife

as Original Music Composer

1994
Beverly Hills Cop III

as Original Music Composer

1994
Beverly Hills Cop III

as Theme Song Performance

1994
Blue Chips

as Original Music Composer

1994
Beverly Hills Cop III

as Music Producer

1989
White Hot

as Original Music Composer

1988
Earth Girls Are Easy

as Original Music Composer

1988
Coming to America

as Original Music Composer

1984
Alphabet City

as Original Music Composer

1982
Soup for One

as Music

Producer

2025
Opus

as Executive Producer