Nile Rodgers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 19, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Billy Idol Should Be Dead
Movie · as Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Movie · as Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie · as Self
Cerrone - Supernature
Movie · as Guest
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
TV · as Self · 3 eps
ABBA: Against the Odds
Movie · as Self
Avicii - I'm Tim
Movie · as Self - Artist
Disco's Revenge
Movie · as Self
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Johnson and Knopfler's Music Legends
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Camden
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
Movie · as Self
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie · as Self
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Movie · as Self
Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023
Movie
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Movie · as Self
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Movie · as Self
If These Walls Could Sing
Movie · as Self
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
Movie · as Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep
Amol Rajan Interviews
TV · as Self - Interviewed Guest · 1 ep
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Movie · as Self
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Studio 54
Movie · as Self
Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie · as Self
Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know
Movie · as Self
Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic
Movie · as Self
The Big Narstie Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
George Michael: Freedom
Movie · as Self
Avicii: True Stories
Movie · as Self
Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour
Movie · as Self
I Was There When House Took Over the World
TV · as self · 2 eps
Molly: The Real Thing
Movie · as Self
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
TV · as Self - Performer · 2 eps
Soundbreaking
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013
Movie
Breaking a Monster
Movie · as Self
Cerrone
Movie · as Self
Daft Punk Unchained
Movie · as Self
Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker
Movie · as Self
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Movie · as Self
What Difference Does It Make?
Movie · as Self
Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic
Movie
Finding the Funk
Movie · as Self
David Bowie: Five Years
Movie · as Self
Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
Movie
Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker
Movie
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Movie · as Self
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie · as Self
Chic: Live at the Budokan
Movie · as Guitar
Coming Back for More
Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sex: The Revolution
TV · as Self · 4 eps
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Chic: Le Freak - Live
Movie · as Guitar
Disco: Spinning The Story
Movie · as self
Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004
Movie
Live Aid
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Movie · as Self
Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
Movie · as Self
A Diva's Christmas Carol
Movie · as CEO of Record Label
Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers
Movie · as Self
Curves Contours & Body Horns
Movie · as Self
Later... with Jools Holland
TV · 2 eps
What is House? An Insider's Look at Dance Music
Movie
Live Aid
Movie · as Self
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep