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Nile Rodgers

December 29, 2022

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952)[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5] Known for his "chucking" guitar style, Rolling Stone wrote in 2014 that "the full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom".[6]

Nile Rodgers
Rodgers performing at BST Hyde Park 2022
Background information
Birth nameNile Gregory Rodgers Jr.
Born (1952-09-19) September 19, 1952 (age 70)
New York City, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • musician
  • composer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1972–present[1]
Labels
Member ofChic
Websitenilerodgers.com

Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards,[7][8] 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".[9][10]

With Edwards, Rodgers wrote and produced music for other artists, including the songs "He's the Greatest Dancer" and "We Are Family" for Sister Sledge and "I'm Coming Out" and "Upside Down" for Diana Ross.[11] After Chic's breakup in 1983, Rodgers produced several major albums and singles for other artists, including David Bowie's Let's Dance, "Original Sin" by INXS, Duran Duran's "The Reflex" and "Notorious", and Madonna's "Like a Virgin".[12] He later worked with artists including The B-52s, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Grace Jones, 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.[13][14]

In 2018, Rodgers co-founded Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a publicly traded music intellectual property investment company.

Early life

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. was born on September 19, 1952 in the Lower East Side, New York City to Beverly Goodman. She gave birth to Rodgers when she was 14. His biological father, Nile Rodgers Sr. – a traveling percussionist who specialized in Afro-Cuban beats – was rarely present as Rodgers grew up; although influential in his life, Rodgers saw his father only a "handful" of times prior to his death in 1970.[15] In 1959, Goodman married Bobby Glanzrock, whom Rodgers described in his 2011 autobiography as a "beatnik PhD, whose observations had angles that would make Miles Davis contemplate his cool."[16] Richard Pryor, Thelonious Monk, and Lenny Bruce often visited their home in Greenwich Village.[17] Glanzrock and Goodman were addicted to heroin, and Rodgers began using drugs at 13.[18]

Before learning to play the guitar at 16, Rodgers played the flute and the clarinet.[19] As a teenager, he played guitar with African, Persian, Latin, jazz and Boogaloo bands.[20] He became a subsection leader of the Lower Manhattan branch of the New York Black Panther Party as a teenager.[21] His cousin, trumpeter Robert "Spike" Mickens was a member of hitmakers Kool and the Gang from 1964 to 1986.[22]

Career

1970s: Formation of Chic, "Le Freak", Sister Sledge

Rodgers met bassist Bernard Edwards in 1970 while working as a touring musician for the Sesame Street stage show. Together they formed The Big Apple Band, and worked as back-up musicians for the vocal group New York City ("I'm Doin' Fine Now"). New York City's one hit allowed them to tour extensively, opening for The Jackson 5 on the American leg of their first world tour in 1973.[23][24] The band dissolved after their second album failed to yield a hit, but Nile and Bernard joined forces with drummer Tony Thompson, and worked and recorded as a funk rock band called The Boys, which played numerous gigs up and down the East Coast. Although there was label interest, record companies passed on the band after discovering its members were black, believing that black rock artists would be too hard to promote.[25]

As the Big Apple Band, Rodgers and Edwards worked with Ashford & Simpson, Luther Vandross, and many others. Since another New York artist, Walter Murphy, had a band called The Big Apple Band, Rodgers and Edwards were forced to change their band's name to avoid confusion. Thus, in 1977 the band was renamed as Chic.

Inspired by Roxy Music, Chic developed a sound that was a fusion of jazz, soul, and funk grooves with melodies and lyrics with a European influence.[26] Between gigs, they recorded the song "Dance, Dance, Dance", with then-boss Luther Vandross on vocals.[27] Originally released by Buddah Records, it was a hit when it was re-released by Atlantic in the summer of 1977. Atlantic picked up an album option with Rodgers and Edwards, who quickly wrote more songs, and Chic's self-titled debut was released in November.[28]

The band scored numerous top ten hits and helped propel disco to new levels of popularity, with "Le Freak", "I Want Your Love", "Everybody Dance",[29] "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)",[30] "My Forbidden Lover", and "Good Times" becoming club/pop/R&B standards.[31][32] "Le Freak" was Atlantic Records' only triple platinum selling single at the time,[33] and "Good Times" shot to No. 1 in August 1979 in spite of that year's "Disco Sucks" movement protesting that style of music.[34]

The success of Chic's first singles led Atlantic to offer Rodgers and Edwards the opportunity to produce any act on its roster. They chose Sister Sledge, whose 1979 album, We Are Family,[35] peaked at No. 3 and remained on the charts well into 1980. The first two singles, "He's the Greatest Dancer" and the title cut "We Are Family" both reached No. 1 on the R&B chart, and No. 6 and No. 2, respectively on the Pop chart.[36][37][38] In April 2018, "We Are Family" was selected to be preserved in the Library of Congress.[35]

1980s: Diana Ross, David Bowie, INXS, Madonna, Duran Duran

The 1979 disco backlash derailed Chic, and Edwards retreated from work,[39] while Rodgers' drug use accelerated.[18] Rodgers and Edwards delivered their final Atlantic album under contract, Believer, in 1982.[40] They completed one of their last projects together in 1980, writing and producing the album Diana for Diana Ross, which yielded the hits "Upside Down"[41] and "I'm Coming Out".[35] They produced Deborah Harry's 1981 solo album Koo Koo, and produced the hit "Spacer" for the French disco act Sheila and B. Devotion.[42] During the same time period, Chic's song "Good Times" was sampled on The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight", the first multiple-platinum hip hop single. The song continued to influence the sounds of others, including Queen, (with the 1980 hit "Another One Bites the Dust") and Blondie, who had a #1 hit with "Rapture".[33] Following Chic's breakup, Rodgers released his first solo album, Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove.[43]

With Chic no longer occupying most of his time, Rodgers was free to focus on working with other artists.[44] He produced David Bowie's biggest selling album Let's Dance, which yielded the hit singles "Let's Dance", "China Girl", and "Modern Love". He produced the single "Original Sin" by INXS, and in 1984, he produced Madonna's album Like a Virgin, which scored three hit singles including its title track, "Material Girl", and "Dress You Up".[45][46] He worked extensively with Duran Duran, remixing their biggest-selling single, "The Reflex", producing "Wild Boys" on their 1984 live album, Arena, and co-producing the album Notorious.[47]

