Nile Rodgers Musical artist

Nile Gregory Rodgers (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, producer, and guitarist. He is the lead guitarist and co-founding member with Bernard Edwards of the band Chic, which has been active since 1976 and was one of the most successful groups of the disco era.Although he recorded three solo albums during the 1980s and 1990s, and one as part of the short-lived group Outloud, Rodgers has found more success in collaboration as producer and performer with many artists including Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Madonna, INXS and more recently, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Avicii, Disclosure and Sam Smith.

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Nile Rodgers
Birth dateSeptember 19, 1952
Birth place
New York City , New York City (band)
Hometown
New York City (band)

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Musical artist

Career started1970
associated musical artist
David Bowie
David Guetta
The Honeydrippers
Chic (band)
Thompson Twins
Adam Lambert
Nicky Romero
Daft Punk
Diana Ross
Duran Duran
Sister Sledge
The B-52's
Pharrell Williams
Avicii
Madonna (entertainer)
Sam Sparro
Tensnake
Joe Raposo
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Disco
Funk
Rhythm and blues
Rock music
Soul music
record label
Sumthing Distribution

Nile Rodgers on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://wearefamilyfoundation.org
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dbjtw
  3. http://www.bestival.net
  4. http://www.essencefestival.com
  5. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734755
  6. http://www.maximumfun.org/sound-young-america/nile-rodgers-musician-and-hit-producer-interview-sound-young-america
  7. http://www.nilerodgers.com
  8. http://www.rollingstone.com
  9. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-most-important-people-in-edm-20140317/nile-rodgers-19691231