Nile Rodgers
Born
September 19, 1952 (72 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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".
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Known For
Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World
Self · (3 episodes)
2025
Cerrone - Supernature
Guest
2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Self
2025
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Self
2024
Avicii - I'm Tim
Self - Artist
2024
Camden
Self · (1 episode)
2024
Disco’s Revenge
2024
Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends
Self · (1 episode)
2024
ABBA: Against the Odds
Self
2024
Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023
2023
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Self
2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Self
2023
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
Self
2023
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
Self
2022
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
Self
2022
If These Walls Could Sing
Self
2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Self
2022
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
2021
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Himself · (4 episodes)
2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Self
2020
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2019
Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers
Self
2019
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
2018
Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll
Self
2018
Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know
Self
2018
The Big Narstie Show
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Studio 54
Self
2018
Avicii: True Stories
Self
2017
George Michael: Freedom
Self
2017
Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour
Self
2017
I Was There When House Took Over the World
self · (2 episodes)
2017
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Self - Performer · (2 episodes)
2016
Molly: The Real Thing
Self
2016
Daft Punk Unchained
Self
2015
Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013
2015
Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker
Self
2015
Breaking a Monster
Self
2015
Cerrone
Self
2015
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Self
2014
Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic
2014
What Difference Does It Make?
Self
2014
Finding the Funk
Self
2014
David Bowie: Five Years
Self
2013
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators
Himself · (1 episode)
2013
Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker
2013
Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
2013
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Self
2011
Chic: Live at the Budokan
Guitar
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
2009
Coming Back for More
2009
Sex: The Revolution
(4 episodes)
2008
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Self · (1 episode)
2008
Chic: Le Freak - Live
Guitar
2006
Disco: Spinning The Story
self
2005
Live Aid
Self
2004
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Self
2002
A Diva's Christmas Carol
CEO of Record Label
2000
Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
Self
2000
Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers
Self
1999
Curves Contours & Body Horns
Self
1993
Live Aid
Self
1985
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1975
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest
Self - Performer (Los Angeles) · (4 episodes)
1972