In 1985, Rodgers produced albums for Sheena Easton, Jeff Beck, Thompson Twins, Mick Jagger, and others,[29] and performed at Live Aid with Madonna and the Thompson Twins.[48] He was named the #1 Singles Producer in the World by Billboard at the end of the year.[49] To complete the decade, he produced albums for Grace Jones, Al Jarreau (L is for Lover), Earth Wind and Fire's vocalist Philip Bailey, and performed on "Higher Love" with Steve Winwood, as well as on records for Cyndi Lauper, and others.[50][51] In 1989, he co-produced the B-52's multi-platinum album Cosmic Thing; it reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and yielded the singles "Love Shack", and "Roam".[52] He produced Workin' Overtime, Diana Ross' return to Motown,[53] and the soundtracks for Alphabet City, Gremlins,[54] White Nights,[55] and The Fly.[56] He later composed an orchestral soundtrack, his first, for the film Coming to America.[57][58]

Rodgers formed the short-lived experimental band Outloud in 1987, with David Letterman's guitarist, composer, and vocalist Felicia Collins and French session musician, producer, composer, and keyboardist Philippe Saisse; the trio released a single album, Out Loud, on Warner Bros. Records.[59]

1990s: Production, reformed Chic and death of Edwards, Sumthing Else

 
Nile Rodgers at his Le Crib Studios, 1999

In September 1990, shortly after the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Rodgers-produced Vaughan Brothers album, Family Style was released.[60] He also produced projects for David Bowie, Eric Clapton,[61] The B-52s, David Lee Roth,[62] Ric Ocasek,[63] The Stray Cats[64] and others early in the decade, and worked on the soundtracks for Thelma and Louise, Cool World,[65] and The Beavis and Butt-head Experience.[51]

Rodgers and Edwards reformed Chic in 1992 and recorded new material for the album Chic-Ism.[66] In 1996 they released a Japan-only album consisting of old Chic material rerecorded with guest vocalists, Chic Freak and More Treats. Edwards and Rodgers performed with Sister Sledge, Steve Winwood, and Slash in a series of commemorative concerts in Japan.[67] Edwards died following a concert on April 17, 1996. Rodgers discovered his body. He later said that when Edwards died he "cried like a baby and suffered intensely but eventually realised the best tribute to him would be to carry on and be the best I could be."[68][69] A year later, Rodgers returned to Japan to pay homage to his fallen partner, and in 1999, Rodgers released Live at the Budokan, a live recording of Edwards' final performance. The album was not overdubbed or changed in order to keep the recording pure.[70][71]

Rodgers started playing live concerts again while composing and producing music for film soundtracks: Beverly Hills Cop III,[72] Blue Chips,[73] The Flintstones[74] and Feeling Minnesota, working with Bob Dylan, among others.[75]

In 1997, Notorious BIG released "Mo Money Mo Problems" sampling Rodgers and Edwards' song "I'm Coming Out" from Diana Ross's platinum album, Diana. "Mo Money, Mo Problems" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks[76] and was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.[77]

In 1998, Rodgers founded Sumthing Else Music Works record label and Sumthing Distribution, an independent music label distributor. Sumthing focused on distributing video game soundtracks, and released the world's first 5.1 surround DVD game-soundtrack album.[78] Its titles include the Halo, Resident Evil, Gears of War and Borderlands series.[79]

2000s: Film and video game soundtracks, We Are Family Foundation

In the early 2000s, Rodgers worked extensively on film and video game soundtracks, including Halo 2, Rush Hour 2,[80] Snow Dogs,[81] and Semi-Pro starring Will Ferrell, who co-wrote the title song "Love Me Sexy" with Rodgers.[82]

In 2002, Rodgers returned to work again with the original five members of Duran Duran when he co-produced Astronaut.[83] The album rose to No. 3 in the UK.[84]

Following the September 11 attacks, to start the healing process, Rodgers brought together more than 200 musicians and celebrities to record "We Are Family". It was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios (previously The Power Station, where the original recording of "We Are Family" took place in 1978), and in Los Angeles at the Record Plant. The accompanying music video was directed by Spike Lee. An 80-minute documentary, The Making and Meaning of We Are Family, directed by Danny Schechter,[85] premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002. In a collaboration between Disney, Nickelodeon and PBS, more than 100 children's television characters participated in a "We Are Family" children's music video, and on March 11, 2002, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and PBS aired the video to promote tolerance and diversity on the 6-month anniversary of 9/11.[86] In July 2002, Rodgers co-founded the We Are Family Foundation with his life partner, Nancy Hunt.[87] A non-profit organization that promotes "cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world," it is dedicated to the vision of a global family.[88]

2010s: Autobiography, Daft Punk, Songwriters Hall of Fame, It's About Time

 
Rodgers in 2010

In 2010, Rhino Records released a four-CD box set, Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization, Volume 1: Savoir Faire, which for the first time collected tracks from all of the acts produced by The Chic Organization up to their original break-up in 1983. Rodgers provided sleevenotes for the set, which was also reissued in 2013. Rodgers' critically acclaimed autobiography, Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny was published by Spiegel & Grau, a Random House imprint, in late 2011.[89] It was named one of the top 10 of the 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time by Rolling Stone.[90]

In February 2012, Rodgers announced that he was collaborating with electronic band Daft Punk for their latest album, "teasing out their R&B influences".[91] The record, Random Access Memories was released in 2013. Rodgers co-wrote and played guitar on three tracks: "Give Life Back to Music", "Lose Yourself to Dance", and "Get Lucky". In April, "Get Lucky" entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 3, only 24 hours after its release, and two weeks later rose to No. 1. In an interview with Official Charts Company, Rodgers said, "I've had big records and Number 1s; I have had records that were Number 1 in the United States but nowhere else ... I've had records which have done well [in the UK], but not in the States. But to have this ubiquitous record, that is a hit everywhere ... It's amazing to me! I'm out on the road and I can hear it wherever I go. I'm flabbergasted!" "Get Lucky" became one of the UK's biggest-selling singles of all time.[92]

Rhino Records released Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization Up All Night (The Greatest Hits), a compilation album featuring songs written, played or produced by Rodgers and Bernard Edwards for Chic and various artists, including Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, Carly Simon, Debbie Harry, Johnny Mathis, Sheila & B. Devotion and Norma Jean Wright. Up All Night reached No. 2 on the UK Compilation Album Chart for the week ending July 13, 2013. In October 2013, Rhino released Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization Up All Night (The Greatest Hits Disco Edition), which included a medley taken from Chic ft. Nile Rodgers' live performance at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival.[citation needed]

Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were nominated to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2013.[93] In January 2014, Rodgers performed "Get Lucky" with Daft Punk on the Grammy Awards, along with Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder, with a medley including elements of Chic's "Le Freak" and Wonder's "Another Star". Rodgers won three Grammy Awards for his work with Daft Punk and Random Access Memories, including Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Record of the Year and Album of the Year.[94] In March, Rolling Stone named Nile Rodgers one of the 50 Most Important People in EDM, stating, "The full scope of Nile Rodgers' career is still hard to fathom, and it's not just ongoing, it's in overdrive."[95] In December, NARAS announced that "Le Freak" would be inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame.[96]

Rodgers' solo single "Do What You Wanna Do (IMS Anthem)" was released on August 10, 2014[97] to benefit the We Are Family Foundation. A year later, in March 2015, Rodgers released Chic's first single in more than 23 years, "I'll Be There", with a live streamed concert from The Roundhouse in London.[98] The song, created by Rodgers from original Chic outtake tapes from the 70s, with Bernard Edwards, Tony Thompson, and vocalists Alfa Anderson and Luci Martin.[99] The song went to #1 on Billboard's Dance Music Chart, June 20, 2015.[100] In August, Rodgers launched FOLD Festival (FreakOut! Let's Dance), A multi-day event with a diverse line-up of artists including Beck, Duran Duran, Chaka Khan, Keith Urban, Janelle Monáe, Ginger Minj, Chic and many others.[101]

Rodgers collaborated with Lady Gaga to remake Chic's hit, "I Want Your Love" for Tom Ford's Spring/Summer 2016 collection video in lieu of a fashion show.[102]

Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 9, 2016.[103] In 2017, after 11 nominations for Chic, Rodgers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with an award for Musical Excellence. "It's sort of bittersweet," says Rodgers. "I'm quite flattered that they believed that I was worthy, but my band Chic didn't win. They plucked me out of the band and said, 'You're better than Chic.' That's wacky to me ... I am flattered and I think it's cool, but I feel like somebody put me in the lifeboat and told my family they can't get in."[104]

On the evening of June 2017 Rodgers and Chic returned to the Glastonbury Festival, as headliners on the Pyramid Stage, for an audience of close to 100,000.[105] In September of the same year, a version of George Michael's song "Fantasy" was released, credited to "George Michael featuring Nile Rodgers." The track, released as a B-side by Michael's label in 1990, was reworked by Rodgers and featured him prominently on guitar. It was Michael's only posthumous release.[106]

In June 2018, "Till the World Falls", the first single from Nile Rodgers & Chic's first album since 1992, It's About Time, was released. The song featured Mura Masa, Cosha and Vic Mensa.[107] The album was released in September 2018, and hit the Top 10 in the UK. It was the first Chic record to hit the Top 10 in 25 years.[108] Two singles from the album were subsequently released: "Sober" featuring Craig David and Stefflon Don, and "Do You Wanna Party" featuring LunchMoney Lewis. In December 2018, Nile Rodgers & Chic began their first UK arena tour.[109] They were nominated for a Brit Award in the "Best International Group Category", in January 2019.[110]

In November 2018, to mark the 40th anniversary of "Le Freak", Rhino/Atlantic released The Chic Organisation 1977-79, a 6-CD box set containing Chic's first three albums, Sister Sledge's We Are Family and a collection of rarities, including a facsimile of Chic's first single – a 12″ promo for "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yosah, Yosah)" released by Buddah Records in 1977.[111][112]

In January 2019, Rodgers offered 600 free tickets to furloughed US Federal workers during the US Government Shutdown to the Nile Rodgers & Chic concert at the MGM National Harbor in Washington, DC.[113] Nile Rodgers played Cardiff Castle Wales on July 12, 2019, and on February 17, 2020, he participated in Eric Clapton's tribute concert for Ginger Baker.

2020s: Keith Urban, Hipgnosis, Beyoncé

On November 13, 2020, Rodgers was featured on "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' Children in Need charity single.[114] The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart[115] and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart.[116]

Among other artists, in 2021, Rodgers worked with Jack Savoretti and Keith Urban. "Who's Hurting Who ft. Nile Rodgers", the first single from Savoretti's Europiana album was released in May.[117] In April 2021 he teamed with Urban and Breland on the music video for "The Cage", a track from Urban's 2020 album The Speed of Now Part 1. [118]

In the summer of 2021, Rodgers, with Constellation Immersive, launched DiscOasis, an ongoing 1970s-themed disco and roller skating pop-up party at the South Coast Botanic Garden in Rancho Palos Verdes. Developed in part to provide an outside experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, DJs select music from crates of records that Rodgers hand picked from his personal collection.[119]

On 4 June 2022, Rodgers performed with Duran Duran at the Platinum Party at the Palace.[120] He co-wrote the track "Cuff It", which appeared on the Beyoncé album, Renaissance released in July 2022. It debuted at #1 on the Apple Music charts.[121]

In July 2022, Hipgnosis Songs Fund was valued at US $2.69 billion.[122]

Rodgers performed Modern Love and Let's Dance with Josh Homme, Omar Hakim and Gaz Coombes at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium on September 3, 2022.[123]

Television and film

Since his 1978 debut with Chic on American Bandstand, Rodgers has performed on more than 150 television programs.[124] He has been the subject of documentaries including the BBC's Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker,[125][126][127] Front and Center: Songwriters Hall of Fame: Nile Rodgers on PBS, Arte France's Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker,[128] and the short film Composing America: The Musical Talents of Nile Rodgers. The BBC also broadcast Nile Rodgers: How To Make It in the Music Business, a three-hour, three part special.[129] In 2018, Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers premiered on Netflix.[130]

Rodgers has appeared in documentaries about David Bowie, Diana Ross, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Rick James, George Michael, Duran Duran, Daft Punk, Public Enemy, Madonna, Avicii, Studio 54, the Seventies, the Eighties, the Nineties, recorded music, girl groups, the disco era, disco, house music, funk, and soul music.[131]

The Hitmaker

Rodgers plays a 1960 Fender Stratocaster with a 1959 neck, nicknamed The Hitmaker, which he acquired as a trade-in at a shop in Miami Beach, Florida. Exceptionally light, it has a maple fingerboard and a worn white finish. Rodgers claims it has a unique sound. After Rodgers purchased the guitar, Edwards taught him how to play it in a chop chord style, which he called "chucking". In his autobiography, Rodgers wrote:[132] "He fingered the chords with his left hand, and his right hand would continuously play sixteen notes to the bar while accenting the main parts of the rhythm ... One lesson was all I needed. For the next few nights straight, while my roommate pursued all manner of trysts, I was having a love affair in the bathroom with my new ax. In just a few days, I'd emerge as a chucking funk guitarist who knew more jazz chord inversions than most of my R&B counterparts."

