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Nile Rodgers
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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 (…
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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.
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David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self
Billy Idol Should Be Dead
as Self
Cerrone - Supernature
as Guest
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
No Poster
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
as Self
Avicii - I'm Tim
as Self - Artist
Disco's Revenge
as Self
ABBA: Against the Odds
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Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2023
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
as Self
Little Richard: I Am Everything
as Self
Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues
as Self
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
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If These Walls Could Sing
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Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
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George Michael: Freedom Uncut
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Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
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Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
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Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers
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Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic
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Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll
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Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know
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Studio 54
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Avicii: True Stories
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George Michael: Freedom
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Duran Duran: Paper Gods Japan Tour
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Molly: The Real Thing
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Daft Punk Unchained
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Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker
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Chic featuring Nile Rodgers au Festival Jazz à Vienne 2013
Breaking a Monster
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Cerrone
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CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
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No Poster
Chic feat. Nile Rogers - Electric Picnic
What Difference Does It Make?
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Finding the Funk
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David Bowie: Five Years
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Nile Rodgers: The Hitmaker
Best Of Night Of The Proms vol. 6
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
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Chic: Live at the Budokan
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Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
as Self
Coming Back for More
Chic: Le Freak - Live
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Disco: Spinning The Story
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Nile Rodgers and Chic - Live at Montreux 2004
Live Aid
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The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
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A Diva's Christmas Carol
as CEO of Record Label
Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
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No Poster
Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers
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Curves Contours & Body Horns
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What is House? An Insider's Look at Dance Music
Live Aid
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