Nile Rodgers (b. 1952)

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Biography

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. is an American musician, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. The co-founder of Chic, he has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 750 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide.

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The story of Nile Rodgers, told in moments.

1977 Event

Co-founded Chic with bassist Bernard Edwards. "Le Freak" became the biggest-selling single in Atlantic Records history at the time. "Good Times" followed in 1979.

How did you and Bernard Edwards first click musically? Did you know 'Le Freak' would break records? What kept Chic together through the disco backlash?

1983 Life

Produced David Bowie's Let's Dance album. The title track went to number one. He also produced "Like a Virgin" for Madonna and "Original Sin" for INXS.

What did Bowie teach you about production? How did working with Madonna differ from Bowie? Did you worry about being typecast as a hitmaker?

2013 Event

Collaborated with Daft Punk on "Get Lucky," which sold over 9.3 million copies. He was 60. His guitar riff drove the track.

How did collaborating with Daft Punk at 60 feel? Did that guitar riff come naturally or take work? What surprised you about working with a younger generation?

2018 Life

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Chic. Records he's written, produced, or performed on have sold over 500 million copies worldwide.

Does 500 million copies sold feel real to you? What would your teenage subway-playing self think now? Was the Hall of Fame overdue or right on time?

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Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny

NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 10 ROCK MEMOIRS OF ALL TIME BY ROLLING STONE From Chic to Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers is the creative force behind some of the biggest hits ever recorded. Here is the story of how...

2011

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C'est chic

Le Freak et Good time du groupe Chic, Upside down de Diana Ross, Let’s dance de David Bowie ou encore Like a Virgin de Madonna... le guitariste Nile Rodgers a écrit et produit des tubes depuis plus de...

2013

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Le freak

Uma das maiores viagens musicais de nosso tempo "Le Freak", "We Are Family", "Good Times", "Let's Dance", "Like a Virgin", "Get Lucky". Nile Rodgers compôs e produziu canções e discos que...

2015

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you're wiser to fill your head now if you want to fill your belly later on.

r education to his grandfather's urgent encouragement to learn: Nels Olson Borlaug (1859–1935) once told him, "you're wiser to fill your head now if you want to fill your belly later on." When Borlaug...

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I saw how food changed them. All of this left scars on me

h the unemployed on federal projects. Many of the people who worked for him were starving. He later recalled, "I saw how food changed them. All of this left scars on me". From 1935 to 1938, before and...

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These Shifty Little Enemies that Destroy our Food Crops

professor and soon-to-be head of the plant pathology group at the University of Minnesota. Stakman, in his speech entitled "These Shifty Little Enemies that Destroy our Food Crops", discussed the...

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C'est Chic: Disco, drogues, destin l'autobiographie du fondateur de Chic. Préface de Bryan Ferry

Nile Rodgers, guitariste du groupe Chic, a produit les plus grands (David Bowie, Madonna,Diana Ross...) et a inventé un son unique. Ce livre est le récit de sa vie, de la furie du Bronx aux palaces...

2014

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As it worked out, in the north, we were planting when the days were getting shor...

varieties cannot adapt to new environments, due to the changing periods of sunlight. Borlaug later recalled, "As it worked out, in the north, we were planting when the days were getting shorter, at...

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It often appeared to me that I had made a dreadful mistake in accepting the posi...

ostile towards the wheat program because of serious crop losses from 1939 to 1941 due to stem rust. "It often appeared to me that I had made a dreadful mistake in accepting the position in Mexico," he...

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