The Fender Custom Shop introduced a limited edition Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster, a recreation of Rodgers' guitar, in January 2014.[133]

Hipgnosis Songs Fund

In 2018, Rodgers founded the music IP investment and song management company Hipgnosis Songs Fund along with Merck Mercuriadis.[134]

Personal life

In the early 1990s, Rodgers woke up in the hospital to learn that his heart had stopped eight times, and he was alive only due to the actions of the doctor who was filling out his death certificate. He stopped using drugs and alcohol in 1994 after a friend showed him a tape of a poor performance.[135] In the mid-1990s, Rodgers was in a relationship with Kenyan singer Lamya.[136]

Rodgers was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in October 2010. He documented his illness on a blog called Walking on Planet C.[137] He was given the all-clear in 2013. In 2017, a growth on his right kidney was diagnosed as two different cancers within one mass. The mass was surgically removed in November 2017. He said he expected a 100% recovery.[138] At his performance at the Hollywood Bowl, on July 4, 2019, Rodgers announced that he was "100% cancer-free."

Rodgers lived in Westport, Connecticut until July 2021 when he moved to Miami, Florida, with his life partner, Nancy Hunt. Rodgers also owns an apartment in New York City.[139][140][141]

Works

Selected discography

Chic
Solo
Outloud
  • Outloud (1987)
Soundtracks
Live

Selected production discography

  • "Agua", Daddy Yankee ft. Rauw Alejandro & Nile Rodgers (2022)

Autobiography

  • Nile Rodgers (2011). Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny. Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 978-0-385-52965-5.

Collaborations

Recognition

Year Organization Award Notes
2005 Dance Music Hall of Fame Inductee
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
NY Chapter 		Governor's Lifetime Achievement Award
2011 We Are Family Foundation Humanitarian Award[144]
2012 Drexel University Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters[145]
2014 National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Award With Daft Punk: Album of the Year
Random Access Memories
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Award With Daft Punk: Record of the Year
"Get Lucky"
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Award With Daft Punk
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
"Get Lucky"
Canadian Music Week Festival The Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award Presented by Paul Williams[146]
Ivor Novello Awards Special International Award Presented by Johnny Marr[147]
International Music Summit IMS Legends Award Presented by Simon LeBon[148]
National Academy of Records Arts and Sciences Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee[96] Chic's "Le Freak"
2015 Golden Camera Lifetime Achievement[149]
Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee Chic's "Le Freak"
BMI BMI R&B/Hip Hop Icon Award[150]
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Honoree of the Producers and Engineers Wing[151]
Horzu magazine Goldene Kamera award for musical lifetime achievement.[152]
2016 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee[153] With Bernard Edwards
British GQ ICON of the Year[154]
BBC BBC Music Day Ambassador[155][156]
2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 11th nomination for Induction[104] Chic
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Musical Excellence[157]
National Recording Registry "We Are Family" recognized for "cultural, artistic and historical
importance to American society and the nation's audio heritage."[158]
2018 Songwriters Hall of Fame Appointed Chairman Unanimously elected
Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctor of Music Degree[159]
Abbey Road Studios Appointed Chief Creative Adviser[160]
Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts Companion Award Presented by Sir Paul McCartney[161]
Global Gift Foundation Humanitarian Award[162]
National Recording Registry "Le Freak" recognized for "cultural, artistic and historical importance to American society and the nation's audio heritage."[163]
Music Business Association Nashville Chairman's Award for Sustained Creative Achievements[164]
2020 Royal Northern College of Music Honorary professorship [165]
2021 Songwriter's Hall of Fame Unanimously re-elected Chairman for 2nd three-year term [166]

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nile, rodgers, nile, gregory, rodgers, born, september, 1952, american, musician, record, producer, composer, founder, chic, rodgers, written, produced, performed, records, that, have, sold, more, than, million, albums, million, singles, worldwide, rock, roll,. Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr born September 19 1952 2 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 3 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 4 5 Known for his chucking guitar style Rolling Stone wrote in 2014 that the full scope of Nile Rodgers career is still hard to fathom 6 Nile RodgersRodgers performing at BST Hyde Park 2022Background informationBirth nameNile Gregory Rodgers Jr Born 1952 09 19 September 19 1952 age 70 New York City U S GenresDiscosoulR amp BrockfunkOccupation s Record producermusiciancomposersongwriterInstrument s GuitarvocalsYears active1972 present 1 LabelsWarnerSumthingAtlanticVirgin RecordsMember ofChicWebsitenilerodgers wbr com Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards 7 8 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 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 Gang s Rapper s Delight inspiring Queen s Another One Bites the Dust and anchoring the Daft Punk hit Around the World 9 10 With Edwards Rodgers wrote and produced music for other artists including the songs He s the Greatest Dancer and We Are Family for Sister Sledge and I m Coming Out and Upside Down for Diana Ross 11 After Chic s breakup in 1983 Rodgers produced several major albums and singles for other artists including David Bowie s Let s Dance Original Sin by INXS Duran Duran s The Reflex and Notorious and Madonna s Like a Virgin 12 He later worked with artists including The B 52s Jeff Beck Mick Jagger Grace Jones 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 13 14 In 2018 Rodgers co founded Hipgnosis Songs Fund a publicly traded music intellectual property investment company Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1970s Formation of Chic Le Freak Sister Sledge 2 2 1980s Diana Ross David Bowie INXS Madonna Duran Duran 2 3 1990s Production reformed Chic and death of Edwards Sumthing Else 2 4 2000s Film and video game soundtracks We Are Family Foundation 2 5 2010s Autobiography Daft Punk Songwriters Hall of Fame It s About Time 2 6 2020s Keith Urban Hipgnosis Beyonce 2 7 Television and film 2 8 The Hitmaker 2 9 Hipgnosis Songs Fund 3 Personal life 4 Works 4 1 Selected discography 4 1 1 Selected production discography 4 2 Autobiography 5 Collaborations 6 Recognition 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditNile Gregory Rodgers Jr was born on September 19 1952 in the Lower East Side New York City to Beverly Goodman She gave birth to Rodgers when she was 14 His biological father Nile Rodgers Sr a traveling percussionist who specialized in Afro Cuban beats was rarely present as Rodgers grew up although influential in his life Rodgers saw his father only a handful of times prior to his death in 1970 15 In 1959 Goodman married Bobby Glanzrock whom Rodgers described in his 2011 autobiography as a beatnik PhD whose observations had angles that would make Miles Davis contemplate his cool 16 Richard Pryor Thelonious Monk and Lenny Bruce often visited their home in Greenwich Village 17 Glanzrock and Goodman were addicted to heroin and Rodgers began using drugs at 13 18 Before learning to play the guitar at 16 Rodgers played the flute and the clarinet 19 As a teenager he played guitar with African Persian Latin jazz and Boogaloo bands 20 He became a subsection leader of the Lower Manhattan branch of the New York Black Panther Party as a teenager 21 His cousin trumpeter Robert Spike Mickens was a member of hitmakers Kool and the Gang from 1964 to 1986 22 Career Edit1970s Formation of Chic Le Freak Sister Sledge Edit Rodgers met bassist Bernard Edwards in 1970 while working as a touring musician for the Sesame Street stage show Together they formed The Big Apple Band and worked as back up musicians for the vocal group New York City I m Doin Fine Now New York City s one hit allowed them to tour extensively opening for The Jackson 5 on the American leg of their first world tour in 1973 23 24 The band dissolved after their second album failed to yield a hit but Nile and Bernard joined forces with drummer Tony Thompson and worked and recorded as a funk rock band called The Boys which played numerous gigs up and down the East Coast Although there was label interest record companies passed on the band after discovering its members were black believing that black rock artists would be too hard to promote 25 As the Big Apple Band Rodgers and Edwards worked with Ashford amp Simpson Luther Vandross and many others Since another New York artist Walter Murphy had a band called The Big Apple Band Rodgers and Edwards were forced to change their band s name to avoid confusion Thus in 1977 the band was renamed as Chic Inspired by Roxy Music Chic developed a sound that was a fusion of jazz soul and funk grooves with melodies and lyrics with a European influence 26 Between gigs they recorded the song Dance Dance Dance with then boss Luther Vandross on vocals 27 Originally released by Buddah Records it was a hit when it was re released by Atlantic in the summer of 1977 Atlantic picked up an album option with Rodgers and Edwards who quickly wrote more songs and Chic s self titled debut was released in November 28 The band scored numerous top ten hits and helped propel disco to new levels of popularity with Le Freak I Want Your Love Everybody Dance 29 Dance Dance Dance Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah 30 My Forbidden Lover and Good Times becoming club pop R amp B standards 31 32 Le Freak was Atlantic Records only triple platinum selling single at the time 33 and Good Times shot to No 1 in August 1979 in spite of that year s Disco Sucks movement protesting that style of music 34 The success of Chic s first singles led Atlantic to offer Rodgers and Edwards the opportunity to produce any act on its roster They chose Sister Sledge whose 1979 album We Are Family 35 peaked at No 3 and remained on the charts well into 1980 The first two singles He s the Greatest Dancer and the title cut We Are Family both reached No 1 on the R amp B chart and No 6 and No 2 respectively on the Pop chart 36 37 38 In April 2018 We Are Family was selected to be preserved in the Library of Congress 35 1980s Diana Ross David Bowie INXS Madonna Duran Duran Edit The 1979 disco backlash derailed Chic and Edwards retreated from work 39 while Rodgers drug use accelerated 18 Rodgers and Edwards delivered their final Atlantic album under contract Believer in 1982 40 They completed one of their last projects together in 1980 writing and producing the album Diana for Diana Ross which yielded the hits Upside Down 41 and I m Coming Out 35 They produced Deborah Harry s 1981 solo album Koo Koo and produced the hit Spacer for the French disco act Sheila and B Devotion 42 During the same time period Chic s song Good Times was sampled on The Sugarhill Gang s Rapper s Delight the first multiple platinum hip hop single The song continued to influence the sounds of others including Queen with the 1980 hit Another One Bites the Dust and Blondie who had a 1 hit with Rapture 33 Following Chic s breakup Rodgers released his first solo album Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove 43 With Chic no longer occupying most of his time Rodgers was free to focus on working with other artists 44 He produced David Bowie s biggest selling album Let s Dance which yielded the hit singles Let s Dance China Girl and Modern Love He produced the single Original Sin by INXS and in 1984 he produced Madonna s album Like a Virgin which scored three hit singles including its title track Material Girl and Dress You Up 45 46 He worked extensively with Duran Duran remixing their biggest selling single The Reflex producing Wild Boys on their 1984 live album Arena and co producing the album Notorious 47 In 1985 Rodgers produced albums for Sheena Easton Jeff Beck Thompson Twins Mick Jagger and others 29 and performed at Live Aid with Madonna and the Thompson Twins 48 He was named the 1 Singles Producer in the World by Billboard at the end of the year 49 To complete the decade he produced albums for Grace Jones Al Jarreau L is for Lover Earth Wind and Fire s vocalist Philip Bailey and performed on Higher Love with Steve Winwood as well as on records for Cyndi Lauper and others 50 51 In 1989 he co produced the B 52 s multi platinum album Cosmic Thing it reached No 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart and yielded the singles Love Shack and Roam 52 He produced Workin Overtime Diana Ross return to Motown 53 and the soundtracks for Alphabet City Gremlins 54 White Nights 55 and The Fly 56 He later composed an orchestral soundtrack his first for the film Coming to America 57 58 Rodgers formed the short lived experimental band Outloud in 1987 with David Letterman s guitarist composer and vocalist Felicia Collins and French session musician producer composer and keyboardist Philippe Saisse the trio released a single album Out Loud on Warner Bros Records 59 1990s Production reformed Chic and death of Edwards Sumthing Else Edit Nile Rodgers at his Le Crib Studios 1999In September 1990 shortly after the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan the Rodgers produced Vaughan Brothers album Family Style was released 60 He also produced projects for David Bowie Eric Clapton 61 The B 52s David Lee Roth 62 Ric Ocasek 63 The Stray Cats 64 and others early in the decade and worked on the soundtracks for Thelma and Louise Cool World 65 and The Beavis and Butt head Experience 51 Rodgers and Edwards reformed Chic in 1992 and recorded new material for the album Chic Ism 66 In 1996 they released a Japan only album consisting of old Chic material rerecorded with guest vocalists Chic Freak and More Treats Edwards and Rodgers performed with Sister Sledge Steve Winwood and Slash in a series of commemorative concerts in Japan 67 Edwards died following a concert on April 17 1996 Rodgers discovered his body He later said that when Edwards died he cried like a baby and suffered intensely but eventually realised the best tribute to him would be to carry on and be the best I could be 68 69 A year later Rodgers returned to Japan to pay homage to his fallen partner and in 1999 Rodgers released Live at the Budokan a live recording of Edwards final performance The album was not overdubbed or changed in order to keep the recording pure 70 71 Rodgers started playing live concerts again while composing and producing music for film soundtracks Beverly Hills Cop III 72 Blue Chips 73 The Flintstones 74 and Feeling Minnesota working with Bob Dylan among others 75 In 1997 Notorious BIG released Mo Money Mo Problems sampling Rodgers and Edwards song I m Coming Out from Diana Ross s platinum album Diana Mo Money Mo Problems topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks 76 and was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group 77 In 1998 Rodgers founded Sumthing Else Music Works record label and Sumthing Distribution an independent music label distributor Sumthing focused on distributing video game soundtracks and released the world s first 5 1 surround DVD game soundtrack album 78 Its titles include the Halo Resident Evil Gears of War and Borderlands series 79 2000s Film and video game soundtracks We Are Family Foundation Edit In the early 2000s Rodgers worked extensively on film and video game soundtracks including Halo 2 Rush Hour 2 80 Snow Dogs 81 and Semi Pro starring Will Ferrell who co wrote the title song Love Me Sexy with Rodgers 82 In 2002 Rodgers returned to work again with the original five members of Duran Duran when he co produced Astronaut 83 The album rose to No 3 in the UK 84 Following the September 11 attacks to start the healing process Rodgers brought together more than 200 musicians and celebrities to record We Are Family It was recorded in New York at Avatar Studios previously The Power Station where the original recording of We Are Family took place in 1978 and in Los Angeles at the Record Plant The accompanying music video was directed by Spike Lee An 80 minute documentary The Making and Meaning of We Are Family directed by Danny Schechter 85 premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002 In a collaboration between Disney Nickelodeon and PBS more than 100 children s television characters participated in a We Are Family children s music video and on March 11 2002 Disney Channel Nickelodeon and PBS aired the video to promote tolerance and diversity on the 6 month anniversary of 9 11 86 In July 2002 Rodgers co founded the We Are Family Foundation with his life partner Nancy Hunt 87 A non profit organization that promotes cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision talents and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world it is dedicated to the vision of a global family 88 2010s Autobiography Daft Punk Songwriters Hall of Fame It s About Time Edit Rodgers in 2010 In 2010 Rhino Records released a four CD box set Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization Volume 1 Savoir Faire which for the first time collected tracks from all of the acts produced by The Chic Organization up to their original break up in 1983 Rodgers provided sleevenotes for the set which was also reissued in 2013 Rodgers critically acclaimed autobiography Le Freak An Upside Down Story of Family Disco and Destiny was published by Spiegel amp Grau a Random House imprint in late 2011 89 It was named one of the top 10 of the 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time by Rolling Stone 90 In February 2012 Rodgers announced that he was collaborating with electronic band Daft Punk for their latest album teasing out their R amp B influences 91 The record Random Access Memories was released in 2013 Rodgers co wrote and played guitar on three tracks Give Life Back to Music Lose Yourself to Dance and Get Lucky In April Get Lucky entered the UK Singles Chart at No 3 only 24 hours after its release and two weeks later rose to No 1 In an interview with Official Charts Company Rodgers said I ve had big records and Number 1s I have had records that were Number 1 in the United States but nowhere else I ve had records which have done well in the UK but not in the States But to have this ubiquitous record that is a hit everywhere It s amazing to me I m out on the road and I can hear it wherever I go I m flabbergasted Get Lucky became one of the UK s biggest selling singles of all time 92 Rhino Records released Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization Up All Night The Greatest Hits a compilation album featuring songs written played or produced by Rodgers and Bernard Edwards for Chic and various artists including Diana Ross Sister Sledge Carly Simon Debbie Harry Johnny Mathis Sheila amp B Devotion and Norma Jean Wright Up All Night reached No 2 on the UK Compilation Album Chart for the week ending July 13 2013 In October 2013 Rhino released Nile Rodgers Presents The Chic Organization Up All Night The Greatest Hits Disco Edition which included a medley taken from Chic ft Nile Rodgers live performance at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival citation needed Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were nominated to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2013 93 In January 2014 Rodgers performed Get Lucky with Daft Punk on the Grammy Awards along with Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder with a medley including elements of Chic s Le Freak and Wonder s Another Star Rodgers won three Grammy Awards for his work with Daft Punk and Random Access Memories including Best Pop Duo Group Performance Record of the Year and Album of the Year 94 In March Rolling Stone named Nile Rodgers one of the 50 Most Important People in EDM stating The full scope of Nile Rodgers career is still hard to fathom and it s not just ongoing it s in overdrive 95 In December NARAS announced that Le Freak would be inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame 96 Rodgers solo single Do What You Wanna Do IMS Anthem was released on August 10 2014 97 to benefit the We Are Family Foundation A year later in March 2015 Rodgers released Chic s first single in more than 23 years I ll Be There with a live streamed concert from The Roundhouse in London 98 The song created by Rodgers from original Chic outtake tapes from the 70s with Bernard Edwards Tony Thompson and vocalists Alfa Anderson and Luci Martin 99 The song went to 1 on Billboard s Dance Music Chart June 20 2015 100 In August Rodgers launched FOLD Festival FreakOut Let s Dance A multi day event with a diverse line up of artists including Beck Duran Duran Chaka Khan Keith Urban Janelle Monae Ginger Minj Chic and many others 101 Rodgers collaborated with Lady Gaga to remake Chic s hit I Want Your Love for Tom Ford s Spring Summer 2016 collection video in lieu of a fashion show 102 Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 9 2016 103 In 2017 after 11 nominations for Chic Rodgers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with an award for Musical Excellence It s sort of bittersweet says Rodgers I m quite flattered that they believed that I was worthy but my band Chic didn t win They plucked me out of the band and said You re better than Chic That s wacky to me I am flattered and I think it s cool but I feel like somebody put me in the lifeboat and told my family they can t get in 104 On the evening of June 2017 Rodgers and Chic returned to the Glastonbury Festival as headliners on the Pyramid Stage for an audience of close to 100 000 105 In September of the same year a version of George Michael s song Fantasy was released credited to George Michael featuring Nile Rodgers The track released as a B side by Michael s label in 1990 was reworked by Rodgers and featured him prominently on guitar It was Michael s only posthumous release 106 In June 2018 Till the World Falls the first single from Nile Rodgers amp Chic s first album since 1992 It s About Time was released The song featured Mura Masa Cosha and Vic Mensa 107 The album was released in September 2018 and hit the Top 10 in the UK It was the first Chic record to hit the Top 10 in 25 years 108 Two singles from the album were subsequently released Sober featuring Craig David and Stefflon Don and Do You Wanna Party featuring LunchMoney Lewis In December 2018 Nile Rodgers amp Chic began their first UK arena tour 109 They were nominated for a Brit Award in the Best International Group Category in January 2019 110 In November 2018 to mark the 40th anniversary of Le Freak Rhino Atlantic released The Chic Organisation 1977 79 a 6 CD box set containing Chic s first three albums Sister Sledge s We Are Family and a collection of rarities including a facsimile of Chic s first single a 12 promo for Dance Dance Dance Yowsah Yosah Yosah released by Buddah Records in 1977 111 112 In January 2019 Rodgers offered 600 free tickets to furloughed US Federal workers during the US Government Shutdown to the Nile Rodgers amp Chic concert at the MGM National Harbor in Washington DC 113 Nile Rodgers played Cardiff Castle Wales on July 12 2019 and on February 17 2020 he participated in Eric Clapton s tribute concert for Ginger Baker 2020s Keith Urban Hipgnosis Beyonce Edit On November 13 2020 Rodgers was featured on Stop Crying Your Heart Out as part of the BBC Radio 2 s Allstars Children in Need charity single 114 The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart 115 and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart 116 Among other artists in 2021 Rodgers worked with Jack Savoretti and Keith Urban Who s Hurting Who ft Nile Rodgers the first single from Savoretti s Europiana album was released in May 117 In April 2021 he teamed with Urban and Breland on the music video for The Cage a track from Urban s 2020 album The Speed of Now Part 1 118 In the summer of 2021 Rodgers with Constellation Immersive launched DiscOasis an ongoing 1970s themed disco and roller skating pop up party at the South Coast Botanic Garden in Rancho Palos Verdes Developed in part to provide an outside experience during the COVID 19 pandemic DJs select music from crates of records that Rodgers hand picked from his personal collection 119 On 4 June 2022 Rodgers performed with Duran Duran at the Platinum Party at the Palace 120 He co wrote the track Cuff It which appeared on the Beyonce album Renaissance released in July 2022 It debuted at 1 on the Apple Music charts 121 In July 2022 Hipgnosis Songs Fund was valued at US 2 69 billion 122 Rodgers performed Modern Love and Let s Dance with Josh Homme Omar Hakim and Gaz Coombes at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium on September 3 2022 123 Television and film Edit Since his 1978 debut with Chic on American Bandstand Rodgers has performed on more than 150 television programs 124 He has been the subject of documentaries including the BBC s Nile Rodgers The Hitmaker 125 126 127 Front and Center Songwriters Hall of Fame Nile Rodgers on PBS Arte France s Nile Rodgers Secrets of a Hitmaker 128 and the short film Composing America The Musical Talents of Nile Rodgers The BBC also broadcast Nile Rodgers How To Make It in the Music Business a three hour three part special 129 In 2018 Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers premiered on Netflix 130 Rodgers has appeared in documentaries about David Bowie Diana Ross Elton John Michael Jackson Rick James George Michael Duran Duran Daft Punk Public Enemy Madonna Avicii Studio 54 the Seventies the Eighties the Nineties recorded music girl groups the disco era disco house music funk and soul music 131 The Hitmaker Edit Rodgers plays a 1960 Fender Stratocaster with a 1959 neck nicknamed The Hitmaker which he acquired as a trade in at a shop in Miami Beach Florida Exceptionally light it has a maple fingerboard and a worn white finish Rodgers claims it has a unique sound After Rodgers purchased the guitar Edwards taught him how to play it in a chop chord style which he called chucking In his autobiography Rodgers wrote 132 He fingered the chords with his left hand and his right hand would continuously play sixteen notes to the bar while accenting the main parts of the rhythm One lesson was all I needed For the next few nights straight while my roommate pursued all manner of trysts I was having a love affair in the bathroom with my new ax In just a few days I d emerge as a chucking funk guitarist who knew more jazz chord inversions than most of my R amp B counterparts The Fender Custom Shop introduced a limited edition Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster a recreation of Rodgers guitar in January 2014 133 Hipgnosis Songs Fund Edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it September 2021 In 2018 Rodgers founded the music IP investment and song management company Hipgnosis Songs Fund along with Merck Mercuriadis 134 Personal life EditIn the early 1990s Rodgers woke up in the hospital to learn that his heart had stopped eight times and he was alive only due to the actions of the doctor who was filling out his death certificate He stopped using drugs and alcohol in 1994 after a friend showed him a tape of a poor performance 135 In the mid 1990s Rodgers was in a relationship with Kenyan singer Lamya 136 Rodgers was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in October 2010 He documented his illness on a blog called Walking on Planet C 137 He was given the all clear in 2013 In 2017 a growth on his right kidney was diagnosed as two different cancers within one mass The mass was surgically removed in November 2017 He said he expected a 100 recovery 138 At his performance at the Hollywood Bowl on July 4 2019 Rodgers announced that he was 100 cancer free Rodgers lived in Westport Connecticut until July 2021 when he moved to Miami Florida with his life partner Nancy Hunt Rodgers also owns an apartment in New York City 139 140 141 Works EditSelected discography Edit ChicChic 1977 C est Chic 1978 Risque 1979 Real People 1980 Take It Off 1981 Soup for One soundtrack Chic various artists 1982 Tongue in Chic 1982 Believer 1983 Chic ism 1992 It s About Time 2018 142 The Chic Organization 1977 1979 2018 143 SoloAdventures in the Land of the Good Groove 1983 B Movie Matinee 1985 Chic Freak and More Treats 1996 OutloudOutloud 1987 SoundtracksSoup for One 1982 Alphabet City 1984 Coming to America 1988 Earth Girls Are Easy 1988 White Hot 1989 Beverly Hills Cop III 1994 Blue Chips 1994 Curdled 1996 Public Enemy 1999 Rise of Nations 2003 Game Halo 2 Soundtrack 2004 Game Conker Live amp Reloaded 2005 Game Perfect Dark Zero 2005 Game Halo 3 Soundtrack 2007 GameLiveLive at the Budokan 1999 Up All Night Chic various artists 2013 Selected production discography Edit Norma Jean Norma Jean Wright 1978 We Are Family Sister Sledge 1979 King of the World Sheila B Devotion 1980 Love Somebody Today Sister Sledge 1980 diana Diana Ross 1980 I Love My Lady Johnny Mathis 1981 released in 2017 KooKoo Debbie Harry 1981 Let s Dance David Bowie 1983 Talkback Spoons 1983 Original Sin INXS 1984 Like a Virgin Madonna 1984 The Reflex The Wild Boys Duran Duran 1984 Out Out Peter Gabriel 1984 Flash Jeff Beck 1985 She s the Boss Mick Jagger 1985 Here s to Future Days Thompson Twins 1985 Do You Sheena Easton 1985 When The Boys Meet The Girls Sister Sledge 1985 Home of the Brave Laurie Anderson 1986 Notorious Duran Duran 1986 Inside Story Grace Jones 1986 Cosmic Thing The B 52 s 1989 Workin Overtime Diana Ross 1989 Family Style Vaughan Brothers 1990 Real Cool World David Bowie 1992 Good Stuff The B 52 s 1992 Black Tie White Noise David Bowie 1993 Your Filthy Little Mouth David Lee Roth 1994 We Are Family Nile Rodgers All Stars We Are Family Foundation 2001 Only a Woman Like You Michael Bolton 2002 Astronaut Duran Duran 2004 Hotel Room Service Songwriter for Pitbull 2009 Shady Adam Lambert ft Sam Sparro and Nile Rodgers 2012 Get Lucky ft Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers Random Access Memories Daft Punk 2013 Give Life Back to Music Random Access Memories Daft Punk 2013 Lose Yourself to Dance Random Access Memories Daft Punk 2013 Lay Me Down Avicii featuring Adam Lambert and Nile Rodgers True 2013 The Other Boys NERVO ft Kylie Minogue Jake Shears and Nile Rodgers Collateral 2015 Pressure Off Duran Duran ft Janelle Monae and Nile Rodgers Paper Gods 2015 Sun Don t Let Me Down Keith Urban ft Nile Rodgers amp Pitbull 2016 Telepathy Christina Aguilera ft Nile Rodgers 2016 Fantasy George Michael ft Nile Rodgers 2017 Le Canzoni alla Radio Max Pezzali ft Nile Rodgers 2017 Till the World Falls Nile Rodgers Chic Mura Masa ft Cosha amp Vic Mensa 2018 Sober Nile Rodgers Chic ft Craig David amp Stefflon Don 2018 Do You Wanna Party Nile Rodgers Chic ft LunchMoney Lewis 2018 Emotional Michelle Treacy 2019 Summer Lover Oliver Heldens ft Devin amp Nile Rodgers 2019 Roses Adam Lambert ft Nile Rodgers 2020 Cielo Manuel Medrano ft Nile Rodgers 2020 One More Times SG Lewis 2020 Agua Daddy Yankee ft Rauw Alejandro amp Nile Rodgers 2022 Autobiography Edit Nile Rodgers 2011 Le Freak An Upside Down Story of Family Disco and Destiny Spiegel amp Grau ISBN 978 0 385 52965 5 Collaborations EditDiana Diana Ross 1980 KooKoo Debbie Harry 1981 Let s Dance David Bowie 1983 Hearts and Bones Paul Simon 1983 Like a Virgin Madonna 1984 Do You Sheena Easton 1985 Boys and Girls Bryan Ferry 1985 She s the Boss Mick Jagger 1985 L Is for Lover Al Jarreau 1986 True Colors Cyndi Lauper 1986 So Peter Gabriel 1986 Inside Story Grace Jones 1986 Inside Out Philip Bailey 1986 Workin Overtime Diana Ross 1989 Move to This Cathy Dennis 1990 Mariah Carey Mariah Carey 1990 Other Voices Paul Young 1990 Fireball Zone Ric Ocasek 1991 Hat Full of Stars Cyndi Lauper 1993 Black Tie White Noise David Bowie 1993 Mamouna Bryan Ferry 1994 HIStory Past Present and Future Book I Michael Jackson 1995 Mind Body amp Soul Joss Stone 2004 Olympia Bryan Ferry 2010 Les chansons de l innocence retrouvee Etienne Daho 2013 Lay Me Down Avicii and Adam Lambert 2014 Avonmore Bryan Ferry 2014 Velvet Adam Lambert 2020 Roses Out The Cage Keith Urban and Breland 2020 No Words Needed Rebecca Ferguson 2021 Who s Hurting Who Jack Savoretti 2021 Legendaddy Daddy Yankee 2022 Passion feat Nile Rogers Roosevelt 2022 Recognition EditYear Organization Award Notes2005 Dance Music Hall of Fame InducteeNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences NY Chapter Governor s Lifetime Achievement Award2011 We Are Family Foundation Humanitarian Award 144 2012 Drexel University Honorary Doctorate of Human Letters 145 2014 National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Award With Daft Punk Album of the Year Random Access MemoriesNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Award With Daft Punk Record of the Year Get Lucky National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Award With Daft PunkBest Pop Duo Group Performance Get Lucky Canadian Music Week Festival The Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award Presented by Paul Williams 146 Ivor Novello Awards Special International Award Presented by Johnny Marr 147 International Music Summit IMS Legends Award Presented by Simon LeBon 148 National Academy of Records Arts and Sciences Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee 96 Chic s Le Freak 2015 Golden Camera Lifetime Achievement 149 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee Chic s Le Freak BMI BMI R amp B Hip Hop Icon Award 150 National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Honoree of the Producers and Engineers Wing 151 Horzu magazine Goldene Kamera award for musical lifetime achievement 152 2016 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee 153 With Bernard EdwardsBritish GQ ICON of the Year 154 BBC BBC Music Day Ambassador 155 156 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 11th nomination for Induction 104 ChicRock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Musical Excellence 157 National Recording Registry We Are Family recognized for cultural artistic and historical importance to American society and the nation s audio heritage 158 2018 Songwriters Hall of Fame Appointed Chairman Unanimously electedBerklee College of Music Honorary Doctor of Music Degree 159 Abbey Road Studios Appointed Chief Creative Adviser 160 Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts Companion Award Presented by Sir Paul McCartney 161 Global Gift Foundation Humanitarian Award 162 National Recording Registry Le Freak recognized for cultural artistic and historical importance to American society and the nation s audio heritage 163 Music Business Association Nashville Chairman s Award for Sustained 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